After Brexit, we need to decide what kind of Europe we want

We need a realistic and honest national debate about the future direction of the bloc

The draft EU guidelines for negotiating Brexit are a welcome first offer in the process by which the departure of Britain from the European Union will be negotiated.

It is, of course, a little artificial for a negotiating strategy to be developed in public and in the full gaze of the other party to the talks. And so, there is an element of a wishlist and an element of posturing in the draft ...