It started with a referendum…

By Jack Pringle2019-09-23T05:00:00

… and that is exactly how this madness must end – with a second decisive Brexit vote before PM Johnson and his no-deal cronies bankrupt the country

Ten days ago I went to Brussels to receive the first prize, with our Spanish partners Rafael de la Hoz, in the competition for some significant new offices for the European Commission and to prepare to negotiate the contract to design them. The irony of a UK architect being involved in this EU project at the time of Brexit was lost on no one. Miraculously our government has negotiated membership of the Government Procurement Agreement through the WTO, so we still qualify to do the job whether the UK is in or out of the EU. That’s the only good news out of government for quite some while.

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