As a split in the Conservative Party finally threatens for real, May must explain why and when she backed off mutual recognition.
Plus “due regard paid to EU case law in areas where the UK continues to apply a common rulebook”.
I took part in the first ever debate held in Parliament on soil. Solar panels line my office roof. Also I use a Somerset wicker basket instead of plastic bags.
To shut off consideration of realistic and achievable ways of supporting the Government’s Brexit objectives would be irresponsible.
MigrationWatch has suggested that those EU migrants with skills in short supply should be able to come to the UK for a time-limited period after Brexit.
Brexit offers green opportunities, but it will also open a governance gap that must be filled.
If we are also out of CAP, CFP and direct ECJ jurisdiction, able to negotiate our own trade deals and in the Single Market, it might not be such a bad outcome after all.
Plus: the official measure of inflation should be changed; student funding requires reform; and the Chancellor must prepare for No Deal.
But don’t expect that to stop the commentariat, or the Opposition, trying to manufacture some kind of row, even if only for show.
The Government has rightly become more ambitious – but there is still further to go.
Subsidies, tariffs or lowering standards are not the answer. There is a conservative solution.
If wealthy landowners fight to retain their CAP subsidies, then support for reform from the green movement could come in handy.
This second piece in our mini-series assessing his performance at DEFRA argues that he has taken a few strong first steps – but that real results are needed.