Even if the DUP and Sinn Fein could persuade their communities to back the compromises necessary, they have not done so.
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Many voters – Leave and Remain – appreciate his spirit of boldness, and want to move on from past divisions, not reopen them. There are opportunities to be grasped.
“It has become absolutely clear to me that we cannot take the argument for granted.”
Johnson’s speech today and the Commission’s basic take are strangely similar – Brexit points to a Canada-type settlement on alignment and divergence.
By accepting that 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland could vote on their future during the Scottish referendum, we undermined the case for not extending the franchise further.
Seema Malhotra and the MEP & ConHome columnist exchange question and answer on the Customs Union.
The Justice Secretary is challenged over reports that Hammond will not be delivering one of a series of Ministerial set-piece speeches.
“Our worry at the moment is if you had another one it would divide the country again and open up the potential of right-wing xenophobia.”
The former Cabinet Minister suggests that what happens at the end of the period will decide whether pro-Leave MPs support it.
The Shadow HCLG Secretary wants a transitional period, as the Government does, but says that it shouldn’t “be rushed to a March 2019 deadline”.
This approach fully honours the referendum result. The UK would leave the EU in a manner that minimises disruption.
We don’t need a European solution; we need a global solution. We must think independent Anglosphere, not dependent Eurosphere.