As the Guardian has revealed today, a combination of government and opposition leaders together with senior civil servants and business representatives (but notably, apparently no
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The Brexiteers are losing faith. Remainers are not.
One has to take good news where you can find it these days. This seemed like a rare glimmer of hope to me, from Byline
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Labour can win by-elections but it’s a long way from being ready for government
I do not wish to rain on any one’s parade this morning, but I think it’s only right to note a big chunk of an
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United Kingdom government’s intention to offshore asylum processing to Rwanda sends a worrying signal
The following press release has been issued this afternoon by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, and I think it worth sharing
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When will it be admitted that Brexit has failed?
The FT reports this morning that: Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU to
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Brexit has failed. MPs are admitting it. When will the government?
The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report this morning on the lack of apparent benefits from post-Brexit trade deals. The press release says:
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The price that we might pay for the continuation of Boris Johnson’s premiership might be very high indeed
To understand precisely where the UK is going under Boris Johnson’s current leadership it is worthwhile considering yesterday’s events in Northern Ireland. As the BBC
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As October’s trade data makes clear, Brexit is not working
I have already noted one aspect of the ONBS press releases, issued this morning, on the economy in October. There was another dimension to the
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What will bring Johnson down?
Boris Johnson took to joking recently that he might be prime minister for decades. His deliberate actions to undermine the democratic process suggest that this
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