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 | Politics
The SNP still has its conference to come, but short of Nicola Sturgeon managing to set the lectern on fire during her speech, it’s difficult to imagine how the SNP could hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the way the Conservatives have this week. The...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Sep 2017 | European Union, Politics
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...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Aug 2017 | European Union
Will we or won’t we (support a transitional arrangement for the Customs Union)? The Government sent some decidedly mixed messages on the Customs Union this week. There had been reports Chancellor Philip Hammond had “come to heel” and agreed that the UK would leave the...
by Chris Rogers | 11 Aug 2017 | European Union
The Colour of Money The week began with a report that the UK was willing to pay a £36 billion Brexit ‘divorce bill’, providing that the EU is willing to negotiate the settlement as part of a wider deal on trade. The apparent offer is an attempt to break the deadlock...
