Highly respected Conservative MP and minister who served as secretary of state for Northern IrelandJames Brokenshire, who has died aged 53 of lung cancer, was the Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup and a minister in successive governments, inclu…
My Secret Brexit Diary by Michel Barnier review – a British roasting
The EU’s chief negotiator found his UK counterparts bizarrely unfocused during the long haul to fix a Brexit deal – and believes they still don’t know what they’ve doneRarely do we see thinking of the other side of a negotiation so quickly, while the t…
EU partly to blame for UK’s hardline tactics, says former May aide
Raoul Ruparel says EU approach ‘feeds the perception’ in London that only aggressive stance will pay offThe EU is partly to blame for the Brexit minister David Frost’s aggressive negotiation tactics on the Northern Ireland protocol, Theresa May’s forme…
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s foreign policy: a lethal vacuum | Editorial
Parochial complacency define the prime minister’s view of the world, leaving him unequal to the crisis in AfghanistanThe prime minister told parliament on Wednesday that Britain was prepared for the fall of Kabul and also that it could not have been f…
The Afghanistan debate showed that Boris Johnson’s flaws lead directly to tragedy | Zoe Williams
For Starmer, the point was ‘what are the human consequences when power is held by someone so unfit?’The initial shock of a packed House of Commons, recalled in recess for an emergency debate on Afghanistan, was how unfamiliar the packed green benches n…
‘Bloody difficult women’: Brexit play hits the London stage
Theresa May and pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller are key characters in a new drama about Britain’s battle over EuropeThey were both called “bloody difficult women”. Yet a play opening in London in the new year will portray Theresa May and the anti-Brexit …