The EU Needs a Brexit Endgame
Jan 31, 2019 Jean Pisani-Ferry PARIS – After 31 months of the United Kingdom and the European Union arguing over Brexit, the truth is that neither side knows what it […]
MPs cheer as May wins leadership vote
Now playing Now playing video Watch BBC coverage of May confidence vote Watch BBC coverage of May confidence vote Live Theresa May survives confidence vote | Who sent in ‘no-confidence’ […]
Like Maggie Thatcher all those years ago, Theresa May’s future and that of the country is in the hands of her (remaining) cabinet
If I were May, and I managed to get the cabinet – what’s left of it – behind me, then I would certainly tough it out, inviting the hard Brexiteers to come and get […]
If I were the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, I’d be cynical about this state visit
The truth is, you just can’t tell who your real friends are these days Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thank heavens Theresa May is giving a warm welcome today to the illustrious […]
Disorder in the British foreign policy
Chris Doyle | Published — Tuesday 14 November 2017 US President Donald Trump may have trashed all previous records in losing or firing key members of his administration, but British […]
As Aleppo burns, we need to face the dark truth about where our foreign aid actually goes
Foreign aid is a bargaining chip with developing countries, securing contracts for British oil, finance, infrastructure and military contractors, often structured via British tax havens, from the City of London Joel Benjamin For Syrian civilians in Aleppo, caught in a brutal civil war since 2011 with relentless shelling, barrel bombs […]
ARGUMENT: Theresa May Is a Religious Nationalist
You can’t understand the British prime minister’s politics, or her Brexit strategy, without understanding her Anglicanism. BY ANDREW BROWN DECEMBER 6, 2016 One of the least understood, yet most important, things about British Prime Minister Theresa May is that she is the daughter of a Church of England vicar. The […]
Conservative leadership: Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom in battle to be Prime Minister after Michael Gove eliminated from contest
Live Conservative leadership: Theresa May and May: I’m delighted to have won so much support from my colleaguesPlay!01:33 Danny Boyle Ben Riley-Smith, political correspondent 7 JULY 2016 • 6:34PM Michael Gove elimated from Conservative leadership bid Andrea Leadsom faces Theresa May in two-horse race to be PM May […]