Portrait of the week: Mark Carney’s kind offer, the return of Parliament and...
Home Mark Carney kindly said he would stay on as governor of the Bank of England if it helped the…
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Parliament is in deadlock over Brexit. So what can we expect in the coming days and weeks after the vote?…
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Unless Theresa May delays the vote, 11 December 2018 might be about to become one of the most important in…
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View ArticleNick Boles’s plan is certainly crazy. But it just might work
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View ArticleThe brutal truth is that May is heading towards a softer Brexit
Straight after the government’s epic defeat in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, the Business…
View ArticleWestminster's splitting headache: who will quit next?
The first thing to note about the ‘South Bank seven’ is that they are nothing like the four former Labour…
View ArticlePortrait of the week: Brexit flextension, the demise of Debenhams and a real...
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, asking for an extension…
View ArticleWord of the week: ‘prorogue’
It was most unlooked-for that a king should ally with Whig politicians to seek parliamentary reform, but that was what…
View ArticleJudgment day: the danger of courts taking over politics
Who runs Britain? When Boris Johnson’s lawyers made their case in front of the Supreme Court this week, defending his…
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