The Telegraph October 19th, 2019 There’s nothing like the prospect of a tight vote to start the adrenalin flowing in the stomach of a Whip. And the vote on Boris’s Brexit deal today could be the tightest of them all. The Government’s Chief Whip, Mark Spencer, will be working with his deputy, Amanda Milling, […]
The Telegraph September 4th, 2019 MPs up and down the land have been receiving a string of emails – often identical – talking of the ‘catastrophe’ that will strike our islands if we leave the EU without a Deal. And by ‘Deal’ they mean the one negotiated by Theresa May with or without the […]
The Telegraph August 23rd, 2019 This weekend, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are set to meet for their very first time as Prime Minister and President at the G7 Conference. And the anti-American twitter war in Britain will start afresh. Yet from a US perspective, the Anglo-American alliance could not be stronger. Last Sunday […]
The Times July 10 2019 In 1980 Margaret Thatcher declared to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) “I want my money back” and threatened to withhold payments or even leave the trading bloc altogether. A BBC camera crew crouching low behind a hedge in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles while they […]
Washington Examiner July 9th, 2019 In 1980, the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher exclaimed to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) “I want my money back” when she thought Britain was paying too much and threatened to withhold membership payments or even leave the trading bloc altogether. A BBC camera crew crouching low […]
The Telegraph June 28th, 2019 The extent of the murder of LGBT Iranians is almost unimaginable Fifty years ago in the face of harassment and corruption from the New York Police Department, a riot broke out one June evening following a raid on the Stonewall Bar by the NYPD. The gay community was not […]
The Telegraph May 24th, 2019 Today is do or die. If, despite growing hints from Number 10, Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, fails to get an unequivocal departure date from Theresa May when he meets her, the reputation of the Executive of the 1922 will have shattered. And the Conservative […]
The Telegraph May 17th, 2019 This costly juggernaut is over-budget, behind schedule and makes a mockery of Conservative principles In a recent Telegraph article, my colleague David Davis highlighted the spiralling costs of HS2. Several Tory leadership contenders have already said they would knife the project if they were Prime Minister. And a further blow to […]
The Telegraph April 26th, 2019 Members of Parliament are tearing their hair out at the thought of the Withdrawal Agreement coming back to the House of Commons for a fourth time while the electorate in their utter frustration look set to vote for the Brexit Party in their millions in the European Elections. Leavers […]
The Telegraph April 11th, 2019 Having sunk to humiliating herself and our nation by begging for more time in Brussels, the Prime Minister should not expect to be buoyed by her party’s support. Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, leaves a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in the Europa building in Brussels […]