A week in which five somewhat underwhelming position papers were published by the Department for Exiting the European Union was rounded off by a piece of somewhat better news. Next week, Crawford Falconer, a New Zealander, will take up his […]
The third Government Brexit position paper was published on 21st August and covers the complex subject of the continuity in the availability of goods for the EU and the UK. One of the main priorities of the Brexit negotiations is […]
No one wants to return to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Even less does anyone, bar a few fanatics, want to return to the days of “the Troubles”. This much is obvious. Settling the issues […]
Today, the Government published its first Brexit position paper, which covers future customs arrangements. It is a short document, only 16 pages long and intended to be a precursor to a White Paper on trade which is scheduled to appear […]
Brexit news has come thick and fast this past week. While we don’t see the need to comment on every twist and turn, some recent developments have been quite significant. In particular, following reports of disagreements within Mrs May’s cabinet […]
“We are leaving the European Union… We are leaving the Single Market… We are leaving the Customs Union.” Theresa May has repeated these phrases on numerous occasions since her Lancaster House speech in January. Only last week, Steve Baker, the […]
