Comment ‘Imaginary and real obstacles to Britain resuming its membership of the EU’ This is the second of two pieces exploring the options for Britain’s future relationship with the EU by… Richard Corbett 6th October, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Britain and the EU – what are the options?’ This is the first of two pieces exploring the options for Britain’s future relationship with the EU by… Richard Corbett 5th October, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘How should Prime Minister Burnham handle the EU?’ Among the issues facing Andy Burnham will be what to do about the “reset” with the EU started… Richard Corbett 23rd July, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union’ Last week, a two-day seminar bringing together center-left participants from both Britain and the EU, including Labour MPs… Richard Corbett 20th July, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘The reset with the EU must be ambitious if we are to meet our economic, security and other objectives’ The UK-EU summit in London on 19 May will at last give us an indication of how ambitious… Richard Corbett 16th May, 2025, 3:00 pm
Comment ‘Far-right gains in Europe are worrying – but will have limited political impact’ Despite the drama in France, where President Macron has responded to Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement Nationale coming first… Richard Corbett 10th June, 2024, 9:32 am
Comment ‘Labour should follow the EU’s lead and tighten lobbying rules for MPs’ As Westminster continues to be hit by sleaze allegations, and Labour ponders what rules it should bring in… Richard Corbett 18th November, 2023, 9:00 am
Comment Starmer must do more than offer to tinker with Johnson’s flawed Brexit deal Just as opinion polls show that a large majority now consider Brexit to have been a mistake (53%… Richard Corbett 4th August, 2022, 5:10 pm
Comment Why the Brexit issue won’t simply go away Some seem to believe that Labour should now “move on” and ignore Brexit, hoping it won’t be an issue… Richard Corbett 19th January, 2021, 5:20 pm
Comment Message to Labour: don’t give Boris Johnson’s deal a ringing endorsement How Labour votes in the House of Commons on the post-Brexit trade deal matters. Not in terms of… Richard Corbett 24th December, 2020, 11:55 am