Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

A friendly hand Theresa May definitely didn’t relaunch her premiership this week. She merely made a heavily-advertised speech that marked a sharp change in direction from what came before. Mrs May called on Tuesday for cross-party co-operation on a range of issues,...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Cake is for eating On Monday, The Guardian reported that the Government is quietly dropping its existing approach to Brexit negotiations, which centres around the principle of both retaining full access to the European single market and gaining full control of...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Chuka puts Labour in a spin Following the general election result, morale within the Labour Party was high. But three weeks on, the internal fault lines over Brexit are re-emerging. During last night’s vote on the Queen Speech, 50 of the Party’s MPs chose to defy the...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Ready, set, go! On Monday, nearly a year after the UK’s referendum on EU membership, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier launched the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU. The aim of the opening round of talks was to come to an...