by Chris Rogers | 19 May 2017 | Economy, European Union, Politics
Manifesto mania For avid political readers, this week must have been manna from heaven with the publication of not one, not two, but three manifestos ahead of the UK general election on 8 June. After the brilliant/calamitous (delete as appropriate) leak of the Labour...
by Chris Rogers | 18 May 2017 | Politics
Rumours have abounded in the past 24 hours that Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond may not be returning to 11 Downing Street irrespective of whether the Tories win or lose the election. Questions over Mr Hammond’s future are nothing new. At various points...
by Chris Rogers | 17 May 2017 | Politics
In the most presidential of British elections, the leaked Labour manifesto did at least give some respite to the incessant ‘Theresa vs Jeremy’ narrative. Not that the ability and capability of the Prime Minister isn’t important – of course it is – but the...
by Chris Rogers | 12 May 2017 | European Union, Whitehouse News
En Marche en Mai Officials around Europe breathed a sigh of relief when results of the French Presidential election came in on 7th May and it became clear that Emmanuel Macron – running for elected office for the very first time – had handily beaten scion...
by Chris Rogers | 12 May 2017 | Politics, Whitehouse News
Whitehouse Political Consultant Finn O’Dwyer-Cunliffe has commented on ‘The Week in Westminster’ for the PubAffairs website, highlighting the leaked Labour manifesto. To read Finn’s column, please click here.