David Davis

12.05.2017 Brexit

Ultimately the rest of the EU doesn’t really mind what happens in the UK’s general election – it just wants decent negotiation partners

Here we go again. Following on from the Juncker dinner leak a week ago (and May’s subsequent accusation that the EU is trying to influence the UK’s General Election), today Brexit Minister David Davis has told The Telegraph that Jean Claude

02.05.2017 Brexit

The EU is preparing for the UK to leave. Really. Somehow the UK side still fails to see this.

In the period immediately after the Brexit referendum I often heard the line from pro-Brexit people in the UK that it would only be a matter of time before the EU would be begging the UK to somehow stay in

03.04.2017 Brexit

No, Wolfgang Münchau, even now it is not inevitable the UK will leave the EU. And if it does it will not rejoin.

I know it is Wolfgang Münchau’s job to be some sort of agent provocateur in the FT, and today he is true to form – arguing that it is now inevitable that the UK leaves the European Union, and that

15.03.2017 Brexit

Brexit and the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) – known unknowns

David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, gave evidence to the Brexit Select Committee today. Right at the start Davis was asked by Hilary Benn what would happen to the European Health Insurance Card in the UK in the case of a

06.05.2012 UK Politics

Whatever your thoughts on House of Lords reform, ‘the economy is more important’ is a lousy excuse

There are all kinds of legitimate positions about reform of the House of Lords. All elected, all appointed, some combination of both, even the abolishment of the house altogether. But saying that the issue is not important is not a

04.11.2009 EU Politics

Some questions for David Cameron today

It has been widely trailed that David Cameron is going to outline his new European policy today, after capitulating yesterday on the Treaty of Lisbon issue. The feral members of the Tory Party are baying for blood, so what is