Best Laid Plans

George Parker from the Financial Times explains how Boris Johnson's cunning plan blew up in his face over Brexit.

Long may it last if you ask me and doesn't Peter Brookes capture the mood very well with his topical cartoon in The Times.

To recap. Today @BorisJohnson majority went from +1 to -43. He lost his first vote as prime minister. His Brexit strategy is being "wrecked", say No 10. He wants an election but may not be able to get it - at least not on his terms. And he's thrown Ken Clarke out of the party

— George Parker (@GeorgeWParker) September 3, 2019

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Ken Clarke - A Class Act (03/09/19)

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Ken Clarke - The PM's extraordinary knockabout performance today confirms... the Prime Minister wants to fight a flag-waving general election before the consequences of a #NoDeal become too obvious to the public...#StopTheCoup #ResistanceBill #Brexit

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If you ask me, the veteran Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke is a class act and here is Ken, at the top of his form, putting Boris Johnson well and truly in his place.

  

Put it to the People (02/09/19)

Tony Blair makes a very cogent case for avoiding Boris Johnson's 'elephant trap' election and breaking the current political deadlock by letting the people have the final say over Brexit.