Boris Johnson

Will a post-EU Britain still have access to the single market?

It depends who you talk to. Boris Johnson wrote in his Daily Telegraph column on Monday that there will be continued access. By contrast Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, has said there will not, as has Philip Hammond, the British foreign secretary. This is a matter that will be absolutely key to the exit…

What’s all this talk about “Article 50”?

The referendum result is not legally-binding. Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is the instrument which exists in law to allow for countries to leave the EU. But until it is invoked – until a prime minster presses the “red button” – Britain’s relationship with the bloc remains the same. Once it is pressed, the…