British in Europe

The intemperate threats made by Brextremists that the UK could follow the Singapore model has made the rest of the EU nervous. Keeping an open border between Eire and Ulster would be economically impossible in that case, yet making it a 'hard' border would be politically dangerous, likely to destabilise the current peace process in Northern Ireland.

So the EU are asking for safeguards while Mrs May is promising not to use the Singapore model - though she still won't say what model she favours. How much simpler if she could show that she is looking to find the best deal for everyone.

Her treatment of EU citizens resident here could demonstrate this. What does it actually demonstrate?

British in Europe is a coalition of 10 groups of British citizens living in the EU. They have recently sent a letter to Mrs May reminding her of her promises about EU citizens living in the UK (‘The same rules and laws will apply on the day after Brexit as they did before.’) and how important it is that she honours this promise. It also points out that government statements and actions so far do not honour it.

Clearly if Mrs May's own government will not fulfil her pledges on something where we actually benefit (tax income, nurses, fruit pickers...) then what chance is there on more controversial items?