UK Conservatives
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson’s resignation rocked the party as the snap election campaign began in earnest. But it only distracted attention away from the Tories’ own terrible start. One of Watson’s old allies in team Gordon Brown, Labour peer Lord Stewart Wood, and Tory ex-special advisor Laura Round join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to share their thoughts on a stuttering snap election start for the big parties.
It’s been three years since the UK voted to leave Europe. As the EU delay their decision on how long the next extension should be until after Boris Johnson’s demand to have a snap general election is resolved in Parliament, take a look at Brexit’s tortuous journey to this point from the referendum vote in 2016.
Disclaimer: We recorded this just a couple of hours before Boris Johnson Boris Johnson called for a December 12 snap election - but still contains loads of great chat about whether a Christmas snap poll is a good idea for the Tories and Labour!MPs have backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but refused to allow it go through the Commons in time for October 31 deadline agreed with the EU. Time for an election then? The PM wants one, but who will it favour?Arj Singh and Rachel Wearmouth are joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami and Anand Menon, director of the UK In A Changing Europe think-tank, to talk over another dramatic week in Westminster.
Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and Brexit expert Jill Rutter, of the UK In A Changing Europe join Arj and Paul to discuss the week in Westminster, as Boris Johnson finds himself stuck on the rocks of a Brexit deal.But with MPs’ course set for an election, will the Conservative pitch a no-deal Brexit to voters? And will Extinction Rebellion’s protests make a difference in a snap poll?
Johnson has lost his majority, and his nerve. What he and all moderate members like me need is a drastic change of course, writes Ed Shackle.
"The threat of spending hundreds of hours away from my family fills me with dread."
Jeremy Corbyn's party said £4.3 billion has been stripped from the funds used to repair hospitals and buy equipment since 2014.
Director of The UK In A Changing Europe's Anand Menon joins Arj Singh, Rachel Wearmouth and Paul Waugh to discuss Boris Johnson taking the reins of the Tory Party, beginning with a purge of the cabinet few expected. Does it suggest a looming election?
Winning a majority of MPs was just the start. The inside story of how he is targeting party members, while building a ‘transition’ team for Downing Street.
Johnson denied any links with the far-right US figure last year.