Real story is PM’s incompetence not EU intransigence
May created smokescreen to hide her failure to make progress on Brexit talks at summit by accusing fellow leaders of putting lives at risk.
Brevity and unity are EU’s message to Britain
EU27 leaders hold a short summit to signal to the UK that they are united behind strict terms for the Brexit negotiations.
EU citizens living in UK mustn’t be used as pawns
Theresa May still won’t give a hard guarantee that EU citizens living here can stay. Any threat to kick them out would be morally repellent.
Whatever courts say, Parliament should decide on Article 50
Judges will decide whether PM can trigger formal EU divorce proceedings. Either way, MPs’ scrutiny likely to lead to better Brexit deal.
Leadsom leads to worst trade outcome
Would-be PM wants to trigger Article 50 as soon as possible. But her trade strategy is bad for Britain.
The way forward
Many are calling for a second referendum. The time for such a vote isn’t ripe. Better to push the new PM to spell out a proper Brexit plan.
Each other state likely to have veto on our EU exit terms
Our post-Brexit deal would be technically complex, and easy to derail - making it less likely to be in our favour.
One risk Cameron doesn’t talk about: Boris as PM
Cameron says he’ll still be in Downing St post-Brexit. More likely, there’ll be a new populist government headed by Johnson and Gove.
Breaking up is hard to do
Brexit advocates wrong to downplay uncertainty that would follow vote to leave EU.