In practice, a workable protocol requires arrangements that reflect its wider aims — including respect for the territorial integrity of the UK.
Europe is back, but Covid-19 hasn’t gone anywhere: the Prime Minister is fighting on two fronts.
Johnson and Cummings’ previous assaults on the pre-Brexit order have been brilliantly conceived. This one may not be up to the same standard.
No self-respecting democracy could accept the sort of concessions demanded by the victor after a war had been won.
We must demonstrate that we are able to protect the values that people cherish, and provide the means through which their lives can be improved.
From commenting on a female politician’s “sex appeal” to talking about women doing the ironing, he will not win over a large segment of the electorate.
Modest consolidation over decades is one thing; large increases over a Parliament would be quite another.
A piecemeal and half-hearted approach to funding skills-based education and training has undermined serious progress in this area for decades.
With the NHS in no danger of collapse, and lower hospitalisation and death rates, test-and-trace, not lockdowns, must take the strain.
Lockdown has taken a significant toll on the younger generation, and we need help to make up for lost time.
Plus: On Last Night of the Proms, I get in touch with my inner Farage. And: On Brexit, it’s crunch time as the end of transition approaches.
Australia’s former Prime Minister knows all about trade deals – and can supply insights both from his experience and an international contact book.
We could give in to the leftist, isolationist Little England vision of a reclusive UK. Alternatively, we could make Global Britain a reality.
Trade negotiations and agreements are inherently political.
They don’t talk about politics in daily life; don’t write to local or national newspapers; most importantly, they’re not politically active online.