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...From Theresa May’s promise of frictionless trade outside the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, to the belief that a hard Brexit wouldn’t create a trade border with Ireland, magical thinking...
...John McDonnell, who was shadow chancellor under Jeremy Corbyn in 2015-20, criticised “factional behaviour”....
...Theresa May’s list included eight Conservative peerages and 41 other honours. David Cameron’s comprised 13 Tory peerages and 46 other honours....
...Jonathan Reynolds, the business spokesman, has spent years affably courting the City....
...Former MP Emma Reynolds and Kirsty McNeill, once a Gordon Brown aide, are also seen as ministerial calibre....
...Then, his successor, Theresa May, approved a fresh industrial strategy which was junked by the next premier, Boris Johnson....
...Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Timeby Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, translated by Robert Savage, Princeton University Press £35/$39.95 Ruler of the Habsburg empire from 1740 to 1780, Maria Theresa...
...George ParkerThis was Theresa May in the middle of the Brexit chaos and the . . . Robert ShrimsleyAnd Jeremy Corbyn. George ParkerFacing a Brexit (inaudible). Robert ShrimsleyExactly....
...Reynolds signalled a major rethink on other Labour policies adopted under Corbyn and McDonnell, notably plans to nationalise various utilities including energy, water and broadband infrastructure....
...People ask me if this would have happened under Theresa May. Of course not. Nor under David Cameron, Gordon Brown or any other modern prime minister....
...Jack Doyle, director of communications, has also quit, along with Martin Reynolds, Johnson’s principal private secretary....
...But the group gained much greater prominence after the 2016 Brexit referendum when it was central to frustrating attempts by the then prime minister Theresa May to deliver a softer Brexit....
...In the email obtained by ITV News, Reynolds told Number 10 staff: “Hi all....
...The MP added that a similar method was used by MPs attempting to protect former prime minister Theresa May when she faced a no-confidence vote in 2018....
...If Johnson continues to poll almost as badly as Theresa May did just prior to her demise, they will conclude that a new face is needed to beat Keir Starmer, the Labour leader....
...And last time we’re there you can remember even Theresa May conferences during the Brexit wars, which felt like pretty downbeat affairs, it was worse than that. George Parker Oh, it was terrible....
...though that October 31st date has been in the diary for the last couple of weeks, there was this widespread expectation in Westminster it was going to be delayed as the shadow business secretary, Johnny Reynolds...
...Jonathan Reynolds, shadow work and pensions secretary, said: “People are seeing the cost of the weekly shop going up, their energy bills going up, transport costs up....
...The hostile approach of Mr Corbyn and his shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, towards business alienated many in the City....
...Last year John McDonnell, shadow chancellor, flew out to Davos in order to get publicity for his leftwing plans to tackle “rigged” financial markets....
...JPMorgan has appointed William Vereker, the business envoy of former UK prime minister Theresa May, as vice-chairman of investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa....
...Last year John McDonnell, the socialist shadow chancellor, went to Davos to gain publicity for his plan to tackle “rigged” financial markets....
...A sign she was being groomed by Mr Corbyn for the Labour leadership came last year when she was part of the party’s team that held talks with the then prime minister Theresa May over a compromise Brexit...
...“To have Number 10 officials walking all over the chancellor sets a new low in the authority of a chancellor and the Treasury,” said John McDonnell, shadow chancellor....
...Theresa May on Wednesday sought Parliament’s assent to legislate for the 2050 target, as recommended by the official Committee on Climate Change....
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