Overview

• Marina Wheeler, a human rights barrister and Boris Johnson’s ex-wife, announced her book A More Perfect Union to argue for a closer UK-EU partnership than Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed ‘reset’.
• Scheduled for October release by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, A More Perfect Union compares the Brexit deal to a divorce settlement and calls for Britain to ‘build a union’ with Brussels.
• Wheeler contends that global instability presents an opportunity to correct Brexit mistakes and strengthen collaboration with Europe to defend democracy and the rule of law.
• Sir Keir Starmer hailed last week’s UK-EU summit as ushering in a new era of relations under his Brexit reset strategy.
• Boris Johnson denounced Starmer’s deal as ‘hopelessly one-sided’, accusing the prime minister of reneging on election promises on Brexit and taxation.