PM dug into a corner by refusing to compromise on sovereignty but EU reached ‘pain threshold’
'It is pure fantasy:' Ken Clarke and Bill Cash clash over Brexit - after 60 years of arguments about the EU [2 mins]
27/01/2020
"The argument about sovereignty you and I have been having for 60 years. All treaties require pooling of sovereignty"
Parliament hears proponents of leaving the EU are “in a state of confusion and denial” as calls grow for public inquiry.
“You bring Brexiters on, you never challenge them. You let them talk utter rubbish about Brexit. Year after year after year.”
Hermann Houser says Britain has no chance of being technologically independent after leaving the EU.
Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge
Brexit was a ‘colossal mistake’, former PM Sir John Major tells Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
07/02/2023
Former prime minister Sir John Major has told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Britain made a “colossal mistake” when it left the European Union. / Sir John said while he is not a “significant Europhile”, he believes the UK was stronger in the EU.
Ex-PM says UK was stronger in the EU – as Jeremy Hunt challenged to admit Britain ‘poorer’ after Brexit.
Brexit: a ‘total disaster’ of our own making
07/02/2024
Brexit has caused a crisis for British manufacturers who export into Europe – and things could be about to get even worse...
A new book argues that Ireland must be united in order for the UK to realise full national sovereignty. One of the authors tells Political Correspondent John Manley why unionists based in Britain should start agitating for a border poll.
EU says it’s not trying to limit UK sovereignty by asking Britain to follow same rules after Brexit transition
11/12/2020
Emmanuel Macron insisted he has not been trying to ‘have his cake and eat it’ with his approach to talks.
EU tells UK to respect its independence
05/03/2020
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier says 'the EU sets its own conditions for opening up its markets for goods and services'
“This is what friends do, even if the pain has been self-inflicted, stupid and unnecessary.”
Former taoiseach John Bruton accuses British government of 'threatening language' and being in denial over trade border in the Irish Sea
08/07/2021
JOHN Bruton has accused the British government of using "threatening" language while "pretending" that it did not sign-up to a trade border in the Irish Sea.
Negotiations over Gibraltar’s post-Brexit border arrangements could risk the government crossing its own red lines about the Rock’s sovereignty, ministers have been warned. / Mark Francois, a Conservative former minister who backed Brexit, could be heard to say ‘Here we go again’.
The doyen of the UK computing industry says that a hi-tech future will leave Britain no choice but to turn to Europe.
Brexit has not only failed to deliver on its promise of reducing immigration and controlling borders, but it has also made the immigration issue worse and more difficult to manage. The government’s chaotic and ineffective immigration policies, such as the Rwanda policy, have only added to the problem.
Lady Hale wishes she never wore spider brooch during Supreme Court ruling on suspension of Parliament
04/12/2023
Lady Hale hit headlines for wearing a spider brooch during the Supreme Court ruling on Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.
Measuring the Cost Brexit Six Months On
09/06/2021
The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey.
‘If we have a populist in government who is flouting convention and acting in a way that bypasses the sovereignty of parliament, parliament will respond accordingly’
A survey has found a large majority of small businesses want the UK to cooperate with the European Union as the government faces calls renegotiate terms of the its post-Brexit trade relationship with the bloc.
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
US trade deal would mean ‘submitting to someone else’s wishes’, academic says.
Brexiteers must be sick of the sight of Alastair Campbell by now, after he delivered another brutal Brexit takedown.