Chequers Cake, Red Velvet Cake, international cake(ism), and a draft Withdrawal Agreement

Professor Michael Dougan from the EU Law @ Liverpool team explains what the single market is, and why leaving it would leaving will present enormous challenges to the UK economy.

EU Law expert Professor Michael Dougan has analysed Theresa May's Brexit speech.

The sole economic modelling exercise showing material benefits for the UK from Brexit has been debunked as “doubly misleading”, further demolishing the argument that for Britain “no deal would be better than a bad deal” when it comes to the EU.

Head of employers’ federation says integrity of single market more important than making good business with Britain. / German industrialists have warned that British hopes of their support in Brexit negotiations are misplaced and could backfire with dangerous consequences for international trade.

Source says Gibraltar would fall outside any Brexit transition deal unless UK agrees deal with Madrid over its future status

The EU committee said the single market and cross-border travel were vital to the territory's economy, and warned the UK government not to let Spain use trade talks to claim sovereignty.

Japan's ambassador to Britain has said that Japanese businesses in the UK expect continued access to the European Union market after Brexit. Tsuruoka said Japanese firms based in Britain counted on access to the EU market.

Japan's government has warned that Brexit could result in the country's firms moving their European head offices out of Britain.

Japan recently released a rather extraordinary memo on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. It provides clear, frank and specific recommendations to both the UK and the European Union (EU) on the topic of the impending separation of the UK from the EU.

Sir Martin shared his insight on what challenges the Government is facing, what the Government and business should do now and how the UK seeks to forge new trading relationships outside of the European Union.

Lexiteers, happily aped by Nigel Farage, claim that EU rules prevent nationalisation. This is simply wrong, as any reading of the law would reveal.

Austerity in the UK has been a political choice, made by this Tory Government, and has nothing to do with the EU or single market rules. EU rules impose no restriction whatsoever on the level of public spending

Gisela Stuart on why she believes exiting the Single Market and Customs Union is the Brexit the UK voted for in 2016. / Liesbeth Kooijman, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture on how much time Brexit could add to foodstuffs travelling from Europe to UK shops in the event of Brexit. / Roel Van't Veld, Dutch Customs Authority on the added burden leaving the Customs Union will have for the UK and Europe.

On @SkyNews yesterday: Single Market and Customs Union is what virtually every sector, organisation, university, NGO, hospital, trade union says they need.

This week we chat to Chris. He voted leave on promise that we could keep single market benefits but at the same time boost the NHS.

1. The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is not up for renegotiation / 2. The Political Declaration (PD) might be tweaked cosmetically / 3. The future relationship will be negotiated during the transition period / 4. There will be no transition without the WA 5. / The will be no WA without the Financial Settlement / 6. A backstop cannot be unilaterally ended or it is not a backstop ...

We chat to Josh, he voted leave thinking we would stay in the single market but he has now changed his mind and is a Remainernow. He talks about why he changed his mind and his views in the recently approved brexit deal.

In this week's episode we chat to James from Halifax. He voted leave in 2016 almost as a protest but also on the basis we would stay in the Single Market. He now has drastically changed his mind for so many reasons and he explains why. We also chat about the #remainernow group visit to parliament last week and the NCA investigation of Mr A Banks.

Andrew was pretty undecided in 2016 but in the end felt he had concerns about the EU commission so voted leave. When he did he thought that UK will remain in Single Market regardless. We chat about why he changed his mind, his experience on the Peoplesvote march on Saturday and what he thinks should happen if UK is asked to reconsider the issue again.

Sir Ivan Rogers said extending Article 50 is "not a given" and extreme Leavers and Remainers were pushing UK to cliff edge.

We believe the UK must seek to negotiate the trading arrangement with the EU which minimises the economic cost of leaving, and that means remaining a member of the Single Market.