brexit negotiations

Geoffrey Cox is trying to apply a legal fix to a policy problem. The government has impaled itself on the contradictions of Brexit.

PM denying that she’s running down the clock rings hollow. The question is whether her endgame involves no deal chaos or a lengthy delay.

UK government plan to nurture divisions between EU member states and their negotiators in Brussels will only make matters worse.

Even if Friday’s Chequers summit papers over divisions among ministers, Theresa May won’t have a proposal that will fly with the EU.

George Bridges is giving ex-colleagues advice in advance of Chequers’ summit. This is one point where former Brexit minister is spot on.

We’ll follow EU's rules without vote on them. Brexiters are quiet because they think any deal, even a bad one, is better than no deal.

There are two big problems with mushy compromise May brokered at Brexit cabinet last night. It won’t fly with MPs; and it won’t fly with EU.

The money card gives Britain a pair rather than a flush. No wonder its overall negotiating position is so weak.

UK negotiators seem to be involved in deliberate delaying tactics, even as the clock ticks towards its final deadline.

While Theresa May was changing her mind on social care, the EU adopted its Brexit negotiating position with little fuss.

Merkel and Macron agree on Brexit: their top priority is to revive Franco-German relations and preserve the European Union

EU27 leaders hold a short summit to signal to the UK that they are united behind strict terms for the Brexit negotiations.