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ANYONE expecting a huge amount of previously unannounced detail in the government’s white paper on Britain’s exit from the European Union will be greatly disappointed.
The bare bones of a plan — exit from the EU internal market, no role for the European Court of Justice (ECJ), desire for a free trade agreement with EU, no UK government contributions to Brussels, mutual agreement on residence rights for UK and EU citizens, incorporation of EU workers’ rights into British law and maintenance of the UK-Ireland Common Travel Area — had already been flagged up.
Many issues on this list are the subject of opposition amendments.
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT