A former Irish Ambassador retweeting a former French Ambassador, half in condemnation half in sorrow about the UK government. Once upon a time this would have mattered deeply to any UK government.

This is an edited version of the Julian Priestley Memorial Lecture delivered by the author on 7 May 2021.

Shockwaves felt both sides of Irish divide over plan to renege on withdrawal agreement.

Prime minister personifies British hostility to international democratic norms.

'while it is unlikely that the UK will rejoin the EU within a decade, it is equally unlikely that the issue will be not be firmly back on Britain’s political agenda within two decades. There are six reasons for this.'

Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement.

Downing Street has briefed the media that the British government is planning legislation purporting to give the UK the power to renege on the legally-binding Northern Ireland Brexit protocol.

Ministers ‘must not be allowed to sidestep their responsibilities,’ says Sinn Fein MP.

UK efforts to engage EU members unilaterally fails to understand union solidarity.

Amid political quagmire, Starmer must kill false narrative about EU intransigence.

The decision to breach trust again in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol, by acting unilaterally rather than through the agreed joint procedures, was in obvious contradiction with Frost’s subsequent appeal for good will.