Brexit power struggles

The world waits as the Tories squabble

‘Can I have your job Theresa?’ (Getty Images)

Sorry, but it’s impossible to get away from the B word these days. With all the major events going on in the world this week, the media still managed to spend an awful lot of time talking Boris Johnson. Again.

The awkward party

The week started with the Conservative party conference. But even before any MPs had set foot in Manchester, Boris Johnson managed to pull focus with his red lines.

Red lines draw attention

No not those red lines, but his four Brexit demands. Although he’s neither the prime minister, or the secretary of state for exiting the European Union, when Boris speaks on Brexit he gets attention. Possibly because he doesn’t seem to be doing a great job of diplomacy in his actual job as foreign secretary.

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Theresa’s woes

‘That had better be vodka’ (Getty Images)

If there was a sympathy vote for a bad week in politics, the prime minister would definitely win.

The British Prime Minister's speech was one enormous, flaming dumpster fire and we're cringing

Although the dramatic comedy of errors was happening on-stage, away from the conference, things weren’t looking great either. The pantomime villains of Brexit, Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier, were in Strasbourg ahead of a European Parliament debate and vote on a draft motion calling for a decision on whether Brexit negotiations have made “sufficient progress” to progress to trade talks. Verdict: no.

EU chiefs team up to tell Theresa May she's not done enough before crucial speech

The special relationship? 🇬🇧💔🇺🇸

Holding hands is free: trade deals aren’t

Remember the lovely friendship between the UK and the US, when the newly elected US president chose to meet the British prime minister first out of all the world’s leaders? Many promises and assurances were made of a post-Brexit UK-US direct trading relationship. BFFs, right? Eight months on, reality comes crashing down #AmericaFirst.

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Theresa May's second lesson in post-Brexit trade realpolitik

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