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Chris Leslie Articles

Time for parliament to take back control

The nightmare of a no-deal Brexit is becoming a reality. It’s vital that pro-Europeans of all parties join forces to stop ministers driving Britain over the cliff, argues Chris Leslie MP In Florence, Theresa May outlined her view for how Britain should transition away...

A short-term budget that sets the scene for 2020

Osborne’s plans should be a wake-up call for Labour We have heard from some commentatorsthat this was a budget intended to be an unremarkable event, coming ahead of a European Union referendum and more importantly a leadership contest between George Osborne and Boris...

Cameron gives the hard sell on EU membership

There was a strange dynamic in the House of Commons chamber yesterday afternoon. A prime minister, who has consistently called himself a Eurosceptic, doing the hard sell on British membership of the European Union. Flanked by a recent pro-European convert, Theresa...

100 days of Tory majority

100 days ago this weekend, Labour party members were falling exhausted into their beds as the rest of the country was waking up to the first Conservative majority government in 18 years. The first days of a government are not everything, but they are indicative of how...