Andrew Boff: How Croatia’s control of the EU presidency could derail Britain’s negotiations

There is plenty of evidence that Russia has been deliberately expanding her economic and political influence over the EU’s newest member.

Howard Flight: Why the time has come for drug legalisation

Confessions of use in their youth by politicians raises the case for controlled legalisation – at least of ‘soft’ substances, if not yet of hard ones.

Anna Nadibaidze: Where do the other members of the EU stand on the question of an Article 50 delay?

It would need unanimous agreement. Looking at each of the 27’s varying comments, there are six distinct camps of opinion.

Eighteen countries express solidarity with the UK by expelling Russian ‘diplomats’

The “extraordinary international response by our allies” amounts to “the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers ever”, Johnson says.

Simon Clarke: Yes, Brexit will bring new problems for Universities. But it will also bring new opportunities.

The most successful ones will be those that maintain their partnerships in Europe, but also look farther afield to forge new associations across the globe.

Stuart Gardner: Do events in Lithuania signal the end for freedom of movement?

When the moral case is made for high levels of immigration, the negative impact of mass emigration on the countries left behind always seems to be forgotten.

Francis Davis: The Conservative drive for social justice: too much CSJ, too little Europe

Progress has been made, but a narrow focus prevents the area flourishing as a popular Conservative principle.