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THE British ambassador to the EU yesterday quit his post just months before Brexit negotiations are set to begin.
The surprise move by Sir Ivan Rogers comes after reports that he had privately warned ministers that a final post-Brexit trade deal could take 10 years and even then could fail to be ratified by EU member states.
Downing Street attempted to play down the resignation, saying Mr Rogers was leaving “a few months early,” but opposition figures claimed that the turn of events was “alarming” given that Article 50 would be triggered in March.
MARTIN HALL welcomes a study of Britain’s relationship with the EU that sheds light on the way euroscepticism moved from the margins to the centre
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
