Brussels suspicions come as European commission chief warns Britain to abide by Northern Ireland protocol.

Lord Adonis, the Labour former cabinet minister, was a guest speaker alongside David Gauke, the former Conservative cabinet minister, for the event held to mark five years since the EU referendum, which was hosted by our chief political commentator John Rentoul .

Brexit is forecast to do more permanent damage to the economy than Covid. But this self-inflicted wound can be healed.

The reality that Leavers are facing is that the promised benefits of Brexit are hard to achieve while the costs are hard to avoid.

Rather than starting a trade war with the EU, the UK needs to forge a practical and constructive relationship.

With a potential trade war looming, Conservatives are stuck in an ever-more destructive disagreement over what Britain should look like outside the EU.

Michael Heseltine says Brexit will be ’high on the agenda’ if Liz Truss loses general election. / The Tories will never win back younger voters as an anti-Europe and populist party, former cabinet ministers have warned – as they called for trade links with EU to be rebuilt.

People have realised how fragile Brexit Britain is. Politicians will need to catch up.

The Brexit vote made what could have been a passing fashion a near-permanent feature of our politics.

The party’s refusal to make an unashamed case for rejoining the EU is bewildering.

A party that has defined itself in opposition to the EU will be left marooned by an ever-more pro-European electorate.

Why won’t the Tories and Labour admit that it has become harder for UK citizens to travel to Europe?

Voters have concluded that leaving the EU was a mistake because all the government can offer is damage limitation.