foreign affairs

Diplomacy following last year's referendum and Trump's election was never going to be easy. Johnson has made matters worse.

Of all EU members, Poland stands to lose most. It depends on the UK for EU money, remittances, political support and military protection.

Leave campaigner wants to keep working with EU on foreign affairs, defence and crime after quitting the club. In his dreams.

Going solo would make us less valuable to allies and more vulnerable to enemies. Instead of leading, we’d become timid.

It might destabilise the EU or prod it to create a United States of Europe. Neither would be in our interests.