As Theresa May once again failed to get her deal through the Commons, the UK is now set to crash out of the EU on 12th April without a deal, and without a plan for what happens next. The indicative votes that weren’t Despite MPs seizing control of Commons business – a disaster for the […]
Where next for Brexit?
Theresa May asked EU leaders for an extension to the exit day of 29th March and was offered a fairly derisory choice: get your deal through Parliament and you have until 22nd May, otherwise you have until 12th April. All that faff and we’ve gained a couple of weeks, with the following suggestions for ways […]
Next leader of the Conservative party
There has been much talk in the last couple of weeks about who could replace Theresa May as leader of the Conservative party, and whether this might happen shortly after Brexit has been ‘delivered’. However, under the current Conservative party leadership rules, leaders who see off an official challenge – as May did in December […]
Jo Swinson as next leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Vince Cable has recently announced that he is planning to step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats in May. This is unsurprising, as he has always struck me as more of an elder statesman, and a safe pair of hands to see the party through a particularly difficult period, rather than a leader to […]