Michael Emerson

Johnson’s complaint about how US doesn’t allow imports of pork pies shows he hasn’t understood ABC of non-tariff barriers to trade.

PM hopes EU will crack now he’s spending £2.1bn preparing for no deal. But UK will still suffer massive damage. So EU will call his bluff.

“Norway Plus” is very similar to EU deal being done with micro-state: the fullest rule-taking with no voice. It’s an absurd solution for UK.

Hidden in the PM’s “future relationship” is something a lot like Ukraine’s deal. That means lots of rule-taking with no say.

Nick Boles’ plan to copy Norway for a few years and then flip to Canada won’t work for legal and political reasons.

This concept in modern political theory is a model for handling problems of intractable conflict through an iterative process.

Airbus, Land Rover, the Brexit “dividend” lie. The list goes on. With PM, Cabinet and MPs unable to act, the people must take control.

Instead of the glorious joys of free trade, as Brexiters claim, we are setting ourselves up to be bullied by the big boys.

Trade secretary used to trumpet comprehensive deal with US. Now he’s focusing on just services. Does he have a clue about what that means?

In light of whip’s request for university Brexit professors’ names, public might send their own gushingly polite demands to government.

Forget Boris Johnson’s asinine pep talks. The damage done by Brexiters to our economy, democracy and society is a tragedy.

Tory chaos raises risk of no deal. But when public sees that, it may decide it doesn’t want to charge like lemmings over a cliff.