“The Treasury Finance Ministry view of the world isn’t about structural reform to increase the productive capacity of the economy.”
In government under Cameron, Francis Maude and his SpAds helped to make a difference. Time to call in Baroness Finn to hold a review.
For both Brexiteers and the EU, Brexit is a constitutional issue, from which economic consequences flow, rather than the other way around.
At stake here is whether Britain ultimately repatriates meaningful economy policy, or remains only ever one small step away from EU re-entry.
Open Europe’s new report offers a clear-eyed assessment of the practical and political hurdles the Prime Minister may face.
Since the Government believes the Yellowhammer leak details are out of date, it should publish an up-to-date assessment as soon as possible.
There are four possible approaches he could take on Brexit. Not all of them lead to success.
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
Gove, Stewart and perhaps others too could see their standing and prospects damaged this afternoon.
A basic problem remains unaltered – that there is no Commons majority for a No Deal Brexit. This point has been well made by Ann Widdecombe.
New polling for Open Europe shows that the Tories have special reason to be wary of this consequence of a long extension.
Precisely because it would be a rather unnecessary addition to the current deal, it is hard to argue that the proposal would be a disaster for Brexit.
The Irish Government have failed to grasp the extent to which unionist concerns would be listened in London.