Archive: Brexit

Week in Review: May's Brexit is over, parliament must take control

That's it. There's no more. The song's over. It's done.

Brexit - a challenge and an opportunity

Brexit has shaken our political landscape and provides many challenges to the food and farming industry, but it also provides a unique opportunity.
NOAH statement on ‘no-deal’ Brexit planning

NOAH welcomes the publication of the first of government’s ‘no-deal’ Brexit planning notices but stresses that business remains very concerned about the lack of sufficient time to execute a smooth EU Exit process without interruption to the availability of vital veterinary medicines.
Infrastructure spending key post-Brexit

Major increases in infrastructure spending will be needed across the UK in the aftermath of Brexit, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission Lord Adonis have urged.
Brexit triggers project skills fear

Uncertainty over the status of EU workers in the UK following the Brexit vote is likely to lead to delays in major infrastructure projects

The EU-Japan trade deals shows just what we're about to lose after Brexit

'Cars for cheese' deals shows EU success in trade deals - just as UK is about to drop out of them.
The time is here: Labour needs to take a stand on Brexit before it's too late

Labour can now make a decisive intervention in the debate, and pull public opinion behind it.

The worst of all worlds: May is ruined but immune

Theresa May loses all authority, but safeguards her position, after a remarkable day in Westminster.
May leadership battle: We're the hostages of a Tory party that has gone insane

Every option is now catastrophic. This is the behaviour of a party which is simply not fit for government.

If leaders won't agree to a TV debate we must force them to take part

It's time to stop asking for TV debates and start legislating.
New Brexit low as Leadsom attacks integrity of the Speaker

The government is trashing the British constitution - and those who uphold it

Another day of shame: May delays Brexit vote as no-deal suicide pact looms

Bitterly humiliating day for the PM as she faces the inevitable.
Article 50 ruling shows the ECJ respects sovereignty more than UK govt does

Court case prioritises member state control, while Downing Street tried to annihilate it.

Week in Review: All May's faults come home to roost

Strategically inept, tactically misguided, presentationally catastrophic, and promoting a deal with nothing to recommend it.
Monday's Article 50 case will change the stakes in the Brexit battle

Court challenge on how to reverse Brexit is going to produce an answer at the most decisive possible moment.

Raab's threats to ignore Grieve amendment threaten constitutional crisis

Ignoring amendments on Brexit would mean detaching the government from parliament
May crushed as parliament humbles her before Brexit vote

Prime minister loses three votes in a row and her control over the Brexit process.

Guerrilla war: The parliamentary fight to stop no-deal

It's conducted in procedure papers and jargon but make no mistake - this is a knife fight between parliament and the government
We broke the Labour whip for a People's Vote

Two Labour councillors on their act of rebellion and why Brexit trumps all other political priorities.

Week in Review: Compliant media gives May exactly what she wants

Prime minister's victory on TV debate format deprives viewers of real scrutiny
No.10's bungled Brexit strategy is sabotaging May's remaining chances

Leaks and a poor communication strategy are undermining what was already a weak deal.

Brexit and fishing: Why we're all wrong

Neither Leavers nor Remainers will defend the EU's fishing policies - but that's because they don't understand it.
Young people take over parliament to fight Brexit

If MPs won't come talk to us, we'll go talk to them.

For once Trump is right: There'll be no UK-US trade deal

The dream of a trade deal with Trump is fading fast, no matter how much Downing Street tries to pretend otherwise.
Week in Review: Brexit chaos means anything is possible

Confident predictions are foolish - anything is possible now, including a People's Vote.

May's Brexit deal is a humiliation for Britain

This is the stark reality of what she has come back with. It is intolerable on a democratic, political, economic or logical basis.
Being nice is the new punk

The establishment is now mean and abusive. The best way to fight the system is to be polite.

Young entrepreneurs reject May's Brexit deal

A day after the CBI gave its reluctant endorsement to Theresa May's withdrawal deal with the EU, a group of young entrepreneurs hit back.
Trade reality: What's really going to happen if May gets her deal

No spin, no jargon: Just the grinding reality of what comes next