What does Parliament want? No one is entirely sure. Theresa May is struggling to find a majority of MPs in favour of her Brexit deal, while Remainers know there is no majority in favour of their preferred second referendum, and Brexiteers remain outnumbered in their desire for a Canada-inspired or no deal Brexit. The situation has left ministers in despair. "There are lots of MPs against things," Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay complained on Tuesday about the lack of a sign "what there is a majority for." Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, has declared that "more than ever we need to find the centre, reach across the House and find a majority for what will be agreed." The stalemate could... To continue reading this article Start your free trial of Premium Access all Premium articles Subscriber-only events Cancel any time Free for 30 days then only £2 per week Try Premium Access one Premium article per week Register for free … [Read more...] about How we could end up with a general election and new Prime Minister in three steps
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New first minister takes the reigns
Wales politics 12 December 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-46399037 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsWelsh Labour leadership 2018 Mark Drakeford is expected to take over as Wales' new first minister … [Read more...] about New first minister takes the reigns
Britain needs a new Prime Minister but we don’t want to see Jeremy Corbyn in No10
CABINET ministers cling to their red boxes like drowning men as Theresa May drives her stricken government towards the rocks. Ex-Brexit cheerleaders Liam Fox and Michael Gove can be seen firing distress flares to save her Brexit bodge. It is not a good look. Mrs May’s defeat in next week’s crucial Withdrawal Bill vote will almost certainly mark the end of her premiership. It might also mark the beginning of the end for the Conservative Party. Nobody would cheer louder than Momentum’s Marxist Labour insurgents. There is even wild talk of an emergency Christmas election and the advent of bearded Marxist Jeremy Corbyn as Red Santa. Downing Street is fuelling the nightmare with a trash-and-burn campaign of terror among Tory waverers, rallying party supporters against their own MPs and leaving a legacy of distrust and disillusion. A stream of wobbling Brexiteers has been deployed in pro-Brussels newspapers and the ever co-operative BBC. Even “deep-thinking” … [Read more...] about Britain needs a new Prime Minister but we don’t want to see Jeremy Corbyn in No10
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets US President Donald Trump in New York
Donald Trump and Jacinda Ardern have met briefly in New York, where the pair discussed baby Neve, Iran, US tariffs and the Korean peninsula. The US President hosted an exclusive party for heads of delegations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The event provided an opportunity for leaders to get a handshake and photo opportunity with Mr Trump at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on Madison Ave. While most attendees only got a brief audience with the President, Newshub understands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was welcomed warmly by the President, and was given the opportunity to discuss several issues with him. Trade Minister hoping for NZ exemption to Trump's tariffs Jacinda Ardern reveals what she would say to Donald Trump World leaders laugh at Donald Trump during United Nations general assembly "She got a fair amount of face-time and was able to raise a few issues with the President," Newshub's political editor Tova O'Brien told The AM Show … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets US President Donald Trump in New York
Top MPs Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel ask ‘What now?’ after the Prime Minister’s Salzburg Brexit humiliation
ON Thursday, the EU comprehensively dismissed the UK Government’s Chequers plan. For some time I have said that was a very poor plan because the UK would have become rule takers, which was not what we voted for. However, nothing else shows the British people why we need to leave the EU as soon as possible than the dictatorial, pompous and hectoring tone of the unelected EU Council president Donald Tusk and the “Polly Pocket” Napoleon, President Macron of France, as they gleefully stuck the boot into Theresa May. The Prime Minister in reply made a statement on Friday setting out her new demands. Gone, (for good I hope) was the mantra that there is no alternative to the Chequers proposal, which so angered all of us who have campaigned for Brexit. Yet instead, two things emerged. The first that the Prime Minister was clearly angered by their treatment of her. Regardless of their views on Chequers, she has the right to believe that as the UK has always treated the EU with … [Read more...] about Top MPs Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel ask ‘What now?’ after the Prime Minister’s Salzburg Brexit humiliation