What the papers say: The dangers of a rushed Brexit

Theresa May is back from holiday and the Brexit work continues in earnest. Over the next few days, two key papers – spelling out detail on the customs union and the Irish border – will be published. There’s no doubt, says the Times, that this ‘is a crucial week for Brexit’. ‘After more than a year of disagreement and drift’, there are now some ‘encouraging signs’ that things are slowly being put in order: the joint article written by Philip Hammond and Liam Fox and which was published yesterday advocating a transition period, is one such sign. The publication of reports ‘to flesh out the banal slogans’ touted so frequently so far, will also help matters, suggests the Times. Yet the paper is also worried the process may now be happening too quickly. With ‘too much time wasted’, the need for clarity is vital; yet, rushing things is ‘foolish’. It’s clear that ‘not enough time’ has been given over to dealing with the Brexit process.