“In 1988, Chancellor Helmut Kohl said he didn’t expect German reunification in his lifetime. Two years later, Germany was reunified.”…
“Both major parties will try to conduct their campaigns without mentioning Brexit. But we can’t afford not to discuss it.”…
As usual, as on all my trips to the continent, I met people who expressed astonishment at the harm the…
“Starmer wants to make Tory economic policy a central theme of Labour’s election campaign…without mentioning Brexit.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/how-can-labour-fix-britains-economic-failure-without-rejoining-the-eu
When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’. Now he too would rather…
“Well-intentioned moves are afoot to ‘overhaul the machinery of government’. But it’s the policies that are the problem.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/17/britain-doesnt-need-reform-it-just-needs-to-rejoin-the-eu?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
“Four years after leaving and with more self-harm in prospect, where is the indignation?” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/04/penury-and-decay-mark-brexits-miserable-anniversary?CMP=share_btn_tw
“Wine in imperial measures, we’re told, ‘is what leaving was all about’, while UK struggles outside the single market.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/07/brexits-pint-sized-benefits-are-a-measure-of-its-failure?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
“I find in my travels that even (almost) ashamed Brexiters are now pining for the single market, something of which Labour…
“The terrible thing is that the combination of austerity and the sacrifice of 4-6% of GDP to Brexit has left…