As the June extension deadline looms, the prime minister’s priority will be to minimise damage to his personal brand and legacy.

Everyone is fishing in the same pond. Stocks built up in readiness for Brexit are having to be replenished. If another pandemic strikes, we’ll hardly be in the best position to get through it.

The dangerous threat of a no-deal Brexit will only rear its head again in six months time, just as we’re striving to save jobs and fix our economy. Even if we are able to reach a deal, it will fall short of what’s best for us.

Should the aim be limiting damage or designing a bold future? / Japanese negotiators remain skeptical about the U.K.’s ability to handle multiple FTA negotiations simultaneously / What is evident, however, is that no country wants to conclude a definitive trade deal with the U.K. without knowing the final shape of the EU-U.K. partnership.

The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.

The supreme irony is that, despite all those Vote Leave promises, Brexit is making it harder to control UK borders.

Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?

Nobody ever said that a no-deal Brexit would badly affect our ability to deal with the global outbreak of a viral illness. Well, apart from the British Medical Association in 2018. And the Faculty of Public Health, in 2016 before the referendum was held.

When great powers fail, New Zealand and other small states must organise to protect their interests, Robert G. Patman writes.

Record View says the blame lies with Boris Johnson’s government, which was determined to push through Brexit whatever the cost.

"THIS was the week when the EU stubbornly refused to collapse, yet again. Two much-publicised EU crises did not turn out as the hardline Brexiteers fervently hoped."

While Germany has taken in Italian patients for treatment, the UK has failed to participate in an EU ventilator scheme.

The latest Government Business Insights report reveals that the transportation and storage sector has been hit hardest by Covid and Brexit. / ParcelHero says the shock result shows that more supply chain companies have closed and fewer surviving firms are currently trading than in any other sector.

The government is yet to show that its decision not to extend the Brexit transition period was the right one, argues Joe Marshall.

With the spread of the coronavirus casting serious doubts over whether the UK and EU can reach a final deal by the end of the year, Georgina Wright says the EU believe it is only a matter of time before a new extension is negotiated.

Had we stayed in the EU, the UK’s tottering economy would’ve stood a chance in the post-lockdown world. Along with the virus, the aftershocks of poor leadership will keep us reeling for generations.

The UK Government's recent statements make a deal between the EU and UK less likely, regardless of whether that is the intent or not.

Having spent almost five years living in Brexit Britain, the tabloids' hostility towards the EU comes as no surprise to me. However, I was surprised to discover the theories surrounding the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine, in which European countries are accused of deliberately punishing the UK.

Rees-Mogg’s efforts to reap economic benefits from Brexit has come up woefully short.

The bloc’s joint vaccines strategy – far from being a fiasco – is delivering a better outcome than the UK’s.

Under cover of the pandemic, his inner circle is sidelining elected MPs and pushing through laws with no scrutiny

The battle for foreign investment is not a game conducted on public school playing fields. It is ruthlessly fought by governments armed with every trick in the book.