Common sense would tell you that you are more likely to have a dispute with your neighbours than some other country on the other side of the world. (View Post)

I do broadly agree with that, but with one slight but important condition, we will only know where the dangerous boundary for step 2 lies when we cross it. It may then be too late to do much about it… (View Post)

No the Tony Blair institute thingy did polling on this, and even Remainers were overall opposed to free movement. 70% of people think we should have a closer relationship with the EU, but only a thir… (View Post)

It's only when you get into the detail you realise what a gulf exhists between the rhetoric and practicalities. We couldn't even join the EEA nevermind the EU if the public still oppose fre… (View Post)

The freeze idea is utterly nonsensical. The horse has bolted. It won't make any practical difference now, there are too many different groups in too many different places to freeze development. … (View Post)