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Beyond Andrea Jenkyns' sound bites ... reality bites back: "The only countries that do trade with the EU just solely on WTO rules are Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia and North Korea."
The leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price calls on Labour to make the positive case for the single market and customs union.
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.
An NHS sell-off, lower food standards and secretive corporate courts: the battles facing Britain's new trade secretary
26/07/2019
Boris Johnson’s new trade secretary will be tasked with negotiating as many new trade deals as possible. Here are some fault-lines expected to emerge over the coming months.
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.
Boris Johnson & the Rise of Make-Believe
17/06/2021
It is no good offering people a ‘story to believe in’ if it ends in harm – but the Prime Minister does not know any other way, observes Jonathan Lis.
Prime minister called the claim ‘fake news’ - but leaked email to Foreign Office staff confirmed it.
The new foreign policy formula is simple, Trump tweets and the Tory leadership hopeful jumps.
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.
Boris Johnson’s Big Lie - Guy Verhofstadt
26/06/2019
While Boris Johnson, the likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes his country down a path of diminished trade, the European Union is negotiating one of the largest free-trade agreements in the world. One really has to wonder what the "buccaneering" Brexiteers have to complain about.
In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.
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.
Brexit leading to the end of global Britain
26/06/2018
Nowadays, Britain’s words and actions on the world stage are so at odds with its values that one must wonder what has happened to the country. Since the June 2016 Brexit referendum, British foreign policy seems to have all but collapsed — and even to have disowned its past and its governing ideas.
Brexit May Spoil Johnson’s G-7 Party
09/06/2021
The Brexit bills are starting to fall due for Boris Johnson just as the U.K. prime minister seeks to cast himself as a global statesman leading the Group of Seven’s fight to defeat Covid-19.
Brexit Opportunities Abound – Part 2
17/02/2022
Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.
Findings cast doubt on Boris Johnson commitment to climate action ahead of key summit, Commission claims.
'Global Britain' could increase emissions by the equivalent of 44,000 transatlantic flights, research found.
Chatham House director general says UK must not seek to be rival to EU on foreign policy
Brexit vs Global Britain
18/06/2019
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.
Brexit’s harvest
27/10/2022
Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth
Britain Is Holding Its Breath - The Atlantic
02/11/2020
The results of the U.S. election will pose existential questions in London.