Civil servant ‘Caroline Bell’ argues that tearing up the Withdrawal Agreement would be counter-productive. The worst aspects of the Withdrawal Agreement can be mitigated by interpreting the text in a way that suits UK interests, and rejecting the EU’s maximalist […]
The European Court of Justice has once again demonstrated its politicised nature, by finding the UK government guilty of a supposed infraction that is DECADES old. The European Commission only brought the case AFTER the UK had voted to leave […]
Brexiteers have been nervously holding their breath for updates on the negotiations between the UK and the EU on the future relationship. Following the depressing experience of the May years, the fear is that the UK side would cave in […]
Our academic friends at Briefings for Brexit have been trying to piece together the details of the backstop replacement apparently agreed by Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar a couple of days ago. Details of the reported breakthrough remain murky even […]
CIB vice-chairman Anthony Scholefield writes on one of the dangers of the still-not-dead withdrawal agreement that is rarely commented on: the fact that it does not end the UK’s exposure to EU liabilities and contingent liabilities. With the Eurozone in […]
Fishing for Leave’s John Ashworth examines the tremendous hand the UK has to play on fisheries, provided the draft Withdrawal Agreement is abandoned. We should be reasonable, but not a pushover. It is absolutely essential that we assert our whole […]
