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Theresa May has left Britain “hamstrung” in Brexit negotiations because of her “absolutist” approach, according to a senior official who was at the heart of exit talks until June’s election.
- Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘red lines’ undermine Theresa May
Boris Johnson issued a direct challenge to Theresa May over...
- Theresa May straddles her red lines in search of Brexit deal
Theresa May started her Brexit negotiation laying down clear...
- Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘red lines’ undermine Theresa May
Sep 29, 2017 · Boris Johnson issued a direct challenge to Theresa May over her Brexit strategy last night, undermining the prime minister as she tries to reassert her authority at the Conservative...
Theresa May started her Brexit negotiation laying down clear red lines. She looks likely to be concluding a draft withdrawal agreement this week by straddling them all.
- The Single Market
- The Customs Union
- Immigration
- The EU Budget
- How Long It Will Take to Leave The EU?
- Carrot and Stick in Europe
Simple - we're out. This is the key revelation and will be the headline in tomorrow's newspapers. Britain in the single market - the system by which labour, goods, services and capital move freely around the bloc - is no more, as both Leavers and Remainers warned during the campaign. That means freedom from the court which governs it, the European ...
Her stance is stronger than we expected. Our membership of the Customs Union is an arrangement by which our goods cross European borders without time-consuming customs checks or paying any tariffs. In return we have to charge the same tariffs on outside countries as the rest of the EU, so can't have a competitive advantage or sign free-trade deals ...
Not a great deal more about how she intends to bring immigration down. We have known for months that the Prime Minister sees ending free movement as a red line in the negotiations because that's what she feels people voted for. But the Cabinet is divided on the approach to take. Mrs May said she still wants Britain to attract "the brightest and the...
Another red line here, although the Prime Minister did not rule out paying in some money to the EU for certain programmes (these could include Erasmus for students, or the fund to support less developed countries). "Vast" could be the subject of heated debate in future, particularly if our EU exit takes some years to work out. There is also a loomi...
Responding to heightened speculation about how long it could take - ex-EU commissioner Peter Mandelson said that it could be a decade - Mrs May made clear she wants the negotiations to proceed in parallel with a free-trade agreement with the EU, and that she hopes to do this within the two-year window. But there will be "a phased process of impleme...
This was a charm offensive to the assembled EU ambassadors, but with a sting in the tail. The Prime Minister was at pains to stress that Britain wants to be a friend and partner, to collaborate on defence and security and for the EU to succeed rather than unravel. But after Chancellor Philip Hammond this week warned Britain could slash corporation ...
May 24, 2019 · Initially seen as a “safe pair of hands” to deliver Brexit, she ultimately failed to convey any convincing vision of a future for Britain outside the European Union.
- Ellen Barry
Apr 12, 2019 · The problem for Theresa May is that her red lines are keeping divisions in her party from turning into fully blown fractures.
Dec 6, 2017 · The Prime Minister is under pressure from Tory MPs not to breach her Brexit "red lines" as she battles to find a solution to the Irish border question.
