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Jon Snow
He threw me out in the eighties, and until now I had never been back. I thought it wise to wait until the old man had been dethroned, or had died. African potentates don’t come much worse than Bob Mugabe. A man who blew his formidable intellect in the pursuit of absolute power. One tends to forget his four or…
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May hopes she’s neutralised the row over Steve Baker’s attacks on the civil service. But that’s a proxy battle for the bigger row over direction of government policy on Brexit phase two. Which way is Theresa May going on that? This morning there were reports swirling that the government was seriously considering staying in something…
Gary Gibbon
In China they boast that their system allows their leaders to think in terms of decades. Their newly arrived guest of honour, Mrs May, is lucky to plan 24 hours in advance. On the long flight over to China, Mrs May’s team were asked if the PM had internet contact to keep her in touch…
Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson allies say some in the Cabinet did come to his support during the exchanges on the NHS. But that’s not what it felt like in the room if you listen even to pro-Leave Cabinet members. One Cabinet minister said that Michael Gove and Chris Grayling “didn’t row towards him, they rowed past. The rest…
Channel 4 News’ full, fiery interview with clinical psychologist and professorJordan B Peterson, whose views on gender have amassed great controversy – and a huge online following. He discusses the pay gap, patriarchy and his new book “12 Rules for Life.”
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May accidentally called the trumpeted “implementation period” a “transition” in the Commons today. “That’s a tenner in the swear box,” one adviser said. Mrs May had spent her late morning at the Brexit Cabinet Committee. It opened with a presentation by the official in charge of negotiations, Oliver Robbins. Mr Robbins outlined an approach…
Gary Gibbon
In Brussels here today you sense the EU leaders are still in “managing the process” mode on Brexit. They have much else on their collective plates and are not about to re-think their Brexit approach.
Are Westminster politicians in danger of not pursuing human rights violations in Bangladesh because of the close connections of one Labour MP to the ruling party in Dhaka? In Bangladesh disappearances continue under an authoritarian police state ruled by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose niece, Tulip Siddiq, is the Labour MP for Hampstead. Tonight we…
Gary Gibbon
The Brexit Cabinet Committee is expected to get down to discussing the government position on the future relationship on Monday afternoon.
Simon Israel
The abandoned son of a former Metropolitan Police undercover officer Bob Lambert is being allowed to sue the force for compensation for psychological damage and negligence.
At the forefront of the campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been her local MP Tulip Siddiq. Now she is being asked to use her influence to free a person campaigners say has been locked up illegally – a British-trained barrister in Bangladesh who was abducted by men thought to be working for the government.
Gary Gibbon
MPs on the Brexit Select Committee are now free to read those parts of the government’s “report” on Brexit sector impact if they go into a secure room. One source who has seen the original report told us what they made of it.
Gary Gibbon
UK diplomats worry that prolonged uncertainty in Germany over the formation of a new government means that officials may take control of events and that hardens the German position. Some claim that it was German officials who shaped the setback at the European Council in October when the UK was deemed to have made insufficient…
Tomorrow a campaign will be launched to highlight the significant number of young people who die suddenly from epilepsy. Figures show that nearly half of the deaths are preventable and yet too often those with the condition are not told enough about the risks. In Cornwall, they have developed a simple checklist – and an…
Gary Gibbon
Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP in the European Parliament and an ally of Chancellor Merkel, has left a meeting with Theresa May feeling a bit more optimistic about the prospects for the European Council meeting in December. Theresa May desperately needs that to be the moment that Brexit talks move on to Phase 2…