by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
At the time of writing, it looks as if efforts to put together a ‘letter-writing government’ – formed with the sole intention of extending Article 50 and then calling an election – are hitting the buffers. For all the controversy around the...
by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
John Strafford is Chairman of the Campaign for Conservative Democracy. Before the present Conservative Party constitution was adopted in 1998 Constituency Associations were virtually autonomous. Is this still the case? In July last year, Dominic Grieve, our local MP,...
by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | Brexit, Politics
I do so hate it when Guardian columnists seem to be making the most sense out of the increasingly surreal Brexit soap opera, but after Rafael Behr yesterday, we have Marina Hyde today with much the same message.For Hyde’s piece, the headline says nearly all:...
by Jason Tyler | 16th August 2019 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Iain Dale presents the evening show on LBC Radio, and is the author of the forthcoming book ‘Why can’t we all just get along’. Last week at the Edinburgh Festival, John McDonnell told me that Labour would insist on Jeremy Corbyn leading any interim government of...
by Jason Tyler | 15th August 2019 | Brexit, Politics
If I thought there was any mileage in Corbyn’s “caretaker” proposal, in order to block a no-deal Brexit, it might actually be worth writing about it. But, as Rafael Behr points out, it ain’t going to happen. So we’re back in bored to...
by Jason Tyler | 15th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
"A short-term Jeremy Corbyn government is less damaging than the generational damage that would be caused by a no-deal Brexit" Conservative Guto Bebb says MPs opposed to leaving the EU without a deal must take the Labour leader's #Brexit plan...
