EU ‘turns off life support’ for May’s Brexit proposal ‘The prime minister had hoped to unite her cabinet and overcome the final hurdle in negotiations with the EU by offering to create an “independent mechanism” to oversee how the UK might leave a temporary customs arrangement if Brexit talks collapsed. But this weekend senior EU […]
You may have thought his speech over the top. (And he may have thought so too.) But politics needs top-flight people who are really good at what they do.
Brexit 1) EU warned of consequences for its firms if a City of London trade deal is refused “Officials have warned that EU companies will lose out if Britain fails to get a special deal for Britain has warned Brussels that thousands of European investment funds will be under threat if it refuses to bow to […]
ISIS terrorists 1) May ‘supports’ Javid’s decision… ‘Ministers today insisted the ISIS ‘Beatles’ are not British any more amid a major row over the UK refusing to seek assurances they will not be executed in the US. And Prime Minister Theresa May now says she backed the decision not to get death penalty assurances from […]
May edges victory in crunch customs union vote… “Theresa May’s government was saved by a handful of Labour Eurosceptics as they joined forces to defeat a vote to keep Britain tied to the EU. Amid dramatic scenes in the Commons, a dozen Tory Remainers defied warnings they would collapse the Government by siding with Jeremy […]
The Prime Minister once promised that: “We are not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. That’s not going to happen.”
As the meaning of legal texts moves centre-stage, Brexit-wise, May sends for a top QC to champion her case – and pore the documents.
May to EU: Now it’s time to get serious – and negotiate “Our message now is to the other side, to Europe, that it’s time to get serious and sit down and talk about it,” she says. “It’s now for Europe to be prepared to sit down and move the pace of negotiations on and […]
May will tell MPs today that the UK will be free to sign trade deals on Day One… ‘Theresa May will today insist that Britain is allowed to begin striking global trade deals and registering new EU arrivals on the first day after Brexit. Eurosceptics have voiced concerns over the Prime Minister’s plan for a […]
Brexit 1) UK and EU move forward this morning Brexit 2) May in Brussels after “sufficient progress is made” in first phase of talks “The European Commission has announced it is recommending to the European Council that “sufficient progress” has been made in the first phase of Brexit talks. Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, appeared […]
Clark launches Industrial Strategy paper today ‘Improving our business environment means making the UK one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business. Investing in people means giving more of us the skills to seize the opportunities of today’s and tomorrow’s labour market. For ideas, we want to be among […]
I would propose that we pay a total of €12 billion as our “divorce bill” – even if there’s no FTA. But subject to three conditions.
Corbyn shifts position on the single market… “Jeremy Corbyn has signalled a major shift in Labour’s Brexit policy as he said his party would guarantee the UK “unimpeded” access to the European Single Market. Mr Corbyn used his keynote speech at the party’s annual conference in Brighton to claim that his Labour was “now the political […]
We re-run James Arnell’s series on what might be done for the UK to be Ready on Day One.