Why the UK should stop talking tough on a no-deal Brexit: Reaching an agreement in trade deals is, in the best of times, a long process. There are inevitably differences in objectives and negotiation strategies between sides. Most trade agreements with the EU take years to negotiate, not least because there are 27 member states …
A no-deal Brexit could damage the UK’s ability to cope with pandemics: EU countries are working together to procure a lot of PPE. Shutterstock As the UK-EU deal or no-deal drama limps on, most attention focuses on the economic consequences of a new trade relationship. But UK health security – in the sense of measures …
Boris Johnson’s move to purge 21 no-deal Brexit rebels will have electoral consequences: Prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision to remove the whip from 21 MPs who voted against his government capped an extraordinarily dramatic day in parliament on September 3. But is this de-selection something that will have lasting consequences, or is it just another …
Jeremy Corbyn’s unity government plan: these are the numbers he would need to block no-deal Brexit: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he has devised a plan, which he claims could stop no-deal Brexit. This involves calling a vote of no confidence in the government and replacing Johnson with a temporary prime minister at the head …
Could Boris Johnson really force through a no-deal Brexit in the middle of an election? A constitutional lawyer weighs in: The temperature has been rising over Brexit. Dominic Cummings, the UK prime minister’s special adviser, has indicated that even if the government loses an autumn confidence vote and must ultimately call a general election, the …
No-deal Brexit: does latest parliamentary vote make it less likely?: MPs voted on July 18 to back an attempt to stop the UK government from shutting down parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit in late October. Four cabinet ministers abstained and 17 Conservative MPs rebelled over amendments to legislation on Northern Ireland, which led …
Boris Johnson supporters want no-deal Brexit and less talk of climate change – new survey of party members reveals: By the end of July the UK will have a new prime minister. They will be chosen not by the electorate but by a group of around 160,000 members of the Conservative Party. This selectorate gets …
Why do Conservative Party leadership hopefuls keep piling on to the no-deal Brexit bandwagon?: The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee published two reports in 2010 and 2011 in which it claimed the UK government had all but lost the capacity to think strategically. The failure of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and …
Q&A: Why is the UK planning to cut tariffs on most imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit?: A frictionless border. Remizov / Shutterstock.com As Brexit creeps closer with no deal in place, the UK government has published contingency plans to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Central …
No-deal Brexit: experts on what the UK government’s advice means: The UK government is releasing a series of “technical notices” outlining what might happen if the country leaves the European Union without striking a deal for its future relationship with the bloc. While Dominic Raab,Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, stressed that this …
Could MPs form a national unity government to avert a no-deal Brexit? Here’s what history tells us: Conservative MP Anna Soubry recently floated a idea that to some might seem radical: establish some kind of all-party “national unity government” to avoid a no-deal Brexit. But what are the prospects for such a project, what form …