Channel 4 News Political Editor gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond.
Gary Gibbon has been Channel 4 News Political Editor since 2005. He gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond.
Gary has worked on four general elections for Channel 4 News. His interview with Peter Mandelson in 2001 triggered the Northern Ireland Secretary's second resignation from the Cabinet.
In 2006, he won the Royal Television Society Home News Award with Jon Snow for the scoop on the Attorney General's Legal Advice on Iraq. Gary also revealed details of Blair's pre-War meeting with George Bush n 2008 and won the Political Studies Association Broadcast Journalist of the Year award.
f the optimistic mood music emanating from Brussels is to be believed, a draft Brexit deal could be published as early as tomorrow.
All the pomp and pageantry you’d expect was rolled out this morning for the Queen’s Speech, intended to set out the government’s plans for the coming session. But what coming session? The government doesn’t have a majority, is desperate for a general election and thinks parliament is dead. The speech itself might well be voted…
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After a three-hour meeting between Boris Johnson and the Irish Prime Minister, there was a distinct change in the Brexit mood music. Mr Varadkar told waiting journalists that the two leaders could now “see a pathway to a possible deal”, and that today’s talks were significant enough to allow negotiations to resume in Brussels.
Tonight, the chances of a Brexit deal appear to be slim or none. Or at least, that seems to be the message from a “frank” phone call between Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel.
Boris Johnson has unveiled his proposal for a deal, but how has it gone down in the EU? Chatting to me this week are Peter Foster, Europe Editor of the Daily Telegraph – the man who first brought you a leak of the deal – and James Kirkup, director for the Social Market Foundation, but…
Boris Johnson’s tone was a world away from his abrasive approach last week. He told MPs that his new plan to replace the Northern Irish backstop was a genuine attempt to “bridge the chasm” to get a new deal with the EU. Hardline Brexiters – who killed off Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement – sounded supportive.…
Boris Johnson has thrown down the gauntlet to the European Union, challenging them to agree to his long-awaited new proposal for Northern Ireland after Brexit.
Visitors to the executive suites floor of the Midland Hotel in Manchester, where the government’s top people held court this week, have been told there is already an expectation that we will soon be in the next phase of this crisis: Boris Johnson refusing to sign the letter requesting a Brexit delay as required by the Benn Act.
It is believed that Boris Johnson will imminently present the EU with new proposals for getting a Brexit deal. The plans are expected to kick-start a round of high-intensity negotiations on how to keep a frictionless border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
On the conference floor, cabinet ministers have been keen to discuss spending policies on buses and infrastructure.
Boris Johnson’s stated determination to “get Brexit done” by the end of October is plastered on virtually every wall and screen at the Conservative Party Conference.
While the storm rages over politicians’ use of language, Gary is joined by Labour’s Jess Phillips and the independent MP Nick Boles for a civilised chat about the state of the nation.
Shocked MPs have spent today conducting a post-mortem on how last night’s Commons debate descended into such bitterness and anger.
Boris Johnson is back in front of the reopened House of Commons this evening facing questions from MPs about his failure to prorogue parliament and his plans for Brexit.