David Davis: May’s Brexit policy is ‘sword of Damocles’ July 9, 2018 Outgoing Brexit secretary David Davis has said he quit government because Theresa May's policy would result in a "sword of Damocles" hanging over the UK. The Cabinet minister resigned late last night, just 48 hours after the Cabinet signed off on the Prime Minister's new plan to negotiate for a common rulebook as the overarching [...]
Brexit: Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has resigned over Theresa May’s Chequers plan July 9, 2018 Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has resigned, just hours after his Cabinet colleague David Davis walked. The former Vote Leave campaigner has quit following last week's Chequers meeting, in which the Prime Minister pushed a plan that he reportedly described as "a turd". Morning Wire reported last week that Johnson has been outraged by Theresa May's [...]
Theresa May’s government thrown into turmoil as Brexit secretary David Davis and deputy Steve Baker resign July 9, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May took a major hit late last night after Brexit secretary David Davis resigned from his post, effective immediately. Davis exchanged letters with Number 10 after his position became untenable following the Cabinet away-day on Friday when May’s top team finally thrashed out a position of the UK’s future trading relationship with [...]
Dominic Raab named as new Brexit secretary after David Davis resigns July 9, 2018 Housing minister Dominic Raab has been appointed as the new Brexit secretary, taking over from David Davis. The pro-Leave MP for Esher and Walton, who has also served in the Ministry of Justice, will most likely appease some of the more ardent Brexiters, though he has not yet publicly offered a view of the position [...]
May’s gamble: Prime Minister faces backlash on Brexit plans July 8, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch meeting tomorrow as she attempts to keep her party onside amid grumblings of a leadership challenge and a growing backlash over her newly-revealed Brexit negotiating position. May will meet Conservative backbenchers on the party’s powerful 1922 Committee to try to persuade them to back the plan, which would [...]
Chequers: Here’s what the UK’s Brexit position is on customs, goods, ECJ, standards and the Irish border July 6, 2018 The UK government has finally agreed a position on Brexit – but who blinked, and will the EU go for it? Here are the crucial elements of today's big step forward. The transition period will remain the same Whether it was the threat from the ERG, the Prime Minister's concern of a knock-on on the [...]
Prime Minister declares Brexit unity on “business-friendly customs model” after Cabinet away-day at Chequers July 6, 2018 The government has agreed an official position on what it will seek from the next stage of Brexit talks with the EU, after the Prime Minister managed to win over her warring Cabinet today. A gruelling 12-hour day of talks – and food – at the grace-and-favour mansion Chequers, white smoke has emerged on the [...]
Brexit: German minister Horst Seehofer breaks EU ranks as he backs UK against Commission over security July 6, 2018 Theresa May has won a valuable ally in German, who has backed the UK over continued co-operation on security, marking the first cracks in the European Union's solidarity. The German interior minister Horst Seehofer, one of Angela Merkel's most senior Cabinet members, has written to the European Commission to complain about the repercussions of its [...]
Donald Trump’s July 2018 UK visit: Yes, he’s going to meet the Queen, eat at Blenheim Palace, check out Chequers and visit Scotland July 6, 2018 Practice your golf swing and dust off your giant angry baby balloon: Donald Trump is coming to town. The US President is arriving on Thursday afternoon (12 July), but instead of coming to London for one of the many protests in his honour, Trump and First Lady Melania will travel to Winston Churchill's birthplace Blenheim [...]
Prime Minister declares Brexit unity on “business-friendly customs model” after Cabinet away-day at Chequers July 6, 2018 The government has agreed an official position on what it will seek from the next stage of Brexit talks with the EU, after the Prime Minister managed to win over her warring Cabinet today. A gruelling 12-hour day of talks – and food – at the grace-and-favour mansion Chequers, white smoke has emerged on the [...]