Archive: Theresa May

Tonight we find out if MPs are prepared to lead us out this mess

The Letwin-Benn amendment is probably the last chance to wrestle control of this process from the dead hand of Downing Street

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.

Week in Review: Suddenly, we kind of know what's going on

We finally know the timetable and the rules of engagement. There are are now three weeks to save the country.
Black Thursday: Britain humiliated on global stage as it begs EU for more time

After three years, the inevitable moment of humiliation and disgrace has finally arrived.

Article 50 bombshell: May's cowardice is driving us over the cliff edge

Prime minister's request for only a short extension makes no-deal more likely than ever.
Bercow detonates May's third vote with dramatic Brexit intervention

After years of petty sneers and active sabotages of parliament by the government, John Bercow finally took his revenge. Theresa May's Brexit strategy now lies in ruins.

Exactly how many times can May bring this deal back to the Commons?

The prime minister wants to bludgeon parliament into backing her deal - but there are constitutional and political limits to what she can do.
May loses a vote against herself in a crazed night of parliamentary drama

Scenes unlike any other point in modern Commons history as Theresa May's government seems to fall apart completely.

Lost & ruined: May humiliated once again by Commons

Her voice gone, rain pelting down, the benches behind her half-empty - the prime minister never looked more alone.
Week in Review: A govt coming apart at the seams

Downing Street's lack of basic moral decency competes only with its functional inadequacy.

May's Article 50 extension is a trick to take us to the real cliff edge

This is not an extension, it is a road to her ideal outcome - no-deal or her deal.
May's latest Brexit defeat: The edifice of nonsense comes tumbling down

The government has been defeated by MPs on propositions that they themselves backed two weeks ago. The whole edifice of blather and nonsense is coming tumbling down.

This government has bungled every negotiation it faced and now it's even bungling its bribes

When they throw money at companies, they can't convince them to stay. When they try to buy MP support, they still vote against them.
Week in Review: We are all talking about nothing as the clock ticks down to oblivion

Theresa May has gone to Brussels with no plan and no idea how she'd deliver it if she did.

Brexit is the ultimate middle finger to a dead meritocracy

A Cabinet full of nobodies promoting a policy no-one wants. How could young people ever believe that society would treat them fairly?
Week in Review: Everything is dead everywhere

The amendments to May's Brexit statement are like a collection of twitching corpses.

Corbyn and May basically have the same Brexit policy

There are really only four Brexit options on offer - and Corbyn and May have signed up to the same one.
Week in Review: A circular firing squad of stupidity

A prime minister who rules out concessions before talks, and a leader of the opposition who demands them as a precondition of talks.

Historic defeat: May faces her day of judgement

We've rarely seen a humiliation on this scale in our lifetime. This is what happens next.
Conspiracy theory & lies: This is all May has to offer

Right at the end of the road, she still has nothing left: just division and authoritarianism.

Week in Review: Brexit's third act

We're finally reaching the climax of this horrible story - and something is going to have to give.
2018 highs and lows: Theresa May's 'no-Brexit' miscalculation

The prime minister said the magic words and suddenly the People's Vote was set free.

Labour's no-confidence gambit: What happens if they trigger a challenge?

Everything you need to know about the constitutional drama of an opposition-led leadership challenge
Week in Review: May's Brexit is over, parliament must take control

That's it. There's no more. The song's over. It's done.

The worst of all worlds: May is ruined but immune

Theresa May loses all authority, but safeguards her position, after a remarkable day in Westminster.
May leadership battle: We're the hostages of a Tory party that has gone insane

Every option is now catastrophic. This is the behaviour of a party which is simply not fit for government.