by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | General, Politics
It’s been well-documented that part of the problem for the Conservatives in the 2017 General Election was that a campaign the party intended to be about Brexit ended up being about austerity – switching from what was a strong Conservative theme to a Labour...
by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | General, Politics
Lord Lexden is the Conservative Party’s official historian. His website can be found here. These dramatic events were the subject of a lecture delivered by Alistair Lexden at the annual meeting of the Lloyd George Society in Llandrindod Wells on 16 February. The...
by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | General, Politics
May says ‘no deal’ is more likely after Commons defeat… “Theresa May has said a no-deal Brexit is “more likely” after Tory Eurosceptics condemned her to another humiliating Commons defeat. The brief Tory truce over Brexit was shattered as 66...
by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
The crucial words in yesterday’s Government motion were that the Commons “reiterates its support for the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29 January 2019”. That risked being read as a reference not only to the Brady amendment...
by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Had Anna Soubry insisted on putting her amendment to the vote – and the Speaker would surely have selected it for that purpose – Theresa May would on balance have been helped rather than harmed. This is because although the Government would have been...
by Jason Tyler (Webby) | 15th February 2019 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Five Conservative MPs voted against the Government’s motion – Peter Bone Christopher Chope Philip Hollobone Anne Marie Morris Sarah Wollaston That’s four Leavers and one Remainer. Chope has recently been scragged by senior Ministers after blocking...
