We object. On principle.
The archive · disagreement 3 out of 5
2 objections. Everyday disagreement. It is what keeps the paper going.
The prime minister's talk of rejoining assumes our old membership can simply be reactivated. Anyone who has tried to recover a dormant email account knows otherwise.
Everyone else: Rejoiners call it overdue, Leavers call it betrayal, and Westminster agrees it will be a long, bumpy road through Brussels.
Critics fear that a fight promoter at the podium would turn the White House briefing into a brawl. They have not been watching closely enough. It has been a brawl for decades. What it has lacked is a scorecard.
Everyone else: Appointing a cage-fighting promoter as press secretary turns the briefing room into a circus and signals a combative, unserious White House.