And yet Theresa May, and then Boris Johnson even more strongly, ruled all this out by ruling out free movement. Not Remainers, Labour, the Lib Dems, or anyone else. (View Post)

To stress again, there's no equivalence in the foreclosing of options between Leavers and Remainers, and to do so is to rewrite history. May conducted the most decisive foreclosing of options ne… (View Post)

Our most enduring trading relationship has been with our near neighbours, for a thousand years, and for obvious reasons. (View Post)

A very good article by Rafael Behr - again - on Johnson, and the Tory Party's, predicament this morning. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/08/boris-johnson-tory-identity-crisis-… (View Post)

If Starmer is taking a neutral rather than Blair-era line on the RMT, as the Mail seems to be reporting, it's very likely to be researched on working-class voters in key constituencies, and to b… (View Post)