Some will see this change as a breath of fresh air; others as a dangerous and self-centred subversion of long-established and hallowed ways of doing things, writes STEPHEN GLOVER.
STEPHEN GLOVER: On Tuesday an estimate crept out of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which suggests immigration is likely to continue at a high rate for the foreseeable future.
STEPHEN GLOVER: What can the Government do now that it is required by a partisan Speaker to make significant changes to its Bill before it can be introduced again to the Commons?
STEPHEN GLOVER: Theresa May’s statement in the Commons yesterday has been described as a surrender or a U-turn or a humiliation. Some will question whether we will ever get out. I certainly do.
On Tuesday Gordon Banks (pictured), who was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. and a goalkeeper in England’s victorious team in the 1966 World Cup, died at the age of 81.
STEPHEN GLOVER said Jeremy Corbyn met with Theresa May in Westminster for private talks on Brexit and appeared as unstatesmanlike as usual.
STEPHEN GLOVER: If Theresa May’s deal is defeated tomorrow, Dominic Grieve and his band of Remainers plan to neutralise the Government.
The feeling that Britain must regain control of its borders and immigration policy was a major factor in the EU referendum result. The difficulty lies in agreeing what this number should be.
Given any opportunity, Jeremy Corbyn (pictured) will accuse the Tory Government of doling out ‘tax cuts to the rich’. So will his comrade-in-arms John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor.
Since 2010, when the Tories were returned to power in Westminster with the Lib Dems clinging to their coat-tails, the tax burden has risen inexorably, WRITES STEPHEN GLOVER.