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...Some member state capitals are keener than some of the institutions. “Against this geopolitical backdrop the EU and UK would be mad not to talk to each other....
...Theresa Villiers, the former Northern Ireland secretary, described his departure as “very worrying” and Andrew Bridgen MP said it was a “disaster”....
...“That would increase the regulatory gap between Ireland and the UK, thus making the EU even keener to maintain some sort of . . . way of avoiding the need for controls on or near the Irish border.”...
...Some of those who want another public vote seem keener to bring the young electorate in to the Labour fold, and be able to say later that “we did all we could” rather than to actually win....
...Theresa May is in Brussels on Thursday to try to secure changes to the Irish backstop....
...But, paradoxically, even populist political leaders seem keener than ever to make their cases to the “globalists” who assemble in Davos every year....
...The summit — an EU-inspired event to be attended by Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, plus the Italian and British prime ministers, Giuseppe Conte and Theresa May — has emerged as an emblem of what might...
...Relations were already strained after it emerged on Wednesday that prime minister Theresa May’s office was trying to persuade Britain’s biggest companies to voice their support for the government’s Brexit...
...Politicians are wary of the Ides of March but Theresa May can count herself lucky....
...Theresa May, the UK prime minister, described the governing Conservatives as the “party of workers” in her annual conference speech in October....
...Even in London, the world headquarters of Deracinated Man, of Theresa May’s deplored “citizens of nowhere”. Or in New York, home to the heathen “values” that make Ted Cruz shiver....
...Vengeful forces within the EU will be even keener to ensure that the Mifid 2 equivalence provisions are not available to the UK....
...This makes politicians keener to appear tough … and to seize anything that looks like supporting evidence....
...The Conservatives have lined up several of its grandees, including Michael Gove, William Hague and Theresa May, to steady the ship in the days to come....
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