All posts tagged "Jeremy Corbyn"

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  UK civil service chief blocks opposition policy costings as election looms

  The UK’s Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Mark Sedwill, has intervened to block the release of a government document estimating the costs of the opposition Labour Party’s

  • Posted November 7, 2019
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  Breaking the deadlock: O’Donnell backs a confirmatory Brexit vote

  Former UK Cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has spent nearly three years urging the government to unite behind a clear position on Brexit – but he’s finally concluded that only a

  • Posted April 9, 2019
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  UK Parliament wins right to avert No Deal on Brexit

  The UK’s House of Commons agreed on Wednesday night that if Parliament rejects both PM Theresa May’s planned Brexit deal and the prospect of a ‘No Deal’ exit, MPs will

  • Posted February 27, 2019
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  Whither Brexit? Explaining the UK’s political chaos

  An attempt to unseat the prime minister. Deadlock between government and Parliament. A hopelessly fragmented House of Commons. What on earth has happened to Britain’s normally-pragmatic politicians – and where

  • Posted December 14, 2018
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  Analysis: The UK’s black comedy of errors

  Conventional wisdom holds that the House of Commons must reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal. But current UK politics is defined by miscalculations and fear, not logic and principle; Matt Ross

  • Posted November 19, 2018
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  UK Parliament can safely block Brexit deal, says former deputy PM

  Britain’s Brexiteers argue that a parliamentary vote against the Brexit settlement currently under negotiation would lead to a chaotic ‘no-deal’ exit from the EU. But the UK’s former deputy prime

  • Posted April 27, 2018
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