A bonfire of EU red tape, or a damp squib? The truth about regulatory reform.

A bonfire of EU red tape, or a damp squib? The truth about regulatory reform.

The Queen’s Speech on 11th March announced  measures to “improve regulation” and the Treasury announced what it described as “a bonfire of EU red tape”. This has echoes of a remarkably similar promise from David Cameron to have a “bonfire...
Isle of Wight results are bad news for Labour and Lib Dems

Isle of Wight results are bad news for Labour and Lib Dems

“Don’t extrapolate too much from the Isle of Wight local election results.” So warns Whitehouse Communications Chair, Chris Whitehouse, writing on influential political blog site, Conservative Home. “Despite the Conservatives’ loss of overall...

Brexit weekly: 5 things

You can’t always get what you want Mick Jagger said it: you can’t always get what you want. Unfortunately, this week is proving very few in the Conservative Party can get what they need. Let’s start with Theresa May. What the Prime Minister needed this week was for...

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Separating the crazy Last week was a tough one for the Prime Minister. She had to replace her Home Secretary and couldn’t find agreement within Cabinet over customs union policy. And that was all before close of business on Wednesday. So, Theresa May could be forgiven...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Rudderless The big news of the week has been the departure of Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Seen as one of Theresa May’s closest allies, Rudd’s departure is a significant blow for the Prime Minister following the departure of other former Cabinet ministers...