Given parliamentary arithmetic, I fear May’s deal is the only vehicle for...
So, we finally come back to the starting point, back to square one. Parliament now faces the very same choice that the electorate faced when they placed a cross on a voting paper nearly three years...
View ArticleBy defying 2017 manifesto commitments, Brexit-blocking Labour MPs are risking...
Apart from showing increased support for Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement which made it more popular than any other option that Parliament had so far voted on, the vote last Friday changed very...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn must seize the chance he’s been given to be instrumental in...
The decision by Theresa May to invite Jeremy Corbyn for talks in order to find a Brexit deal that would command a majority in the House of Commons was a brave one to take, reflecting her determination...
View ArticleThe public expect May and Corbyn to strike a deal that delivers Brexit
The pre-emptive strike by Keir Starmer insisting that a confirmatory public vote must be part of any deal with the Government stems from deep-seated weakness rather than strength; it is a sure sign of...
View ArticleBrexit still needs Labour support, regardless of who wins the Tory leadership
The two main political parties deserved the drubbing they received at the hands of the electorate at the European Parliament election. Labour should be grateful to have come third in the poll just...
View ArticleLabour MPs should be careful to avoid a Brexit general election at which the...
“As democrats, Labour accepted the result of the 2016 referendum.” So wrote Jeremy Corbyn in a letter to Labour Party members following the recent meeting of the Shadow Cabinet which spent a...
View ArticleParliament must now do its duty and ensure Brexit is delivered, as instructed...
There is no doubt that had the Benn Act prohibiting a no-deal Brexit on October 31st not been passed, the EU would have agreed to a Brexit deal a while ago. The Benn Act ceded control of our departure...
View ArticleLabour has days to dump its unappealing Brexit policy before its manifesto is...
No matter how hard Labour tries to pretend otherwise, the forthcoming general election is a Brexit election. It is defined by Brexit in the same way as the 2017 general election was. At that time,...
View ArticleLabour paid the electoral price for failing to take several chances to put...
In 2016, workers voted to leave the EU. Three and a half years later, they confirmed that decision by voting Tory. And they were right to do so. Labour lost, heavily; it was foiled by both its strategy...
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