“No deal is a disastrous outcome for the country. It’s not a wonderful outcome. It’s a disgrace, frankly, that Boris Johnson said it,” says Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband#Brexit https://t.co/qvhGW845Bt pic.twitter.com/PQoAww4Bnk — BBC Politics...
WATCH: The Prime Minister promised a deal would be done, says Reed
“Economies are interdependent – it’s not a breach of sovereignty, it’s an exercise in sovereignty.” Shadow communities secretary Steve Reed says the prime minister promised that a deal would be done and he needs to get on with it.#Ridge...
WATCH: Duncan Smith – the EU’s “proposals are unacceptable to any sovereign nation”
The “European Union is determined to stop” the UK controlling its own laws, its own powers and its own waters says former Conservative leader @MPIainDS and “their proposals at the moment are unacceptable to any sovereign nation”.#Ridge...
WATCH: “The French will have zero access to UK waters” – Raab
‘If we leave with no deal, then the French will have zero access to UK waters.’ Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab vows to ‘enforce’ the protection of UK waters for fishing if there is no deal with the European Union.#Ridge https://t.co/7PE4tPxTgG...
Britain’s relationship with the EU: no love affair, followed by a bad marriage and a stormy divorce
Reluctant European: Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit by Stephen Wall This book could also be called “Life as a Continuous Negotiation”. It shows with great clarity that when Britain entered the European Economic Community, as it was then...
When does the talking stop being talks?
Earlier this week, we listed four possible outcomes from Boris Johnson’s visit to Brussels: triumph, sellout, last-ditch gamble, or simply showing willing before talks collapse. We omitted a fifth: talking followed by more talking. The new deadline for deal or...
Stephen Booth: The Northern Ireland Protocol deal – an improvement on what the EU envisaged a year ago
Stephen Booth is Head of the Britain in the World Project at Policy Exchange. Despite a succession of seemingly “make or break” moments, what is becoming clear is that the only Brexit deadline that matters is 31 December, when the transition period legally ends....
Daniel Hannan: How the EU must wish it had accepted May’s Chequers offer
Daniel Hannan is a writer and columnist. He was a Conservative MEP from 1999 to 2020, and is now President of the Initiative for Free Trade. Liam Fox was right. The former trade secretary has been much mocked for his remark that a trade deal with the EU would be “one...
Johnson to fly to Brussels. Triumph, sellout, last-ditch gamble – or simply showing willing before talks collapse?
A deal agreed by Boris Johnson in London and one agreed by him in Brussels ought to turn out much the same. But that is not how some Conservative MPs will see it. Neville Chamberlain…”I hold in my hand a piece of paper”…”peace in our...
Richard Holden: This first Johnson year demanded tough short-term decisions. The coming second will demand tough long-term ones.
Richard Holden is MP for North West Durham. The Sarnie Salon, Consett A week may be a long time in politics, but a year is an eternity. Another truth is that it is very rare that situations arise in politics that have never been encountered before. But the best-laid...
