If the Prime Minister thinks that Ulster is “a special and valued part” of the UK, she should campaign in it. It is, after all, as British as Maidenhead.
Anything that looks like a return to the “best-and-the-rest” model of the past will fail. Our modern, diverse school system is the key to restoring selection.
The First Minister’s demands to ‘ratify’ the deal are a sally onto Westminster’s constitutional turf that he would never tolerate if reversed.
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The Prime Minister’s determination to keep our country together does her great credit – but she won’t do so by endlessly retreating.
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“…the Chinese could use their role to build weaknesses into computer systems which will allow them to shut down Britain’s energy production at will.”
“George Osborne now finds himself trapped by the decisions he has already taken and the dividing lines he himself created.”
“Terrorists do not “win” when the security and intelligence agencies and the police gain new powers to keep the public safe.”
“The cuts proposed are huge: the departments are asked to cut up to 40 per cent… Neither the Treasury nor the departments believe this is the real number.”
New ideas in familiar packages remains by far the most likely, if less exciting, result of this post-Brexit upheaval.
If Brussels – and our own ‘Continuity Remainers’ – thought Britain could yet be bullied into staying, our chances of a good deal evaporate.
If her experience at the Home Office makes offering broad-strokes guarantees difficult, then the Home Secretary should set out her position in detail.