Creating a level playing field for the negotiations on UK Withdrawal
Related Content By David Trimble and Roderick Crawford The Prime Minister’s proposals to replace the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (the ‘backstop), published this week, have received a cool and sceptical reception in Brussels and have been dismissed by...
Don’t listen to the doom-mongers – why the UK (including Northern Ireland) can leave the Customs Union, avoid a hard border and preserve the Good Friday Agreement
In the last few months, the issue of the Irish border has been used and abused by those who see it as the best last hope to frustrate Brexit. Yet very few of those who have expressed grave concern over the matter have spent much time familiarising themselves with the...
Ignore the straw men, the Commonwealth can still be a big part of our post-Brexit settlement
With the Commonwealth Heads of Government in London meeting following immediately on from the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, the media’s eye has once again fallen upon this unique institution. However some commentators have decided to use the opportunity to...
Commonwealth Summit – A new opportunity for an old institution?
Not many people know that April 19 is Commonwealth Day. There is no public holiday, and the country will go about its business much as usual. This year, however, might be different. Fifty three Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meet in London this week for...
