Switzerland

Confirmatory vote is a continuation of democracy. This may outrage Brexiters, but it’s worked well in other countries.

Dominic Raab became latest Brexiter to claim Switzerland as model for avoiding hard Irish border. Social media called him out, BBC did not.

Trade minister can’t make formal agreements with the EU’s other trading partners, neither has he grasped the complexities.

63% of our trade is with EU or countries it has deals with. Not only are we jeopardising this. In rest of world, we may go to back of queue.

Boris Johnson’s biggest beef is over final Brexit deal, not transition. If May veers towards “Swiss-style” deal, Telegraph says he’ll quit.

Government half accepts we’ll end with worse deal on science than we currently have. This is crying shame since we're now a leader.

The government is being accused of blurring its red line on the European Court of Justice when in fact it has just accepted the inevitable.

Pressure is mounting to keep the UK in the EU’s single market. As the economic weather worsens, the government should consider it seriously.

SNP is using Brexit as excuse to call new independence referendum. But it’s being coy about whether it would want to be back in EU.

A House of Commons committee has called on the government to evaluate rejoining EFTA. This would be a good damage limitation exercise.

Theresa May says she’s a firm advocate of free trade. Her actions speak louder than her words.

Irony of choosing Davos to make first foreign defence of taking UK out of EU is that the Swiss are going in exactly opposite direction.