Bercow-Rudd pincer movement may foil Johnson’s schemes
The Speaker, a Cabinet minister and a string of former Tory ministers are speaking out against PM’s undemocratic plan to ignore Parliament.
Farage makes a fishy claim – but he’s to blame
Brexit Party boss claims our ‘gutless’ civil service will be to blame for illegal fishing if we crash out of the EU. Nope. He will be.
Lea says she was joking when she said she made figures up
Brexiter economist accused journalist and Treasury of making up figures. She added she made figures up herself when she worked at Treasury.
Brexit secretary wrongly implies MEPs decide Brexit policy
Barclay says EU doesn’t have a mandate for the “backstop” because there are new MEPs. Can somebody please tell him how the EU functions?
Cleverly fails to live up to name with EU zone blunder
New Tory chair claims we can use Brexit to establish free ports. Except we already can as EU members. They’re not even a clever idea.
Raab seems to have same loose grip on facts as his boss
Foreign secretary claims he made clear during referendum we could leave the EU without a deal. Snag is nobody can find any evidence he did.
Don’t believe naysayers: Remainers are very much in business...
We’re probably not crashing out of the EU on October 31. MPs will stop that. We’ll then be into either a referendum or election.
Johnson, we can only fix UK if we stop fixating about Brexit
New PM waxes lyrical about turbocharging regions, a fast trans-Pennine railway and money for deprived communities. But he can’t pay for it.
Johnson’s big problem: there’s no “there” there
PM’s posturing obscures suspicion he has no clue where he wants to go. His facile positions can’t be construed into a discernible policy.
Easier to stop Brexit with Johnson as PM
Since EU won’t give him what he wants and MPs won’t let him quit without a deal, we are probably heading for a referendum or election.
Swinson’s Lib Dems can achieve lots if they aren’t tribal...
New leader needs to reach out to other pro-European parties - and to pro-European Tory and Labour MPs - in case Johnson calls an election.
Boris Johnson’s moon article is loony
Johnson’s column shows fundamental misunderstanding of intricacies of moon landing, not surprising given his understanding of Brexit.