Archive: Theresa May

Brexit: Brussels just got serious

Unexpected attack from European leaders signals bad news for May, amid diminishing signs of a deal

Appointment of Theresa May "a positive day in British public life"

Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has congratulated Theresa May on becoming Prime Minister.
NARPO "surprised" by Theresa May's choice of candidate for HMCIC

The National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) has been watching with interest the recent developments in policing and was surprised not only at the Home Secretary’s choice of candidate for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMCIC) but also at the comment that he was head and shoulders above any other candidate.
NOAH comment on Theresa May’s Mansion House speech

NOAH welcomes Theresa May’s confirmation that we should have a close relationship with the European Medicines Agency
Unite: G4S civilian investigators should send shock waves across the country

Unite the union, which represents police staff has demanded that home secretary, Theresa May steps in to halt police privatisation as the disgraced security company G4S advertises for civilian investigators to work for Warwickshire police.

The govt has passed a law against its own negotiation strategy

The govt has passed a law against its own negotiation strategy
Week in Review: Trump's survival-of-the-fittest worldview shows perils of Brexit

Trump's behaviour towards May was unprecedented - and a reminder of what post-Brexit Britain is facing

War-gaming the Brexit chaos: What the hell happens now?

The moment when dream meets reality is here. So what happens now?
We are now on cruise control for soft Brexit

The Chequers statement sets a new baseline expectation for Brexit - one which is looking softer every day.

This is why May's third-way Brexit compromise doesn't work

May's third-way compromise policy on post-Brexit relationship with the EU is insane
The new apathy: Finding inspiration at the bottom of British politics

Apathy towards politics isn't new, but the excitement generated by the last elections seems to have faded away.

Week in Review: Quick reminder that everything is still a disaster

Things at the EU Summit were predictably catastrophic
Why did Conservative MEPs vote to protect Orbans far-right government in Hungary?

Signs that Tory MEPs are shoring up support for far-right government in exchange for Brexit cover

There is no Brexit dividend - so where exactly is this NHS money coming from?

NHS will receive five-year funding boost worth over £20bn, but we don't how we're going to pay for it.
Outrage at Trump is fine, but May's Hostile Environment needs action too

Theresa May is failing 'refugee week' just as badly as Donald Trump

Week in Review: No.10 uses delay-and-smear tactics to avoid Brexit defeat

Time is in Brussel's benefit when it is negotiating abroad, but it is to its own benefit when negotiating domestically.
Brexit amendments: Time for parliament to take back control

Downing Street has only ever really had three arguments to keep its MPs in line, none of which make any sense. The government does not own the Brexit mandate and the public deserve MPs who have made basic efforts to guide the process in the event of executive failure.

Blink-and-you'll-miss-it Commons vote shows Brexit govt's contempt for parliament

Twelve hours put aside for Brexit bill shows Theresa May has lost all confidence in the project.
Child poverty is being baked into govt policy

What this government has done is strip away support and entrench poverty for the nation's most vulnerable children.

Week in Review: Total Brexit stalemate

Theresa May has reached an impasse in the Cabinet on the customs union.
Bicker all you want about a customs partnership - it's impossible either way

Theresa May is calling a 'War Cabinet' to hammer out a customs solution. But despite the noise, all these options have already been rejected by Brussels.

Hostile environment: The dark side of nudge theory

The Nudge theory has come to impact on millions of our day-to-day decisions on a subconscious level. But the row over Theresa May's 'hostile environment' shows what happens when Nudge theory goes dark.
No.10's threat of a no-confidence vote on the customs union is constitutional nonsense

The threat to potential Tory rebels is clear: vote for a customs union and you're voting to topple the government.

Windrush: It’s time for an independent commission into May's anti-immigrant programme

When it comes to our immigration system, the rules are complex, vague in the wrong places, overly specific in others, and appallingly implemented.
Windrush Kids: No justice & no peace in immigration debate

Caribbean immigrants to the UK in the 50s and 60s are suddenly being asked to prove their right to be here

May should leave with honour, rather than serve the Rees-Moggites

History will judge the prime minister kindly if she falls on her sword rather than become a hostage to her party's militant tendency.
The snowed-in speech: May pedals furiously down a dead end

Another Brexit speech from the prime minister, another inch further down the road to nowhere.