Red lines or empty threats

Red lines or empty threats

It’s been a tough week for Theresa May. Monday and Tuesday saw the fallout of Amber Rudd’s departure as Home Secretary. Wednesday saw the postman drop off a 30 page document from Brexiteers demanding departure from the customs union – followed by the Brexit Cabinet...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

It has been another busy week for Brexit negotiations (will there ever be a quiet one?) as David Davis and Michael Barnier concluded the third round of talks yesterday. At the same time, the Prime Minister and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox jetted off to...

How Prime Ministers use their Cabinets

The Economist is making waves with its front cover again. A few years after its eye-catching, lurid yellow mock-up of David Cameron as a punk (complete with Mohican), its more simple – and more cutting – description of the Prime Minister as ‘Theresa Maybe’ has got...

The voters are revolting, get used to it!

The longer defeated parties remain in denial about the reasons for their loss of support, the longer they will remain out of office. This column was consistently scathing of both the leading candidates in the American Presidential Election, but is confident the world...