by Chris Rogers | 21 Apr 2017 | European Union
No election? Oh, yes there is! Where else to start this week but with Theresa May’s sudden and unexpected announcement of a snap General Election on 8 June. The Prime Minister’s decision was a shock to many, and even members of her Cabinet and Downing Street staff...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Apr 2017 | European Union
We need to talk about Russia With the battle over Brexit terms (mostly) on hiatus during parliamentary recess, the Government has found fresh cause for disagreement with European ministers over the response to Russia’s alleged involvement in last week’s chemical...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Apr 2017 | European Union
It’s war? When Theresa May invited Donald Tusk to Downing Street, she probably didn’t think she would be calming tensions over Gibraltar. Nor would she have expected one of her predecessors as Conservative Party leader, Lord Howard, suggesting the UK could go as far...
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...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Mar 2017 | European Union
When the Daily Telegraph splashed with a campaign to “sweep aside thousands of needless EU regulations after Brexit,” it highlighted two very important points. The first was the scale of the job facing Whitehall. The second was the potential for EU regulations to be...
