Brexit

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Let’s start with the outcome we are trying to achieve. For the left, it should be to minimise the economic break with Europe and restore popular consent for migration. Britain should apply to join the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and, through it, to remain inside the European Economic Area (EEA). Those who say that means accepting complete freedom of movement are, not for the first time, misleading us. Advertisement Freedom of movement has always been a “qualified right” – not an absolute one: that is, constrained by national conditions. Plus Article 112 of the EEA treaty allows us to suspend freedom of movement, for an unspecified period and unilaterally, due to “serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties”. Well, we have a serious societal difficulty: we have lost consent for high inward migration, and we need to regain it.

We can escape Brexit doom with one small tweak to free movement | Opinion | The Guardian

Britain risks a “disorderly crash landing” if it assumes it can safely walk away from troublesome Brexit talks, business leaders have said, in a last-ditch plea for a negotiated settlement with Europe. As Theresa May prepares to reveal an uncompromising set of UK objectives on Tuesday, pressure is mounting on the prime minister to take a firm line with other member states and ultimately fall back on World Trade Organisation tariffs if no deal can be agreed. But the CBI is calling on politicians to wake up to the limitations of the WTO and dangers of a disorderly Brexit, despite the long and painful concessions that may be necessary if the UK is to obtain a replacement free-trade agreement when it leaves the single market.

UK risks 'disorderly crash landing' on Brexit, business leaders warn | Politics | The Guardian