by Chris Rogers | 20 Jul 2017 | Politics
Downing Street staff could be forgiven if they had a giant clock somewhere in the building, counting down to 5pm to symbolise the start of the summer parliamentary recess and end of part of one of project ‘Save Theresa.’ Few if any would have returned to Parliament...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Jul 2017 | European Union
A friendly hand Theresa May definitely didn’t relaunch her premiership this week. She merely made a heavily-advertised speech that marked a sharp change in direction from what came before. Mrs May called on Tuesday for cross-party co-operation on a range of issues,...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jun 2017 | European Union, Whitehouse News
Chuka puts Labour in a spin Following the general election result, morale within the Labour Party was high. But three weeks on, the internal fault lines over Brexit are re-emerging. During last night’s vote on the Queen Speech, 50 of the Party’s MPs chose to defy the...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jun 2017 | European Union
Ready, set, go! On Monday, nearly a year after the UK’s referendum on EU membership, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier launched the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU. The aim of the opening round of talks was to come to an...
by Chris Rogers | 21 Jun 2017 | Politics
So, Westminster was in nearly full regalia today for the Queen’s Speech, as Queen Elizabeth set out the Government’s legislative agenda for the coming two years – albeit slightly less than usual, with the Queen in more day to day attire and arriving by car rather...
