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Christopher Howarth

Posts by Christopher Howarth

Christopher Howarth is a senior researcher working in the House of Commons. Prior to this he worked for Open Europe, as a Conservative Foreign Affairs Adviser and senior researcher to a Shadow Europe Minister.

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Christopher Howarth: The flurry of Withdrawal Bill amendments range from pointless to legally illiterate

Parliament authorised Brexit through Article 50, but now risks refusing the Government the chance to guarantee legal continuity.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 17 October 2017 at 6:30 am | 87 comments

Christopher Howarth: The EU is approaching a decision point in the negotiation. It either compromises – or gets no money.

We are not yet there, but it’s clear the Brexit cup is not, as some gloomily believe, half-empty but in reality very nearly full.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 3 October 2017 at 6:30 am | 177 comments

Christopher Howarth: Beware of the EEA-light plan to keep us shackled to the EU

The suggestion here seems to be to keep current and future EU law – and thus the ECJ. We would accept EU laws as they developed without a say.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 19 September 2017 at 6:30 am | 107 comments

Christopher Howarth: The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is necessary – and ultimately uncontroversial

But don’t expect that to stop the commentariat, or the Opposition, trying to manufacture some kind of row, even if only for show.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 5 September 2017 at 6:30 am | 89 comments

Christopher Howarth: It’s time to end the great leasehold service charge rip-off

There is a big political prize to be had for the Conservative Party to improving the rights of millions of property owners and bringing them up to equality

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 8 August 2017 at 6:20 am | 51 comments

Christopher Howarth: On immigration, we need no implementation, no transition post-Brexit. Just an immediate start in cutting numbers.

Big business has become too reliant on the drug of cheap labour from abroad. It should start preparing to kick the habit now.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 25 July 2017 at 6:30 am | 184 comments

Christopher Howarth: Osborne, Umunna and the CBI are offering a bridge to nowhere, not a bridging agreement

Having attacked EEA membership as a bad deal during the referendum, they now pretend it is a good idea in the hope of preventing Brexit.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 11 July 2017 at 6:30 am | 285 comments

Christopher Howarth: We are not supplicants in this negotiation. We have something the EU needs: money.

For both sides, this is a new kind of deal-making. Although Britain is still a member, this is not an internal negotiation in which the UK can be outgunned and outvoted:

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 27 June 2017 at 6:50 am | 228 comments

Christopher Howarth: May has a rock-solid mandate to deliver a Brexit for all parts of Britain

Conservative MPs should get wise to Osborne’s attempt to bluff, panic and stampede them into backing Single Market membership – and no proper migration control.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 13 June 2017 at 6:30 am | 225 comments

Christopher Howarth: NATO will survive both Trump and Merkel’s criticisms. But it might not survive a Prime Minister Corbyn.

The idea that Brexit is a threat to defence co-operation is a myth.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 30 May 2017 at 6:30 am | 71 comments

What would WTO mean? 2) Christopher Howarth: Financial services and data sharing can be managed without a fully-fledged deal

The absence of a trade agreement with the EU should not concern us – there are swift, practical ways to overcome possible issues.

Comment, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 23 May 2017 at 6:40 am | 71 comments

Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: The manifesto must convince Leavers – and lock in our escape from the EU

Pro-EU Lords will not be able to block Brexit measures that are set out in May’s programme for Government.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 16 May 2017 at 6:30 am | 185 comments

Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: Henry VIII would have coveted the EU’s powers – not these clauses in the Great Repeal Bill

The very last thing the tyrant would have done would be to restore sovereignty to Parliament.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 2 May 2017 at 6:30 am | 38 comments

Christopher Howarth: It would be wrong and unfair to stop counting international students in the migration numbers

If universities want a more relaxed policy, they should argue for it – not seek to hide statistics that they find inconvenient.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 18 April 2017 at 6:30 am | 47 comments

Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: Beneath the rhetoric, the EU27 are being surprisingly constructive

In Tusk’s draft negotiating mandate, the seeds of a deal can already be found.

Columnists, Highlights | By Christopher Howarth | 4 April 2017 at 6:30 am | 83 comments

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