EU Referendum


EU Referendum: we're all leavers now


27/06/2016




"There can be no doubt about the result", said David Cameron in a statement to the House this afternoon. And with that, technically there are no "remains" any more. We are all "leavers" now.

And Robert Neill MP asks if Article 50 is the only legal way of leaving the EU. Cameron agrees. It is the only legal way that the job can get done. Owen Paterson asks if we will get a White Paper. Cameron answers that we will get multiple reports from the newly formed Brexit unit.  

Carswell ask if some of the architects of the Vote Leave campaign will be involved in the work of the new Cabinet office. Cameron replies that the referendum campaign is over. In other words, "no".

Previously, Ken Clarke had asked Mr Cameron to consider joining the EEA. This is for the next Prime Minister, says Cameron - but the issue is now firmly on the table. It's was a halfway house for nations joining the EU, and it can serve as a halfway house for the UK leaving.

And then there's Flexcit. We're working hard on producing another, updated edition. Already one of our first recommendations has been adopted, with the appointment of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as head of the Brexit unit, working inside the Cabinet Office.

We look forward to many more of our recommendations being adopted.