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Analysis

About that ‘backstop’, PM. It ain’t gonna work

by Hugo Dixon | 11.06.2018

Brussels’ forensic analysis of PM’s temporary fix to customs and Irish border has found it full of holes. MPs need to tell her what to do.

Analysis

PM will retreat 4 more times before her ‘backstop’ works

by Hugo Dixon | 07.06.2018

May avoided confrontation with Davis by putting an unrealistic end-2021 timetable on her backstop. She’ll get confrontation with EU instead.

Analysis

We could well end up with perpetual CRAP

by Hugo Dixon | 05.06.2018

Theresa May wants a time-limited Customs and Regulatory Alignment Period (CRAP). The EU will insist it’s indefinite. How miserable.

Analysis

Max Fac is really Max Fantasy

by Quentin Peel | 24.05.2018

The government’s indecision on a customs model will cost UK business far more than a mere £20bn.

Analysis

Brexiters bank on early Brexit showdown. It could backfire

by Luke Lythgoe | 24.05.2018

Keep June free - May’s bringing her Withdrawal Bill to the Commons. That means confronting complex home truths on her botched Brexit plan.

Comment

In Gove we distrust

by Luke Lythgoe | 22.05.2018

The environment secretary lives in a Brexit fantasyland where the Union with Scotland is secure and migrants are welcomed with open arms.

Analysis

May set for Irish border defeat in Lords

by Hugo Dixon | 01.05.2018

Peers vote tomorrow on stopping border controls in Ireland. They are right to do so. We must not throw Northern Ireland under a bus.