Conservative minister accuses Tory Brexiteers of 'treachery' and suggests they join Nigel Farage's new party
14/02/2019
Richard Harrington also dismisses the so-called Malthouse compromise, which is intended to bridge Tory divisions.
Shanker Singham’s Competere offers advice on opportunities arising from Brexit.
In which your hosts mock the ERG. We talk about the European Research Group and its unpublished policy proposals which, apparently, have significant flaws and, so we hear, may be widely mocked. Keep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.
Emails released by the parliamentary standards watchdog show the European Research Group has a second bank account. / A group of hardline Brexiteers, led by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has been questioned by a parliamentary watchdog over funding concerns as it emerged the group had a second bank account.
Senior MPs including Liam Fox, Andrea Leadsom and Jacob Rees-Mogg have used their expenses to fund a 'party within a party'. / Despite expenses rules stating that MPs cannot claim for research or work “done for, or on behalf of, a political party”, the European Research Group has received over a quarter of a million pounds from MPs who claimed the public cash through their official expenses.
Theresa May has been accused of failing to be honest with the public about Brexit by the UK’s former ambassador to the European Union, who warned that “fantasies and delusions on all sides” risk plunging the UK into a democratic crisis.
Chris pops back with special guest host Nick Crosby to discuss another bonkers week in Brexit.