transition

Newspaper cites unnamed source saying extension means losing rebate and voice at top table. This rides roughshod over EU’s own rules.

Again and again PM fails to take action on Brexit, preferring to run down clock in hope of a better hand. Meanwhile the country suffers.

PM says bill is £39bn. But add in perhaps two more years “transition” and various costs identified by NAO and the bill could be much higher.

As the day of reckoning for Brexit gets closer, it’s worth totting up the unforced errors made by the government so far. There are many.

Rogers, who predicted UK would be “screwed” in the Brexit talks, now says we’ll keep getting screwed in the years after Brexit too.

The latest round in the Brexit negotiations saga really is enough to make you weep.

Since PM laid out hard-Brexit red lines at start of 2017 we’ve had one u-turn after another. Here’s our recap of the most significant.

Transition timing, Ireland and Gibraltar borders, customs and migration are all big headaches ministers seem reluctant to tackle.

Theresa May is turning up the Brexit heat so gradually that it may be too late before the voters feel what’s happening.

Starmer welcomed the deal, albeit with caveats. Corbyn is missing in action. This isn’t good enough.

Davis welcomes “joint committee” for new EU laws affecting UK in transition. This is flimsy response to “vassal state” fears.

Philip Hammond knows 21-month transition period isn’t long enough. But longer stopgap means more years as vassal and a bigger bill.