Opinion

Nobody is happy with Theresa May's withdrawal agreement. To Remainers like myself, it's simply worse than EU membership. To Leavers, it represents the UK tied to the EU rules in perpetuity without any say in them, and with no real power to unilaterally withdraw. As expected, it confirms the December 2017 joint report , that the UK will be bound to the rules of the EU custom's union and internal market until replaced by future agreements. The EU have made a big concession is allowing the UK as a whole to remain in the customs union, when they only really wanted to extend this to Northern Ireland. From Britain's perspective, this is actually a really good deal. The threat of breaking up the union, the threat of no-deal chaos, and a cliff-edge on the negotiations is lifted. Of course, Britain's influence in Europe is gone, but that was always going to be the case. Industry can now continue to trade unimpeded for a while. Great Britain (probably) has the option to ...

Brexit is decided - the referendum gave a clear (if narrow) result, and the Conservative party were re-elected (albeit without a majority) on a manifesto to deliver a Brexit that placed Britain outside of the single market and customs union. So what then are all these Remainers clinging to, and surely it's a democratic decision to leave the EU. Isn't it undemocratic to continue to attempt to argue against this, or to attempt to thwart it? I wrote this because Remainers such as myself are often accused of being undemocratic. It's a fair accusation, and one that I feel needs to be addressed. 1) Firstly, I haven't changed my views on Brexit just because the country voted one particular way on the day. Very few politicians switch their ideas every time a vote doesn't go their way. 2) I find Brexit extremely fascinating. This inevitably means expressing opinions about it. 3) I'm not suggesting that we just cancel Brexit. Whilst I would certainly welcome tha...