Peter Dowd, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has written for The Guardian today about how it is becoming clearer that the only way for Brexit to proceed is to support Labour's stance on negotiating a new customs union. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/theresa-may-labour-customs-union
Brexit: It’s the Little Things
In his latest blog post, the leader of the EPLP, Richard Corbett has highlighted a large number of problems that the UK will face upon leaving the EU. However, in this piece he's looking at some of the smaller issues that you may not have even considered. https://www.richardcorbett.org.uk/long-list-little-things/
Brexit: 11 Broken Promises
The Guardian has rather kindly put together a list of 11 promises made by Brexiteers that have not come to pass. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2018/mar/28/11-brexit-promises-leavers-quietly-dropped
Brexit: Single Market Seems Plausible
Heidi Alexander has written in the HuffPost how she feels that it seems more and more MPs are accepting the idea of staying in the single market post Brexit. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/single-market-westminster_uk_5aba58efe4b008c9e5fbaa30
Brexit: Fish!
James O'Brien was on LBC earlier today when he took a call from a lady who works in the fish trade. This is an interesting debate that mirrors many of the Brexit debates that have gone before it. http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/brexiteer-tells-james-obrien-to-stop-giving-facts/
Brexit: What is Today’s Agreement All About?
We now have an agreed implementation period - so what does that mean please? The New Statesman takes us through it. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/03/brexit-transition-deal-shows-eu-not-uk-has-taken-back-control
Brexit: EU & UK Agree
Terms for the transitional period have been agreed by both parties today leading to an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the BBC reports today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43456502
Brexit: Starmer Responds
Keir Starmer MP, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary, responding to the agreement between the European Union and the UK Government on the terms of a transitional deal, said: “This agreement could have been signed months ago but Ministers wasted time fighting among themselves, holding out on negotiating objectives that they have failed to achieve and pursuing their … Continue reading Brexit: Starmer Responds
Brexit: Time to Stop Pretending
Jonathan Lis, director of British Influence, writes today that is time for the government to wake up and smell the Brexit coffee. If they think that everything is going to run smoothly with no thought to future legislation they are being severely laissez faire with the prospects of this country. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/12/theresa-may-brexit-calais-business
Brexit: EU Says No
Yesterday, the European Union warned Britain to expect the “negative economic consequences” of Brexit as it rejected Theresa May’s call for a bespoke trade deal. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eu-rules-out-bespoke-trade-deal-for-uk-a3783841.html?S2ref=2010458
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