Rishi Sunak must face down the Tory Militant Tendency
The Conservative MPs determined to thwart solutions to the Irish border problem are the same ones who created it.
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Boris Johnson’s intervention on Brexit is really aimed at Rishi Sunak
The former PM’s warning over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill has been timed to cause maximum difficulty for his replacement.
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On the Northern Ireland protocol Rishi Sunak must win over the DUP and his own party
The Prime Minister is in Belfast to meet with the DUP, which has refused to form a government until its…
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Why Ireland still haunts the Tories
The Conservative Party is too ignorant about the country to make Brexit work.
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John Major suggests the Good Friday Agreement should be changed
The former PM argued it could be amended to prevent one party from collapsing the executive.
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Boris Johnson could still scupper Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal
The Prime Minister’s weakness against Tory backbenchers remains the biggest obstacle to his reported agreement with the EU on post-Brexit…
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What would foreign policy look like in a Labour government?
David Lammy’s priorities appear similar to Rishi Sunak’s – the difference is he may be able to actually deliver them.
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Will Rishi Sunak finally stand up to the Brexit fanatics?
Whether or not the Prime Minister defies his backbenchers over the Northern Ireland protocol will be a defining test.
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The politics forecast for 2023: A crisis in the Tory party and a Labour reshuffle
Predictions for the year ahead from the New Statesman’s deputy political editor.
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The Northern Ireland Protocol explained
To understand what is happening between the UK and EU right now, we need to go back in time.
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Two years on, our trade deal with the EU is a rotten turkey
A poll finds more than three quarters of companies believe the Brexit deal has been unhelpful to their business.
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Rishi Sunak needs more than a good tone to beat Labour
The government has made the right noises on Europe and strikes, but that won’t hide it’s lack of substance for…
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Return of Brexit talks gives Labour an opening
The party can’t alienate Leave voters, but it can attack the government for its deal harming the economy.
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Joe Biden gets a new UK prime minister – again
The political chaos in Westminster has raised eyebrows – and some concerns – in Washington.
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“Special, but not exclusive”: will US/UK relations be damaged by Liz Truss?
Joe Biden has a new British PM to deal with, but the same Northern Ireland protocol problem.
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Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland bill is all about her
The Foreign Secretary needs to burnish her Brexiteer credentials for a leadership bid.
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Brexiteers like me are realising it’s impossible for Brexit to ever be truly done
Six years on, it’s worrying to think we went through so much pain to “take back control”.
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Northern Ireland protocol shows how Brexit is still destroying the Tory party
With a potential trade war looming, Conservatives are stuck in an ever-more destructive disagreement over what Britain should look like…
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Boris Johnson may live to regret picking a fight over the Northern Ireland protocol
Voters have more pressing concerns on their minds than squabbles with the EU over Brexit.
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A united Ireland now looks like an increasing possibility
Unity was once the “solution that dare not speak its name,” but when it comes to a desire to remain within…
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