How much longer will Theresa May be Prime Minister?
Theresa May’s popularity amongst her own party has never been lower. The most recent Conservative Home poll of Conservative party members found that 45 per cent want her to resign…
Paralysis in Westminster
There has been so much publicity about the woes of the Conservative Party, it would appear to the untrained eye that all the other political parties face the Government united…
Will the cabinet resignations lead to a softer Brexit?
On Friday, after months of prevaricating, May convened a cabinet meeting at Chequers to finally present to ministers a plan that committed to firm positions on some of Brexit’s most…
Doing your homework
Preparation is the key to success, or so thought Benjamin Franklin when he stated “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” If last night’s football match is anything…
Cabinet chaos
Today’s EU summit serves as another reminder of how much work remains to be done if the UK is to leave the EU with a trade deal in place. With…
Between a rock and a hard place
Once again the Prime Minister is facing another conundrum trying to keep her majority in place whilst placating members of her own Party and minimising negative publicity. It seems to…
Will Theresa May stand up to the DUP on abortion rights?
It does not require the deepest of insights to say that Northern Irish politics is broken. The fact that the national assembly has not sat for 16 months makes that…
Theresa May’s Customs Union Catch-22
Theresa May is presently juggling a multitude of political problems. First, there is the controversy surrounding her decision to join air strikes against the Syrian regime without parliamentary approval. Second,…
Labour’s messaging on violent crime
The recent spate of violent crime across the capital has given Corbyn an opportunity to try to wrest back control of the political narrative. Law and order is historically home…
Reshuffle? What reshuffle?
When is a reshuffle merely a jiggle and when is it a ‘fresh start’, bringing in new faces and re-invigorating Government? That rather depends on who is giving their opinion…