16 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: There is gang warfare in the Cabinet. Foreign Secretary Johnson and Environment Secretary Gove have got over the animosity caused by Gove undermining Johnson’s leadership bid and now stand back-to-back in their shared concern that the Government is not putting sufficient energy into the… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week
Tag: Boris Johnson
Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 October 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit JOHNSON RETREATS FROM LIMB: Last week Boris Johnson continued his attempts at backseat driving, telling The Sun that the Government must raise the minimum wage and pay more to public sector workers. He was also said to have set further red lines for Brexit saying that the transitional… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 September 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT BOUNCER: Boris Johnson has preempted the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence next Friday by publishing an article in The Daily Telegraph setting out his own vision for Brexit. The article which has drawn criticism from Amber Rudd for back seat driving, earned a swift rebuke from… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Boris like Marmite (Lynda Goetz)
21 September 2017 Boris Like Marmite A shambles, a clever tactic or an unacceptable, disloyal attempt at a power grab? By Lynda Goetz Boris does seem to have the same effect on people as Marmite – you either love him or hate him. His 4,200 word ‘speech’, actually delivered as an article in the Saturday… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Boris like Marmite (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 September 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit GREAT REPEAL BILL: The bill which resets UK law at the point of Brexit passed its second reading comfortably with the Democratic Unionists and seven Labour MPs supporting the government. Now it will move to committee. Although a further Commons vote has given the Government control of… Continue reading Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 120:2017 09 14:High Office, and How To Hold It(J.R.Thomas)
14 September 2017 High Office, and How To Hold It Boris’s wilderness years by J.R.Thomas If you had asked Boris in May 2016 what he expected to be doing in the autumn of 2017, you would doubtless have got a witty but evasive answer. To those who persevered, sat with him after a fine feast,… Continue reading Issue 120:2017 09 14:High Office, and How To Hold It(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week in Brief UK
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Fire GRENFELL TOWER: The Prime Minister has been heavily criticised for failing to empathise with victims following the disastrous fire at Grenfell Tower. Although she visited the site shortly after the tragedy there was resentment that she spent her time with the emergency services rather than with… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week in Brief UK
Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK
20 April 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government GENERAL ELECTION: The government has called a general election on 8 June. Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act that had to be endorsed by a two thirds majority of the House of Commons but, since Mr Corbyn has already said that he would back an early election,… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 100: 2017 04 17 Bojo Misses the Party (John Watson)
13 April 2017 Bojo misses the party He is right not to go to Moscow. by John Watson It is always wise to be careful what you wish for and the reason normally given is that you might just get it. In the bowels of the Kremlin they must be pondering that at the moment… Continue reading Issue 100: 2017 04 17 Bojo Misses the Party (John Watson)
Issue 98: 2017 03 30: The Brexit Negotiations (John Watson)
30 March 2017 The Brexit Negotiations A matter of timing. By John Watson Okay then, what happens next? The press is full of guidance as to the steps which follow the giving of notice under Article 50. Today there will be a White Paper. Tomorrow Mr Tusk will send out guidelines regarding the structure of… Continue reading Issue 98: 2017 03 30: The Brexit Negotiations (John Watson)
Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK DIPLOMATIC: The Ambassador to Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned in protest at what he has described as “muddled thinking” in Whitehall over the negotiating stance to be adopted by the UK in its discussions with the EU over the terms of disengagement. Retired civil servants have expressed… Continue reading Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Year of Mysteries (John Watson)
22 December 2016 Year of Mysteries Hang on to your hats. It may be a bumpy ride. by John Watson As 2016 slides away it is hard not to marvel at just how much has changed. A year ago we looked destined to keep our place on the EU rollercoaster as it plunged towards greater… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Year of Mysteries (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
