With growing problems at home, many member states are at odds with the Commission’s punitive line on Brexit.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not some sort of rogue state but a key ally of the UK. And if we don’t sell to them, our competitors will.
They discussed trade, Cyprus, Syria and aviation security.
Turkey is not a country for us to lecture, rather a partner for us to co-operate with.
Quitting it would mean more scope for trade deals and lower prices. Modern countries don’t need such unions to do business.
The arguments are more finely balanced than in the case of the Single Market, but maintaining the present arrangement would blunt the point of Brexit.
Our own security services have managed superbly. But a danger thwarted is not a danger ended.
Are the fundamental tenets of freedom – that of association, expression, and worship – being maintained to their fullest extent? Some would say not.
Quality stonewalling from the Defence Secretary on Marr as he treads a middle way between the Foreign Secretary’s view and Downing Street’s reproof.
Such temporary arrangements are complex, time-consuming and have a nasty habit of becoming permanent.
We risk losing Ankara to Russian influence if we don’t show Erdogan more understanding.
Like Putin, he rules as unconstitutional monarch. Unlike Putin, his state is a member of NATO.
We should not only meet our spending minimum, but exceed it in order to maximise our vital strategic and tactical needs.