Week-in-Review: The Bibby Stockholm is a floating case study in political failure
Politicians are known to hunt and deploy symbols to serve as markers of success. It is why it’s home secretary Suella Braverman’s “dream” and “obsession” to see a plane rise up from UK soil, full of asylum seekers, Rwanda bound. It is also why the government is willing to countenance the extremely high cost of […]
Senior Conservative says campaigning to leave the ECHR would be ‘completely foolish’ – as it happened
A Senior Conservative has said that campaigning to leave the ECHR would be “completely foolish and absolutely wrong”. Sir Robert Neill, who chairs the justice select committee, told the BBC that leaving the ECHR “Isn’t Conservative party policy. It isn’t government policy. Whoever these unnamed people are speak for themselves, not for the government and […]
How Robert Jenrick became the face of government ‘vice signalling’
Robert Jenrick entered parliament in 2014 after seeing off a challenge from UKIP in a by-election. In such contests, parties tend to pick the most generic, least troublesome candidates after rounds of rigorous vetting. Jenrick, the mild-mannered lawyer, was pointedly prototypical. In parliament, Jenrick picked up the moniker “Robert Generic” as he climbed the greasy […]
Home secretary: ‘Totally unacceptable’ and ‘undemocratic’ for ECHR to overrule government decisions
The government’s illegal migration bill returns to the House of Commons this afternoon where amendments to the legislation will be debated. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick will take the lead at the bill’s report stage and third reading, having led on negotiations with MPs for the home office which has resulted in a key concession from […]
Strikes are an act of economic ‘self harm’, says Jenrick
With train drivers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants all set to walk out on 1st February, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has called on unions to “think about the impact that it is going to have on working people across the country and on the economy”. “We know that times are difficult right now”, Mr Jenrick […]
Government position on Brexit is ‘settled’, says Jenrick
Amid reports suggesting that some inside government want to put the UK on a path to a Swiss-style relationship with the EU, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said there is “no question whatsoever” of the UK reopening the “fundamental tenets” of its Brexit deal. Asked directly if the UK is going to do a Swiss-style […]
