Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

The ayes have it Earlier this week, MPs voted through the EU Withdrawal Bill, by a comfortable but typically polarising-for-Brexit-issues margin of 36 votes. None of the Conservative MPs in the Commons opposed the Bill at second reading, as opposition leaders spoke...

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Cries of betrayal are lacking in substance This week, there’s been an effort from some quarters to paint Labour’s decision to vote against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, known in a previous life as the Great Repeal Bill, as some kind of betrayal of the vote to...
What the EU State of the Union speech meant

Brexit weekly: 5 things

It has been another busy week for Brexit negotiations (will there ever be a quiet one?) as David Davis and Michael Barnier concluded the third round of talks yesterday. At the same time, the Prime Minister and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox jetted off to...