Cleverly fails to live up to name with EU zone blunder
New Tory chair claims we can use Brexit to establish free ports. Except we already can as EU members. They’re not even a clever idea.
Dublin’s unicorn: no land border checks in no-deal Brexit
Varadkar says there could be checks at ports on whole island of Ireland if UK crashes out. It’s not just Brexiters who believe in fantasy.
10 times May chose to waste time and not get on with Brexit
Again and again PM fails to take action on Brexit, preferring to run down clock in hope of a better hand. Meanwhile the country suffers.
Brexit confusion means a smugglers’ charter at UK borders
Customs and immigration are hopelessly unprepared for no deal, or even an end deal that is still shrouded in mystery and confusion.
Chequers dead in Salzburg. How long to People’s Vote u-turn?...
PM wavered on “my deal or no deal” line at summit. A flip-flop on Irish border seems in the offing. Might a People’s Vote be next?
Brexiters urge ‘imagination’ over Irish plan. It’s fantasy...
Rees-Mogg’s plan still means border checks and infrastructure, and turns blind eye to smuggling. EU would reject it outright.
Supply chain reaction to Brexit will see jobs leave UK
Deal or no deal, extra border checks will are bad news for UK-based manufacturers’ just-in-time supply chain models. Many could up sticks.
PM’s hard choices for the autumn
May has put herself between a rock and a hard place. It’s difficult to look at the list of challenges ahead without a sinking feeling.
Chequers plan is dead. But what about son of Chequers?
Although EU has killed May’s original proposal, it has left wiggle room for a new version. Problem is any deal will be even more miserable.
EU has 7 burning questions on May’s Brexit plan
Other 27 EU countries have marked PM’s Chequers homework, and there’s lots of red ink. Government will struggle to answer customs questions.
Chaos reigns as Brextremists grab the wheel from May
May’s Brexit banger is on fire, swerving wildly. Rees-Mogg has grabbed the wheel. We need a People’s Vote before MPs drive us over a cliff.
A White Paper that is full of holes
May’s negotiating proposal fails to address fundamental questions and suggests fantastically complex solutions to the problems of Brexit.