by Chris Rogers | 27 Sep 2016 | Politics
Winston Churchill is supposed to have once claimed that history would be kind to him, because he would be the one to write it. A pithy one liner, yes, but one with a lot of truth to it, even in the age of tweets, posts, blogs and Instagramming. So it’s hardly...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Sep 2016 | European Union, Politics
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has insisted the UK should “get on” with the process of leaving the EU, also giving a strong hint the Prime Minister could trigger Article 50 early in the New Year. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson said, “What we want...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Sep 2016 | Economy, European Union
Senior figures in the City of London have expressed concern at growing political momentum for a ‘hard’ Brexit, which they claim would erode business confidence, damage the City and result in businesses relocating from the UK. Experts including John MacFarlane...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Sep 2016 | European Union
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has claimed that it need not take two years to work through the Article 50 process for the UK to leave the EU, and that the process would begin in “early” 2017. Speaking on a trip to the United Nations in New York, Johnson said he...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Sep 2016 | European Union
Disagreement has emerged over the significance of Welsh Assembly Members supporting an amendment to a Plaid Cymru motion on membership of the Single Market after leaving the EU. Welsh Labour AMs voted with the Welsh Conservatives in altering the motion so it only...
