Brexit — and the North: Timely start to CTA talks

REACTION in Britain to the resignation of the UK’s permanent representative at the European Union has been tediously predictable. 

Pro-Brexiteers have welcomed it, pointing out that Sir Ivan Rogers is a man whose entire career as a diplomat has been shaped by Brussels groupthink. For Europhiles, still in denial about the result of the June referendum, it’s a devastating blow to Mrs May’s Brexit strategy if, that is, she has one.

Downing Street have replaced Sir Ivan with Sir Tim Barrow, an experienced diplomat whose familiarity with the way in which the EU operates is equal to his but whose adherence to its mindset and methods is less so.