EU may offer to extend deadline for Brexit deal to summer
Leaders summit to consider ‘range of dates’ next week, with current talks all but dead The European Union is poised to extend Brexit talks into as late as next summer… Read more »
Category: Dominic Cummings
Brexit: Tusk accuses Johnson of ‘stupid blame game’ as No 10 signals talks about to collapse – live news
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as doubts grow over future of Brexit negotiations EU accuses UK of playing ‘stupid blame game’ after No 10 briefing No 10 memo… Read more »
Johnson refuses to say sorry for remarks about murdered MP Jo Cox
PM’s adviser Dominic Cummings claims that only carrying out Brexit will calm tensions Follow the latest political developments – live Boris Johnson has refused to apologise in the face of… Read more »
EU dismay as Boris Johnson compares himself to Hulk
Breaking ‘manacles’ comments come a day before PM travels for Brexit talks in Luxembourg Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo smashes PM’s attempt at incredible metaphor European officials reacted with exasperation on… Read more »
Boris Johnson loses sixth vote in six days as election bid fails
Fresh setback for PM as he moves to shut down parliament for five weeks Brexit latest – live Boris Johnson shut down parliament in the early hours of Tuesday following… Read more »
Bercow begins his long goodbye by inflicting more Tory turmoil | John Crace
The Speaker’s resignation comes on yet another day of humiliations for Boris Johnson It was all too much for Sally Bercow. After more than an hour spent sitting listening to… Read more »
Britain is facing a stark choice. So why are so many people tuning out? | John Harris
Away from Brexit and the Tory melodrama, I’ve found a mood of weariness and disconnection. Yet its causes explain where we are As parliament tumbled through last week’s drama, I… Read more »
Anger over Westminster security pass for Cummings
MPs demand to know why Boris Johnson’s aide has access despite being in contempt of parliament Senior MPs have demanded to know why Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s adviser, has… Read more »
Boris Johnson fails to bring Tories sunshine in excruciating PMQs | John Crace
Their clown prince resorts to telling bare-faced lies, making even Corbyn look dignified in the process Practice makes imperfect. There was an air of expectancy on the Tory benches as… Read more »
Boris Johnson’s electoral gamble risks wrecking the Tory party | Jonathan Freedland
Proroguing parliament, expelling MPs: moves born of panic or part of a cunning plan? Either way, the stakes couldn’t be higher When some of the best-known Conservative figures of the… Read more »
Johnson decided to suspend parliament ‘two weeks before asking Queen’
PM ticked secret memo while refusing to confirm decision in public, Edinburgh court hears • Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen Boris Johnson had secretly decided… Read more »
PM ‘must launch urgent inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s reign of terror’
Ex-civil service chiefs join critics of Boris Johnson’s aide as protests against ‘coup’ spread across Britain Senior politicians, a former cabinet secretary and an ex-head of the home civil service… Read more »
‘Culture of fear’ claims as Javid confronts PM over adviser’s sacking
Dominic Cummings ‘pissed off’ about briefings on pay and gender balance – report A furious Sajid Javid confronted Boris Johnson on Friday and demanded an explanation of why his media… Read more »
Cummings should not have been allowed No 10 role, suggests Tory MP
Damian Collins claims ‘real-world sanctions’ are needed for those found in contempt of parliament Boris Johnson’s chief strategist Dominic Cummings should not have been allowed to take up his Downing… Read more »
Heseltine: imposing no-deal Brexit ‘intolerable’ attack on democracy
‘Large’ number of Tory MPs set to vote against party, which would also lose ground to Lib Dems The Conservatives will lose significant votes to the Liberal Democrats or other… Read more »
Brexit enforcer Cummings’ farm took €235,000 in EU handouts
Boris Johnson aide, a strident critic of Brussels, is accused of hypocrisy over payments Boris Johnson’s controversial enforcer, Dominic Cummings, an architect of Brexit and a fierce critic of Brussels,… Read more »
New rebel bid to halt no-deal Brexit amid fury at PM’s enforcer Dominic Cummings
Alarm is mounting about Dominic Cummings and his willingness to defy parliament Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October… Read more »
Dominic Cummings takes swipe at Grieve over confidence vote plan
Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser suggests MPs will not find a way of forcing out PM to stop no-deal Brexit Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, has laid down… Read more »
Brexit: Michael Gove accuses EU of refusing to negotiate new deal
Comments appear at odds with reports that No 10 is ready to crash out of EU come what may Michael Gove has accused Brussels of refusing to negotiate a new… Read more »
Brexit will happen on 31 October ‘whatever the circumstances’ – No 10
PM’s spokesman declines to say if Commons vote against no deal would change anything Brexit will take place on 31 October “whatever the circumstances”, Downing Street has said, refusing to… Read more »
Johnson adviser said Tories do not care about poor people or NHS
Exclusive: Dominic Cummings expressed damning views of party in 2017 and now has key role in No 10 Voters are right to think Tory MPs largely do not care about… Read more »