Furthermore, the change creates a brand new cart to put before the horse – that’s to say, the awaited defence and security review.
This is 25 times the number of skilled work permits issued each year to non-EU citizens and their dependants.
Britain’s strategic over-reliance on imports leaves us exposed to Beijing, which views trade as an extension of state power.
Given the salience of the topic, we are republishing the Chair of the Foreign Select Committee’s article above each day this week.
We must now change the status of these passports to allow Hong Kong BNOs a quicker path to full UK citizenship.
Economically and politically, Beijing takes advantage of asymmetric openness: we’re open to them, but they are not to us.
Those that prevent ordinary Syrians from accessing humanitarian aid and economic opportunities should be ended.
How the backlash from Labour’s failure to protect our armed forces adequately led to a new Military Covenant.
As with Brexit, much of the Tory family finds itself pitted against the permanent State on how Britain aligns itself in the world.
Scott’s gamble is that it is in Wallace’s interest to wrap things up quickly – due to fears for his position. The Prime Minister is making a strikingly similar gamble.
Johnson must not fall for the myth that China is a coming global power, or that it won’t trade with Britain if the Government gets tough on human rights.
He says the US is not behaving like an ally by refusing to send Anne Sacoolas, who is accused of killing British teenager Harry Dunn in a road accident, back to the UK.
We need to have a Foreign Affairs Committee that mixes idealism with clear thinking – and holds the Foreign Office to account.
Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.