Brexit

The New York Times and the left assume that ‘strategic frostiness’ is one-way

Plus: The IRS comes for Matt Taibbi

Internal fights there will be, but they will make the right stronger

The Lugano convention – part of a tapestry of complicated international law agreements ensuring the courts of one country recognise the courts of another – has a dull name but it matters a great deal. Since the EU referendum, the convention has played a small role in the great internecine conflict between Britain and Brussels. Much energy has been wasted in this series of pointless bust-ups. And now, the EU is determined to use the Lugano convention – a playing field it claims to control – to ensure Britain pays a price for Brexit, by effectively blocking us from rejoining the convention. Why does this matter? Because without the convention,

The emerging signature of this presidency isn’t radicalism and ruthlessness: it’s incompetence and unreality

Are we entering a new era of political thought?