Far from restoring the democratic deficit in Northern Ireland, the Stormont Brake is designed as...
Author - Caroline Bell
The Windsor Framework – a legal and democratic sting
In a functioning democracy, one could be forgiven for believing that a sovereign Parliament would...
The Windsor Framework – getting Brexit undone
The rebranding of the Northern Ireland Protocol as the ‘Windsor Framework’ is perhaps one of the...
The Prince Harry playbook – Brexit, ‘curated truth’ and...
Prince Harry seems an unlikely role model for UK Rejoiners. However, both have been in the...
The Protocol Vat Trap Adds to The Cost of Living Crisis
The cost of living crisis brought about by rocketing energy and fuel prices is in the news on a...
Suspending the TCA – what’s not to like?
Recent reports suggest that the EU is preparing a “package”of retaliatory measures under the Trade...
France and licences – a cock and bulldog story
French threats against the UK over a small number of fishing licences have now reached the stage of...
The EU’s new proposals on the Northern Ireland Protocol –...
Some hard negotiating and real movement from the Commission is required if the EU’s proposals to...
A Tale of Two Protocols and The Ruckus Over Aukus
Even before France's hysterical reaction to the announcement of the AUKUS defence alliance last...
Whose law is it anyway? France’s dirty vaccine war against...
The vaccine war strays into dangerous territory as a French government minister suggests that the...
More Thoughts from France
We continue to report on the revealing debates on Brexit in the French Senate. Three things stand...
Is the unratified TCA the EU’s new weapon in the Brexit war...
The “experimental peace” represented by the signed – but unratified – Trade and Cooperation...
The new Continental blockade – Macron’s (last) throw of the dice...
The lot of a Brexit commentator is not an easy one. Just as you have absorbed the news that the...
A Biden presidency doesn’t change the Brexit endgame.
Caroline Bell argues that claims that a Biden victory has changed the balance of power in the UK-EU...
Boris must bring down the curtain on this farce now
The conclusions of the European Council on Brexit today were entirely predictable. The communiqué...
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...