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As Theresa May flies out to Saudi Arabia, we should beware of Britain's new Brexit allies
03/04/2017
In the last six months, Liam Fox has been on a whistle-stop tour of authoritarian regimes.
CakeWatch - Episode 3: the 40 watt amplifier
24/02/2018
Steve and Chris discuss how EU membership is a multiplier for member states' foreign policy, and Brexit's impact on British global influence.
Global Britain Doesn’t Need Free Trade
19/02/2020
Boris Johnson’s team isn’t going to let economic models get in the way of a political revolution.
Post Brexit inflation is making UK "sick man of Europe" | Economics | The New Statesman [22 mins]
18/06/2022
A "perfect storm" of Brexit, covid and poor macroeconomic fiscal policies by the Conservatives has weakened Britain's economy and diminished the UK's standing in Europe, says economist Duncan Weldon.
Britain will lose influence in international affairs after it leaves the EU, the outgoing president of the European council has said. Speaking at the College of Europe, Donald Tusk said Brexit would be the 'real end' of the British empire.
‘Global Britain’ can only become a reality if Johnson rebuilds his links with European partners.
The general election will be the point of no return for the UK in the current phase of its decline, and the US is heading in the same direction.
The government should ease migration rules for Indians coming to Britain if it wants to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, says the Commons foreign affairs committee.
Only in ‘Brexit La La land’ is Johnson leading opposition to Putin, ex-Finnish prime minister says
21/03/2022
Alexander Stubb says claim is ‘utter rubbish’ and dismisses ‘Global Britain’ idea.
World View: Suggestion that likes of US, Australia offer alternative to EU is fantasy. / If the success of a political idea turns on its power to instil hope or optimism in its adherents, then, in its early years, Brexit was a colossal failure.
The UK worries about being “trapped” in a backstop – but can’t present an alternative. / Toxic language is defining the Brexit debate. It is turning an intensely complex and complicated subject into something being argued over emotionally, certainly in the UK.
The government must make it easier for Indians to come to Britain to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a group of MPs have said.
Britain Is Holding Its Breath - The Atlantic
02/11/2020
The results of the U.S. election will pose existential questions in London.
Brexit’s harvest
27/10/2022
Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth
Chatham House director general says UK must not seek to be rival to EU on foreign policy
The new foreign policy formula is simple, Trump tweets and the Tory leadership hopeful jumps.
When the Brexit transition period ended, new barriers for UK-EU trade were introduced.
Now, the country risks becoming an also-ran, losing its easy access to the huge EU common market, unable to strike a groundbreaking deal with the United States and on the brink of a trade fight with China.
In a world of superpower rivalry, the UK must urgently rebuild the strategic alliances that were sabotaged by its departure from the EU.
After Brexit and Channel death spats with France and Germany, the shallowness of Global Britain is undeniable
28/11/2021
Our populist leaders boast of exceptionalism while continuing to corrode crucial alliances.
The government has cancelled its plans to build a Brexit trade yacht with "immediate effect", the defence secretary has announced.
EU puts Ireland's commissioner who called Boris Johnson 'unelected' in charge of negotiating Brexit trade deal with UK
10/09/2019
Phil Hogan has rubbished UK's 'global Britain' plan, and said it would become a “medium-sized” nation after Brexit.