UK General Election 2017

22.06.2017 Brexit

If you were in the DUP’s shoes you’d ask for the world as well – why May’s government is bound to be held hostage

In the UK’s Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition between 2010 and 2015, neither side could get all it wanted. Deals were struck and there was some give and take. Both sides understood the needs of the other to some extent,

14.06.2017 Brexit

Enough of the schadenfreude, EU. UK politics is in a mess, and it’s no laughing matter.

After the problems the UK has caused the EU over the years, and the short term headache posed by the Brexit referendum last year, Theresa May ending up with a hung parliament having hoped for a huge win last week

03.06.2017 Brexit

Britain’s Brexit election that cannot really be about Brexit

When Theresa May called the UK General Election on 18th April, her speech was all about Brexit and how the election was necessary in light of that. You can read the whole thing here, but a few quotes give the

01.06.2017 Brexit

General Election outcomes – short term impact on Brexit

Note the date of this piece: 1st June 2017. One week prior to the UK’s General Election. This is written in response to the current state of the election debate and opinion polls. I cannot judge which of these outcomes will

30.05.2017 Brexit

There is no Brexit plan in the Tory Manifesto. That’s not a surprise. They have no plan.

This morning I took it upon myself to read the parts of the Conservative Party Manifesto for the 2017 election that deal with Brexit. My interest in this issue was piqued yesterday when the Tory Party lines for the Paxman

29.05.2017 Brexit

EU: prepare for greater political instability in the UK (and that will impact Brexit)

A few short weeks ago when Theresa May called a General Election there was only one question on people’s minds: how big will her victory be? Faced with a Labour Party trailing in the polls, assumed to be demoralised thanks

22.05.2017 Brexit

David Davis – and whether he keeps his job – is central to the Brexit process

One of the lines that Theresa May (and her defenders in the UK press) keep repeating is that she needs a greater majority in the General Election on 8th June to strengthen her hand in the Brexit negotiations. As I