Commenting on the resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers as Britain’s ambassador to the EU and the subsequent furore around comments made to fellow civil servants to challenge “ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking”, Molly Scott Cato, Bristol’s Green MEP and the Green Party speaker on EU relations, said:

“It is clear Brexiteers are hell-bent on pushing out everybody who isn’t hostile to the EU. This witch hunt against anybody who is pro EU, which was actually the job of all civil servants until June last year, leaves us with only ignorance and hostility. Successful negotiation requires understanding and respect.