WATCH: EU Commission Vice President urges the UK Government not to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol

Šefčovič warns that if “you pull the plug” then there will be “a lot of problems” for future trading relationships.

John Furbisher: Barnier’s sensational road to Damascus – or rather from Brussels – over the EU and immigration

The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator has suggested that France needs a “constitutional shield” to disregard the European Court of Justice.

Interview with Dominic Raab: The EU’s approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol is “pretty analogue in a digital age”

The Foreign Secretary contends that by forming an aspirational coalition the Conservatives can gain votes in the North without losing support in the South.

Roderick Crawford: We don’t need to abolish the Northern Ireland Protocol. All we have to do is to tweak it.

Were clause 4 of Article 5 amended as I suggest, the Protocol would have much of the flexibility it needs to work to the satisfaction of all parties.

David Gauke: Free trade on vaccines. The EU may have made threats, but it is the US that has actually blocked exports.

Plus: Why as an Ipswich supporter I’m happy to see the end to the European Super League. And: My take on Mercer’s resignation.

David Gauke: I’m a convinced Remainer – but believe nonetheless that the EU has mishandled its vaccine policy

All the same, we have to make this relationship work – because, if we do not, both sides have the capacity to do each other a lot of harm.

Iain Dale: People will die as a result of the EU’s Covid games. But don’t expect the media to criticise Saint Macron.

The British government has been commendably muted on the behaviour of von der Leyen and other politicians.

Stephen Booth: The challenges awaiting Lord Frost, who will take charge of Europe policy, and joins the Cabinet on Monday

One would suspect that the Government’s primary objective will be to stabilise and bed down the new relationship with Brussels.

Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol should be replaced, not repaired

The proposal put forward by the Centre for Brexit Policy meets the EU demand for protection of its Single Market while also protecting the province.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson the statesman is working for open borders by sea and land

Johnson the politician laid an ambush for Starmer, inducing him to deny ever having wanted Britain to stay in the European Medicines Agency.

WATCH: Irish PM “would like to dial down the tone and work collegiality”

Martin says “the Commission took the wrong mechanism in invoking Article 16 and the Protocol to deal with it”.

WATCH: Blair joins criticism of “very foolish” European Commission

The former Prime Minister adds that it was “unacceptable” to have undermined the Good Friday Agreement.

Vaccine strategies in Europe. France battles anti-vaxxers, while Merkel is blamed for procurement failures.

Both countries have had difficulties accelerating the speed at which they vaccinate. So what factors have been to blame?

Johnson’s Brexit journalism and Brexit politics are of a piece: in both he thrives by infuriating the Establishment

Whether writing, speaking or negotiating, he puts on a performance which the spectators enjoy all the more because it horrifies the guardians of convention.

When does the talking stop being talks?

Even the cut-off point of the end of transition, and the arrival of No Deal, won’t necessarily halt the negotiation.