- By 5pm today we will have the full list of candidates to be the UK’s next Prime Minister
- Under the new rules, each candidate requires 8 MP supporters
- Round 1 of voting by MPs will then take place this Thursday, 13 June, 10am-12noon. Result expected 1pm.
- Here is…
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Ignore headline hysteria about a populist takeover of the EU. Rather, today’s European Parliament elections should prove to be yet another chapter in the story of how the public’s faith in institutions is ebbing away, leading to more volatile policy-making ahead.
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- Even if the leadership teams can agree on something, the lack of discipline within both parties leaves them unable to be sure if their own MPs will back it
- Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has his own anti-Corbyn centrist “…
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Helen Thomas CFA
Helen Thomas CFA has almost two decades of experience working in financial markets for banks and fund managers. Most recently she was Head of Currency Alpha at SSGA. She was also an adviser to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and Director of the Financial Markets Reform Programme at Policy Exchange. She’s a Board Member of CFA UK and a Freeman of the City of London.
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