On Thursday evening we at last got a vote in Parliament on the People’s Vote proposal, recently adopted as Labour policy. It was massively defeated by 334 votes to 85. Labour officially abstained, lacking confidence in their new policy. The majority… read more
I will produce considered pieces on these two topics over the weekend. The immediate headlines are A big majority of Conservative MP (188) and an a bigger majority of Conservative members oppose delay. If the EU agreed a delay it could only go throug… read more
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Some 17.4 million people voted to leave. They were told by both the Government and the remain campaign that that meant leaving the customs union and the single market. They were told that many things would be damaging o… read more
The Commons motion last night to reject a so called no deal or WTO exit does not change the law. That says we leave on 29 March. Those who wish to delay Brexit need to persuade the government to go to the EU to negotiate a delay, and then to legislate… read more
Today the Chancellor should confirm what the published figures have been telling us for some time. The deficit is lower than planned as his fiscal squeeze has been tougher . The government has collected more tax than planned, despite shortfalls on Sta… read more