by Chris Rogers | 3 Nov 2017 | Brexit, European Union
Paper politics First off, to Westminster. A busy week for the lobby correspondents with the growing behaviour scandal was made even busier when the House of Commons endorsed a Labour motion that the Government must publish 58 studies on the impact of Brexit on the UK...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Oct 2017 | Brexit, European Union, Politics
To talk or not to talk – that is the question David Davis was racking up the frequent traveller miles again this week, with another trip to Brussels for the fifth round of talks with counterpart Michel Barnier. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a case of fifth time’s a charm...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Oct 2017 | Brexit, European Union
A resounding ‘non’ to trade talks The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of preventing Brexit negotiations progressing onto the future trading relationship this week, supporting a resolution that “sufficient progress has not yet been made” on major...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Sep 2017 | European Union, Politics
Europe says thanks, but we need more than that It was a much-anticipated speech, which negotiators on both sides of the table hoped would break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations. Outlining her vision for Brexit in Florence last week, Theresa May partially...
by Chris Rogers | 31 Mar 2017 | European Union
It’s finally here After all the column inches, commentary and conjecture, Britain formally triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty this week – becoming the first country to do so. Despite the belief of Lord Kerr, the UK civil servant who drafted Article 50, that...
