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 | 1 Sep 2017 | European Union, Politics
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...
by Chris Rogers | 25 Aug 2017 | European Union
Court in a trap The nation stopped this week as the Government released the latest of its position papers on aspects of the UK’s departure from the EU – this time on the role, or otherwise, of the Brexiteers’ favourite bogeyman, the European Court of Justice (ECJ),...
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 | 4 Aug 2017 | European Union
Eurovision 2.0 The application procedure to host the two UK-based EU agencies, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) came to a close this week and 19 countries made a bid for the EMA, while eight are vying to host the EBA. The EU...
