If the EU could speak, what would it say?
Eurocrats think museums can solve the union’s communication problems.
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Turnips over tomatoes? My taste of Brexit Britain’s withering food culture
As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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Rishi Sunak discovers the EU is great after all
Can the Prime Minister, and noted Brexiteer, not hear himself?
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Rishi Sunak has proved himself – but trouble still lies ahead
The PM’s Northern Ireland triumph won’t be enough in the face of deep domestic discord.
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What does Rishi Sunak gain from the Northern Ireland deal?
The “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
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Keir Starmer plays divide and conquer with Northern Ireland deal
Labour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
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Rishi Sunak must face down the Tory Militant Tendency
The Conservative MPs determined to thwart solutions to the Irish border problem are the same ones who created it.
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A Brexit truce won’t last for long
A Labour government would face inexorable pressure from Remainers to pursue a far deeper relationship with the EU.
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Can Britain ever rejoin the EU?
First, Remainers must understand what a future UK membership would actually entail.
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Why Ireland still haunts the Tories
The Conservative Party is too ignorant about the country to make Brexit work.
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The end of the Brexit taboo
Only the most ideological Leaver – of which there are a diminishing number – would contend that Brexit has done…
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Labour must seize the interventionist moment
As the US and the EU embrace an era of state-led economic policy, the UK risks being left behind.
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This Brexit truce was inevitable
Hardliners may squeal, but as the economy suffers the UK needs to reevaluate its relationship with its biggest trading partner.
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Rishi Sunak, the man who isn’t there
As the Prime Minister dithers, his foes advance and Britain declines.
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Why size does matter for Europe and Brexit Britain
The US’s advantage over us is scale. Small is no longer so beautiful.
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Brexit is slowly killing the Conservative Party
A party that has defined itself in opposition to the EU will be left marooned by an ever-more pro-European electorate.
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UK corporate leaders group: we are trailing in the global race for green growth
The next ten years will be about which economies are fittest for the net-zero transition.
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Brexit has been a disaster – but Remainers need to get real
There is little hope of rejoining the EU for decades, so we should try to improve Brexit, not reverse it.
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Is the EU plan to counter US green subsidies “Marx on steroids”?
The US’s Inflation Reduction Act is not Europe’s main problem.
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Germany is isolated once more – and no one now trusts Olaf Scholz
For Europe, the German chancellor’s first year in office has been a series of broken promises and fractured relationships.
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