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"It's the day in which Britain lost more power and influence than in any other day of my peacetime life.” Lord Heseltine speaks to Emily Maitlis on the day Article 50 was triggered - starting the process of the UK leaving the EU.
Diplomats suggest Britain’s leverage on world stage will be weaker after EU departure. / Brexit is already leading to a “palpable decline” in British influence at the UN, and that influence would be in freefall but for the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 % of gross national income on overseas aid, a study has found.
The UK’s decision to leave the EU, or ‘Brexit’ as its colloquially known, impact show the UK is perceived by other states, including its perceived reliability as a multilateral partner.
Judges advise Britain that separating archipelago from Mauritius in 1960s was wrong.
UK will be accommodated but never prioritised above collective interest of EU.
Britain Needs to Join the Euro
20/05/2011
Britain's role in foreign affairs has been in decline for a long time, and that will continue unless the country joins with other European countries in a very sustained way.
European leaders now get to dictate terms to a supplicant Britain.
"Brexit’s underlying geopolitical expectations have turned out to be mistaken."
The veteran Tory Remainer on the British leaders of his lifetime and how he came to be the hero of the Put it to the People march.
Brexit’s negative effects are not ‘yet to come’ – leaving the EU has already left Britain crippled for good
05/04/2019
The ceaseless discussion about custom unions and single markets masks the devastating loss of UK power and influence that has already occurred
Member state leaders want ‘sincere co-operation’ in event of granting London extension.
Britain, the EU and the Sovereignty Myth
09/05/2016
The argument that Britain needs to leave the European Union to reclaim its sovereignty is misguided says new paper, Britain, the EU and the Sovereignty Myth.
British influence in Washington has 'vanished' due to Brexit, French ambassador to US says
23/04/2019
'The British ambassador told me — and I loved it — that every time the British military is meeting with the American military, the Americans are talking about the French' / British influence in Washington DC has “vanished” following Brexit, the outgoing French ambassador to the US has said.
France replacing Brexit and austerity-battered UK as America's main military partner under Trump, experts say
28/04/2019
United States' last three formal defence reviews predicated on assumption Britain will never again fight a war without its help.
Australians have had their fair share of political turbulence in recent years but, as Nick D Miller explains in a new book ,'Do They Mean Us?', many Down Under simply cannot understand Britain's act of self-sabotage.
Britain faces UN defeat over Chagos islands
22/05/2019
Britain is bracing for a crushing defeat at the United Nations on Wednesday when the General Assembly is expected to adopt a measure demanding that London cede the British-ruled Chagos islands, home to an important military base.
Chagos Islands: UN officially demands Britain and US withdraw from Indian Ocean archipelago. / General assembly expected to vote in favour of UK ceding control of Indian Ocean archipelago – site of major US airbase – to Mauritius
The contest to succeed Theresa May shows that British illusions persist.
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is eroding its own influence in the world without hurting the bloc’s ability to wield global power, according to the EU’s top diplomat.
Brexit has sent 'not as important' Britain into decades of decline, Irish PM Varadkar says
12/07/2019
Leo Varadkar says UK has struggled to accept its is less important than it once was.
So much for the Special Relationship… In an unprecedented week in which PM-to-be Boris Johnson effectively fired Britain’s ambassador to the USA to placate a bullying Donald Trump, we look into Britain’s humiliating future as a taker of orders from bigger international players.
The hostility shown to the EU contrasts with the fawning attitude towards the US and fails to recognise the disparity in economic power.
To make Brexit happen, Boris needs to work with the Eurocrats he’s insulted. Fat chance they’ll help him now
08/08/2019
As our prime minister and the no-deal zealots of his cabinet revel in Brexit brinkmanship it is worth recalling the legal realities of what threatens to be our post Halloween world.