Brexit presents an opportunity to reinvigorate relations with the Anglosphere...
The British people were told during the EU referendum that a vote to Leave would be a move towards isolationism, that the EU was Britain’s gateway to prosperity and that we should not turn our backs on...
View ArticleIn every aspect of British life there are positives to leaving the EU without...
Now the Withdrawal Agreement and all the negotiations have been so roundly defeated, it is the moment to seize the opportunity to vigorously promote the WTO way forward. There is no signed agreement,...
View ArticleThe time is ripe for a new partnership between the UK, Canada, Australia and...
In 1973 the Australian and New Zealand Government entered into the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (TTTA), granting New Zealanders visa-free travel and residency in Australia, and vice-versa. In 1983...
View ArticleA lesson from Canada: trade freely with your neighbours, but don’t go...
Every relationship requires ground rules to work. Whether it is a marriage or a business partnership, a shared understanding of the ‘terms of reference’ are vital to its longevity and success. And yet,...
View ArticleHow to protect both the UK border and EU Single Market in a post-Brexit world
Further to this piece of 19th September investigating the risk of increased smuggling across the Irish border after Brexit, we set out below a legally operable cross-agency operational plan to be...
View ArticleNext week’s Canadian election could deal the UK a new post-Brexit ally
There are only a few more days of campaigning left in the Canadian general election, with a strictly managed campaign period of 36 days culminating next Monday with the country going to the polls. This...
View ArticleWe need to make Whitehall fit to run post-Brexit Britain
As Britain prepares to leave European Union, and to disengage with its administration and institutions, there will clearly need to be changes in the way the United Kingdom organises its own...
View ArticleThe Europeans may be our brethren, but the Anglosphere are our kin
Despite being a passionate Leaver, I have a confession to make: for me, Brexit is not really about Britain. This assertion does not always make me very popular among Brexiteer circles, but it lies at...
View ArticleBoris Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement provides a path to the Canada-style...
What our Prime Minister has succeeded in doing by securing the revised Withdrawal Agreement and future relationship should be applauded. Well done PM. Is it the best deal? No, but it is much better...
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