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This is more of a Dieppe Raid than a D-Day success for DD

7/6/2018 TSE Comments 1 Comment

This is meant to be the basis of legally binding text. There is nothing judiciable about aspiration… — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) June 7, 2018 …while a Remain-leaning government source points out the 2021 end-date has no legal force. "It's a sentence added for political expediency…the EU operates in the legal sphere". — Heather Stewart (@GuardianHeather) June 7, 2018 I welcome publication of #UK proposal on customs aspects of IE/NI backstop. We will examine it with 3 questions: is it…

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Theresa May’s staunchest supporter in the media announces his departure but could it be good news for her?

7/6/2018 TSE Comments 498 Comments

Picture: Depending on your view the (in)famous Daily Mail front page the day after Theresa May called a snap election. Last night it was announced that the editor of The Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, would stand down from the role in November. Given how unlucky Mrs May has been it would be no surprise to see her staunchest supporter in the print media replaced by George Osborne, who as editor of The Mail might not be so supportive of Theresa May…

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If only David Davis was as competent a minister as he is self aware

6/6/2018 TSE Comments 1 Comment

UK’s #Brexit Secretary nothing if not self aware: hot mic @Channel4 captures him telling colleague “really probably employed for my character more than my intellect” https://t.co/Tmgj1vqUnW — Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) June 6, 2018 Why I am not betting anything valuable on @DavidDavisMP NOT resigning tomorrow https://t.co/oIchan4BUY — Robert Peston (@Peston) June 6, 2018 Latest: DD is still telling friends tonight he won't resign. https://t.co/7XaYVfAG6B — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) June 6, 2018 Today’s been a rather frantic day in the…

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The latest PB cartoon

6/6/2018 TSE Comments 1 Comment

The language of priorities. What we talk about when we talk about infrastructure

6/6/2018 TSE Comments 427 Comments

https://twitter.com/election_data/status/1003977706999046145 Rail chaos today is partly due to decades of underinvestment. Last year we found that the North of England has been underfunded by £59 BILLION relative to London over the past 10 years #OneNorth pic.twitter.com/A4IHDyubuK — IPPR North (@IPPRNorth) June 5, 2018 https://twitter.com/centrefortowns/status/1003554289447526400 A stat which never fails to stun: the UK has seven of the 10 poorest regions in northern Europe. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) June 5, 2018 Infrastructure is a grand word. Politicians use it with a…

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New ComRes poll for the Daily Mirror shows 82% of voters, across all the main parties, would support a 1p rise in National Insurance contributions to fund NHS

5/6/2018 TSE Comments 1 Comment

New @ComRes poll for the @DailyMirror on the NHS is very interesting. 81% of Conservative voters and 86% of Labour voters in support a 1% increase in National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS. pic.twitter.com/Zr2wIabzjL — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 5, 2018 There’s a new ComRes poll out for The Daily Mirror on the NHS which shows really strong support for a 1p increase in National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS. The findings seems to reaffirm Lord Lawson’s view that “the…

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A good day for backers of Michael Gove

5/6/2018 TSE Comments 286 Comments

Is Michael Gove about to break the golden rule about laying the favourite to be next Tory leader? In the last 24 hours the major betting news has been Michael Gove becoming the favourite in the next Tory leader market, both Betfair and Ladbrokes have seen this shift. For those of us who have been laying both Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg this is great news and seemingly inevitable given the history of laying the favourite for the Tory leader…

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Is this proof that the DUP won’t be supporting the government on the Customs Union amendment?

5/6/2018 TSE Comments 499 Comments

That'll be a yes, then. ????????Watch what happened when Commons Speaker John Bercow asked MPs whether they supported @stellacreasy's call for an emergency debate on the abortion law in Northern Ireland.Read more here: https://t.co/jFxFfx6GSg pic.twitter.com/malB2EgO3r — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 4, 2018 Stella Creasy gets her debate on NI Abortion law: fascinatingly Karen Bradley, Penny Mordaunt, Michael Gove and Greg Clark indicate their support for tomorrow's discussion — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) June 4, 2018 For the next week or…

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