Too many sides are frustrated by incomprehension “Brexit means Brexit”, Theresa May once said – and if only it did. Leaving the European Union was never meant to be an easy thing and Britain is making a fine show of just how difficult it can be. The structural and procedural problems are, however, not even half the problem; the greater part of it is an inability of the government to meaningfully talk to the EU, to parliament or even to…
At 10.00pm this evening, a year ago, the Prime Minister’s gamble backfired. Whether this was due to the polls being misleading from the start (indicating a Con lead of 25% at the start of the campaign), the so called “youthquake” (identified by the Britsh Election Study) or reasons best summed up by Brenda from Bristol of “Oh, no, not another one!” we simply cannot tell, but we do know this. The Conservative overall majority was lost and if it had…
New @YouGov Scotland poll for @thetimesscot. https://t.co/P1mDnCQ5lQ pic.twitter.com/8K8yJFmC1u — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 7, 2018 By my reckoning this is a 2% increase for Yes and 2% decline for No when it comes to Scottish Independence since January. https://t.co/rpi9fvQLJ1 pic.twitter.com/TM1KYIMleZ — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 7, 2018 If you're wondering why Labour is doing badly in Scotland this is why. Corbyn's rating are sinking and so are Richard Leonard's ratings. pic.twitter.com/URakxDBzkh — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 7, 2018 But @RuthDavidsonMSP is still the…
The PB / Polling Matters podcast returns! On this week’s episode, Keiran is joined by Irish journalist and host of ‘The Irish Passport’ podcast Naomi O’Leary to discuss the fallout from the recent referendum on abortion and where Ireland goes from here. Naomi gives her take on how Ireland has come to change so much in such a relatively short space of time and the relationship between the Irish people and the Catholic church, alongside perspectives on Brexit in Ireland….
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…
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…
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…