Boris Johnson the David Miliband de nos jours?

Boris Johnson the David Miliband de nos jours?

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TIMES main story #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/X1wnVitWEf — Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) September 19, 2017 On resigning, it’s BoNo, I can’t leave, with or without you Prime Minister. We’ve been here before, an unpopular analogue Prime Minister in a digital world who most of their party would like to ditch, a Foreign Secretary writing a newspaper article setting out their vision which many took as the beginning of a leadership challenge but then chickened out of that challenge. I wonder like David Miliband,…

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The front page of Private Eye captures the political mood perfectly

The front page of Private Eye captures the political mood perfectly

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https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/910065212455309312 Scoop from @gordonrayner: Boris Johnson 'will resign before weekend' if the PM goes against his Brexit demands.https://t.co/7OF2fsCWIS — Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) September 19, 2017 Boris Johnson is now 3/1 favourite as next out of the cabinet, he was 8/1 last week. TSE

It seems the only exiting going on at the Department for Exiting the European Union is the staff exiting

It seems the only exiting going on at the Department for Exiting the European Union is the staff exiting

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UK’s Brexit shuffle suggests Theresa May is very much in command https://t.co/kRXhfSMayI — FT UK Politics (@ftukpolitics) September 18, 2017 Theresa May tightens grip on Brexit by hiring David Davis's right hand man https://t.co/7D1ZQo7e2I — Telegraph Politics (@TelePolitics) September 18, 2017 I m told move part of May taking more control of EU negotiations as well tensions btw him and David Davis — Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 18, 2017 hope no one reads anything into fact that David Davis has…

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Betting on when Boris Johnson ceases to be Foreign Secretary

Betting on when Boris Johnson ceases to be Foreign Secretary

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When asked if they will resign, Cabinet ministers are traditionally very quick to say no if the answer is no. Boris just pointedly didn't. — Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 18, 2017 Boris Johnson wd be 'happy, happy, happy' to quit May's government, says his dad Stanley. Top hit by @KayBurley https://t.co/jf5R1i8eig — Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) September 18, 2017 Why I think Boris is about to F Off from the F. Off. Paddy Power have a market up on…

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Compounding the problem

Compounding the problem

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Picture credit : Wikimedia commons It is said to have been Albert Einstein who called compound interest “the eighth wonder of the world”, and at this time of the year when some 400,000 fresh faced students are about to set off to university for the first time, they and their parents would be well advised to study what he meant. Thanks to the application of compound interest to their student loans, this year’s new students will be faced with truly…

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Rewriting history

Rewriting history

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The first calling point of the UK's negotiator immediately after #Brexit will not be Brussels, it will be Berlin, to strike a deal — David Davis MP (@DavidDavisMP) May 26, 2016 Medieval artists were very fond of the myth of St Sebastian’s martyrdom.  Perhaps it was the uplifting story of a holy man miraculously surviving apparently certain death, perhaps it was the opportunity for the artist to spend hours at a time with a handsome naked young man in front…

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Prize Competition: How long a standing ovation will TMay get at her party conference?

Prize Competition: How long a standing ovation will TMay get at her party conference?

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After an election that didn’t quite go to plan “How long in minutes and seconds will the standing ovation be at the end of Theresa May’s main speech at the Conservative Party conference in October?” This is the subject of the latest PB competition. We’ve got two excellent prizes to give out – “The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2017 Hardcover” which is being published on 21 Sep 2017. Published since 1880, this is the authoritative guide to…

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