The conclusions of the European Council on Brexit today were entirely predictable. The communiqué...
Author - Caroline Bell
The EU’s power grab in the Channel Tunnel must be stopped
Civil servant Caroline Bell shows that Brussels is attempting to overturn agreements on how to...
Playing Politics with the Protocol
The introduction of the Internal Market Bill is a clear warning to Brussels to back off now if it...
Brexit Talks – a Matter of Perception
The gulf between the UK and the EU after another round of trade negotiations is as wide as ever...
Boxing Clever with The Withdrawal Agreement
There has recently been a growing chorus from Conservative backbenchers arguing for the Withdrawal...
The Brexit Phone Contract
For a bit of fun, Caroline Bell imagines that the following telephone conversation took place...
Could VAT on the City’s derivatives markets blow the Withdrawal...
This Thursday, the European Court of Justice delivers its verdict in the European Commission’s...
Britain Must Not Play the EU’s Aggregation Game
The EU is trying to resurrect Theresa May's vassalage treaty in Brexit trade talks. Britain must...
Why I Cannot Support Boris’s Deal
Civil Servant Caroline Bell takes a pessimistic view of a future under Boris Johnson's Withdrawal...
Peak Brexit Lunacy
Civil Servant Caroline Bell takes to task the hypocrisy of remainers claiming to defend democracy...
Vassalage or Power? Thoughts for Would-Be Prime Ministers
Tory leadership contenders (some of whom one is hard put even to identify) can spout as much...
The Real Plan Behind The Article 50 Extension
Caroline Bell argues that the PM’s talks with Labour are a feint. Her real plan is to get labour...
The Great British Brexit Showstopper May Yet Be To Come
An anonymous civil servant argues that the PM may use executive powers to agree the Withdrawal...
A Fourth Vote on The Withdrawal Agreement Requires New Legal...
Theresa May acted with dubious legality in requesting an extension under Article 50 without the...
It’s Double or Quits for Theresa May
Caroline Bell lists the steps in Theresa May’s plan which she describes as ‘the biggest assault on...
Brexiteers Must Not Snatch Humiliation from the Jaws of...
Caroline Bell argues that there is no need to snatch humiliation from the jaws of May’s defeat by...
Project Practicality – the WTO Deal
Far from “No-Deal” (or as it should more correctly be termed, a return to full sovereignty trading...