If the 7 Sinn Fein MPs take their seats TMay’s future & possibly Brexit would be down to the Tory EU rebels

If the 7 Sinn Fein MPs take their seats TMay’s future & possibly Brexit would be down to the Tory EU rebels

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Lots of talk about today of the possibility that the Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, taking up its MP seats at Westminster. A call has been made by the prime minister of the Irish Republic, Leo Varadkar, who is saying that the Sinn Fein MPs should take up their seats at Westminster in order to make things better for Ireland. On the face of it this seems simple but I’m am less sure. For a century Sinn Fein MPs who’ve…

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The Tory headache that no one talks about – the 3.2m GE2017 CON voters who backed Remain at the referendum

The Tory headache that no one talks about – the 3.2m GE2017 CON voters who backed Remain at the referendum

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These exceed the 2.6m GE2017 LAB leave voters by some margin We get lots of talk about Labour having to be mindful that a significant part of its voters at the last election also voted Leave in the referendum. But we don’t seem to hear much about what in terms of a percentage of the overall number of voters at the last election, the total of Conservative Remain voters exceeded them. The above chart which has been highlighted by Election…

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The CBI give a thumbs up to Corbyn and Brussels said to be looking “kindly” at speech

The CBI give a thumbs up to Corbyn and Brussels said to be looking “kindly” at speech

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CBI CBI give their backing to Corbyn's Brexit approachhttps://t.co/JYNzymgFAt via @CBItweets — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2018 Bloomberg reporting that Brussels might look kindly on the LAB planhttps://t.co/6cWZnLi6Yv — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 26, 2018 Over to you Mrs. May

Corbyn speech has made TMay’s Brexit challenge even harder

Corbyn speech has made TMay’s Brexit challenge even harder

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The numbers get tighter The big black cloud that hangs over Mrs May and her team is the possibility that LAB MPs will be whipped to support an amendment backed by one of her Tory Rebels on Brexit. Since the failure to hold on to the Conservative majority on June 8th her path forward has always been precarious but what has not happened in a major way so far is for an issue to emerge that allows a united Labour…

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The uncertainty over Brexit and TMay are set to make this year’s locals more significant than usual

The uncertainty over Brexit and TMay are set to make this year’s locals more significant than usual

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One things for sure — TMay’s Tories will struggle to match last year We are little over two months away from this year’s local elections which because of the febrile political situation could have wider consequences than just who runs the local council. Generally the bookmakers don’t take much notice of these elections and it is not often that we see betting markets. So Ladbrokes move to open the first ones for this May suggests that something is in the…

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Alastair Meeks gives his thoughts on university pensions

Alastair Meeks gives his thoughts on university pensions

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My first boss was the source of many wise words, some of which I use to this day. “Alastair”, she would often say, “there is no problem in the world that cannot be made to go away with money”. It’s not strictly true, of course, but it is truer more often than is usually appreciated. That was 25 years ago, at a time when pension schemes almost all had surpluses and the question I was most commonly asked was what…

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Why I won’t be surprised to see a general election or Corbyn become Prime Minister this year

Why I won’t be surprised to see a general election or Corbyn become Prime Minister this year

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Theresa May’s facing her political Kobayashi Maru scenario. https://t.co/lFFPp5NakY pic.twitter.com/kVfQ9IWAwt — TSE (@TSEofPB) February 25, 2018 The Sunday Times report Three cabinet ministers warned Theresa May during private talks on Brexit at her Chequers retreat last week that her government could collapse this year. Julian Smith, the chief whip, told May there was a “very real threat” that Labour could unite with 15 to 20 Tory rebels to defeat the government on their decision to rule out membership of a…

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Corbyn wins his legal action against the man TMay appointed party vice chairman only seven weeks ago

Corbyn wins his legal action against the man TMay appointed party vice chairman only seven weeks ago

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Vice-Chairman of Tory party & MP apologises to Corbyn for 'seriously defamatory' tweet, pays JC legal costs and makes donation to charity of Corbyn's choice https://t.co/EbjmdhHbT7 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 24, 2018 The case raises more questions over the PM’s decision It might be remembered that shortly after Bradley was appointed Conservative Party Vice Chairman last month a series of stories appeared about controversial things that he had written on the internet some of years earlier emerged. At the…

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