In voting for leave people were implicitly voting to leave if necessary without an agreement first being in place with the EU. It is not credible to regard a vote for leave as a vote to ask the EU fo… (View Post)

There is still at this point relatively little incentive for the EU to do anything to change their position, even though the UK leaving without our hands tied in the knot they constructed is the outc… (View Post)

The base isn't the same. Many of Corbyn's previous critics have left the party. (View Post)

He got an increase in the UK's net trade deficit with the EU from 0.5% of GDP in 1999 to 4% in the year we decided to leave. That's important in the context of budget contributions because although G… (View Post)

So what did Blair get in return for giving up half the Rebate ? He got an increase in the UK's net trade deficit with the EU from 0.5% of GDP in 1999 to 4% in the year we decided to leave. That's imp… (View Post)