“…the UK’s decision to leave the single market and the customs union was driven by a determination to gain regulatory autonomy at all costs. But, in practice, the UK is unlikely to be able to diverge over the long term.”… Read More »
Gang aft agley
David Hannay, former UK ambassador to the EU and to the UN, spells out how the British government got the talks with the EU on a future partnership so badly wrong… Read More »
A valediction, forbidding mourning
Farewell speech from Ian Forrester, ex-ECJ judge and Scot, on life, Brexit and Europe…’What is certain is that Scotland’s government is dismayed by Brexit, wishes this institution well and sees itself as a small nation with a role to play in wider Europe.’… Read More »
VE Day/Europe Day
Messages of hope and confidence amid memories of the dark days of war and, now, of pain and suffering in a global pandemic as well as tribute to the millions of migrants who now, as in the 1940s, help us through the crisis.… Read More »