Security

Rudd says staying in criminal surrender system is a “priority”. She should be able to achieve this without crossing government red lines.

It’s not just trade that may be hit by abruptly quitting EU; cliff edge departure could also hurt counter-terrorism and foreign policy.

The US president-elect may not believe what he says. But his views are not in our interests. We should unite with like-minded Europeans.

Post-Brexit, UK will be even more reliant on NATO, international rules and global free trade. A Trump presidency would threaten all these.

Businesses fear tariffs could choke inter-Irish trade, while border controls to keep out migrants from the EU could undo decades of north-south security cooperation.

Strengthening European defence benefits the UK, whether we are in or out of the EU.

There’s a big risk that both Britain’s and the EU’s foreign policy will decline. We’ll both need to work doubly hard to stop that.

The inter-Irish border is one of Brexit’s thornier problems and there’s a subtle change in attitude towards it on both sides.

The Donald has threatened to quit WTO, as well as casting doubt on Nato. If he’s president, UK outside EU may be vulnerable to bullying.

A European army will remain a myth. But the UK would do well to pursue voluntary defence cooperation with the EU.

Idea that 80m Turks were heading here was always fanciful. After failed coup, Leave voters duped by this scaremongering might think again.

Germany and France have been quick to call for closer defence cooperation, which Berlin says Britain paralysed in the past.