It is certainly not the Brexit that people voted for. As Bill Clinton might have said about the main issue: It’s the Sovereignty, Stupid!
Security, cohesion, integration, solidarity: all are intangible. But we pay – literally – to gain them. Why single out self-government?
Specifically for anti-Brexit politicians, the path to creating such a party lies firmly on what we think of as the Left;
None of us would have started from here. But the Government has got us into this fix – and May’s deal is the best of the three possible ways forward.
The desire to protect your home is as universal as the desire to love, to work and to raise a family. Why should protecting your country be any different?
Others would say that the appointment of a profoundly business-friendly Home Secretary was bound to lead to a weakening of immigration policy.
Normally it’s the other way round. How long will it be before the traditional divide reasserts itself?
“We’ve instituted it within the NHS already and I would like to see the whole Government going to that position because it’s the responsible thing to do.”
Norway-to-Canada was one thing. Norway-plus-the-backstop is another. It is inferior even to the Prime Minister’s proposed deal.
Plays can be a useful pressure valve, and help expose their audiences to other points of view.
But it could take the ruling out of all other options before we get there. And if MPs ends up reaching a consensus view, then the Government will have to adopt it.
If you want to be sure that Brexit happens, however much you might dislike this plan, there is only one course of action – vote for it.
Ministers need to be clear about who they intend to admit, and that they will set limits on numbers and on any rights to benefits and access for family members.
Robin Aitken, who worked for the Corporation for 25 years, accuses it of propagating liberalism and suppressing conservatism behind a pretend impartiality.
For many voters, cutting it is a litmus test of whether Brexit has been carried out or not.