TEc has made it crystal clear where it stood before and after the referendum. As a specialist newspaper on matters pertaining to the economy its dominant line is unapologetically tilted away from pure politics.
Yet the new PM faces the daunting task of gathering many tasks together to then arrive at sensible policies acceptable to both the EU and the UK as a whole. Most of them inherently political in nature. Scotland and Northern Ireland, despite their scale and specificities, cannot be side-stepped at any point in time. A first signal was already given by TMay's early visit to Edinburgh.
Yet the new PM faces the daunting task of gathering many tasks together to then arrive at sensible policies acceptable to both the EU and the UK as a whole. Most of them inherently political in nature. Scotland and Northern Ireland, despite their scale and specificities, cannot be side-stepped at any point in time. A first signal was already given by TMay's early visit to Edinburgh.
The question mark that looms large is whether or not the UK's relevant sticking points are compatible with a EU whose main tenets consistently jeopardise those very points.
Can they ever be made compatible?
My point is that they have to.
The UK is important enough to continental Europe to turn it into a mere case of conditioned access to the single-market. Conversely, the EU, for all its current failings as seen by hard-line Brexiteers, is critical to the UK far more than the 450M+ internal consumer market would suggest.
This is why I can only envisage high Politics eventually taking centre stage during negotiations regardless of how hard or protracted.
When it comes to the nitty gritty of actual decisions being made both sides must bear in mind their relative weight set against a far larger backdrop of European peace, security and the welfare of citizenry across the UK and the EU.
Can they ever be made compatible?
My point is that they have to.
The UK is important enough to continental Europe to turn it into a mere case of conditioned access to the single-market. Conversely, the EU, for all its current failings as seen by hard-line Brexiteers, is critical to the UK far more than the 450M+ internal consumer market would suggest.
This is why I can only envisage high Politics eventually taking centre stage during negotiations regardless of how hard or protracted.
When it comes to the nitty gritty of actual decisions being made both sides must bear in mind their relative weight set against a far larger backdrop of European peace, security and the welfare of citizenry across the UK and the EU.
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