Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Oh Boris… Despite attempts to keep Boris Johnson away from Brexit negotiations – primarily by making him Foreign Secretary and sending him to every other continent except Europe – he waded into the debate this week by repeating the most contentious claim of the EU...
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...
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...