Gary Gibbon
Tory leadership: no-one is taking anything for granted
The process of choosing our new Prime Minister enters a decisive phase with the first ballot of Tory MPs.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Michael Gove has done a double Brutus
With a perfunctory call very close to the press statement announcing his candidacy, Michael Gove has abruptly arrested and probably completely destroyed Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming PM.
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Gary Gibbon
Nigel Farage booed and heckled by MEPs
Nigel Farage insulted MEPs as strangers to the real world, ideologues in denial and people who’d never held down a proper job.
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Corbyn hit by Labour resignations after Brexit vote
Jeremy Corbyn is hit by mass resignations from his top team as his position as Labour leader is challenged by some of his MPs, with Hilary Benn calling on him to resign.
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Gary Gibbon
Where is the power right now?
While Brussels and Berlin teemed with reaction, Edinburgh too… London seemed strangely silent.
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Siobhan Kennedy
Brexit: memories of the great financial crash
It felt like a Lehman moment. A referendum result spiralling out of control.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Massive vacuum’ in British politics after EU referendum
It was sombre, almost funereal in tone. One Vote Leave staffer said there was plenty of time for the UK to start exploratory work.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron ‘massively misjudged, over-reached and crashed’
David Cameron will now have to assess whether the price of buying peace in his party was extortionately high.
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Gary Gibbon
Leave is projected to win. The voters have decided
It is a massive blow to the political establishment, its biggest reverse in living memory. Immigration was the spur for many voters but this decision has consequences way beyond that issue.
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Margaret Hodge calls for no confidence vote in Jeremy Corbyn
The veteran Labour backbencher has tabled a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as party leader after he failed to convince voters to back Remain.
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Cameron announces resignation as UK votes to leave EU
David Cameron says he will stand down as Prime Minister as the UK votes to leave the European Union, while Scotland’s First Minister says a second independence referendum is “highly likely”.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron’s message: don’t harm your children and grandchildren
He said that the issue “above all” is the economy, in the knowledge that for many voters “immigration” tops it.
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Jo Cox: Commons pays tribute to dead MP
Politicians from across the political divide pay an emotional tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in her constituency last week.
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Gary Gibbon
EU vote registration extended – desperate measures?
Would the government have bust a gut to extend the deadline on voter registration if it wasn’t to their advantage? Discuss.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron blasts Vote Leave campaign
At the heart of David Cameron’s argument today was that just about everyone you can think of amongst the world’s big institutions, friendly allies and top economic institutions is arguing on his side.