Day: March 18, 2017

    When the Queen dies a highly detailed plan of how the nation will be told and what happens in the next days and hours will swing into action. It includes a special codeword for the Queen and a detailed plan with everything from her undertakers name to the number of pall bearers and the length of gunfire salute in her honour. Her last hours are likely to be overseen by her senior doctor, gastroenterologist Professor Huw Thomas, who will control access to her room and help decide what information should be made public. According to a report, when she dies it will be Sir Christopher Geidt, the Queen’s private secretary, who will spread the news, first contacting the prime minister. The Queen will be known by the codeword London Bridge and civil servants will say London Bridge...

    Gordon Brown will propose a third option of giving Scotland vast new powers in exchange for remaining in the UK. During a speech in Fife the former PM will suggest giving Holyrood the authority to sign treaties with other European countries and set VAT. He will also call for EU powers to be repatriated to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and the regions not Westminster. Gordon Brown That would give Scots control after Brexit of the £800m they currently contribute to the EU. As Nicola Sturgeon prepares to ramp up her rhetoric at the SNP spring conference, Mr Brown will outline a compromise he believes suits everyone. He will say: With these proposed new powers let us send a message today and I will fight for this in the weeks and months ahead that from now on the deb...