I still want to avoid a second referendum. But unless we can make progress towards Parliament supporting a deal, those calls are going to grow.
How the pro-Leave Spartans, not pro-Remain or pro-Soft Brexit Tories, could end up whipless – and barred from contesting a general election as Conservatives.
The former Party Chairman and Chief Whip says the only way to save moderate conservatism is to get Brexit through.
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Today’s polls reveal some interesting things about the early days of Johnson’s premiership – and hint at the battles to come.
Raising national insurance, fewer “sin taxes”, public sector pay rises, more schools spending – all are part of his programme.
New polling from YouGov shows that leaving the EU is an electoral imperative for the Tories.
Leadsom threw such caution to the winds and promised Britain will leave the EU on 31st October.
MPs and activists should be asking themselves a big question: what is it that made him popular in the first place?
Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.
They are chosen not from a factional or ideological standpoint, but from what I see while doing the job of Mayor.
We don’t know whether they believe it to be prudent or desirable or both – but the message to the leadership contenders is clear.
The first-past-the-post system is capricious. It protects you until all of sudden, it eliminates you. Ask Scottish Labour.
That’s the first time this has been the case for more than two years – though the majority is small.