by Chris Rogers | 30 Sep 2016 | European Union
UK diplomats are understood to be holding high level meetings across the capitals of Europe to gauge what EU member states would be prepared to accept during Brexit negotiations, in order to prevent UK proposals being flatly rejected. Diplomats have already met with...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Sep 2016 | European Union, Politics
Whitehouse Political Consultant Viviana Spaghetti has summarised the Week in Brussels for the PubAffairs website – highlighting ongoing comments over Brexit and the potential creation of an EU defence headquarters. To read Viviana’s article, please click...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Sep 2016 | Economy, European Union, Politics
International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox has insisted that future British trade with the EU will be “at least as free” as it currently is, suggesting it would be to Europe’s detriment not to reach such an agreement as part of Brexit negotiations. In his first major...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Sep 2016 | Politics
Following Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide re-election to the Labour leadership, his address to the Labour Party Conference sought to elaborate on the way forward for the party during Brexit. Corbyn refused to make “false promises” on immigration numbers, instead proposing...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Sep 2016 | Politics
As delegates head home from Liverpool and weary political correspondents prepare for their fourth party conference, thoughts inevitably turn to how one would sum up the Labour conference. At best it was a mixed bag. There is no real sense that the conference has...