A More Perfect Union

Timely, necessary and impeccably researched … Should be required reading for anyone interested in Europe. And even more so for anyone interested in Britain – JUDITH WOODS * Daily Telegraph *
Wheeler may be right. Time moves on, humans can stop sulking, find strength in compromise and create something new … This is a serious and practical thinker – LIBBY PURVES * Times *
Deliciously short and admirably lucid, this little book has the power to heal the wounds of Brexit. As a tribal Remainer I found myself nodding far more than I expected – LUCY KELLAWAY, author of Re-educated
A rousing defence … Sharp, and extremely likeable – CHARLOTTE IVERS * Times *
A principled, personal and refreshingly readable take on Britain’s relationship with the rest of Europe, a mix of memoir and battle cry, imbued - whatever your views - with a decency and intelligence that is courageous, rare and valuable – PHILIPPE SANDS, author of 38 Londres Street
It is elegant, deft and convincing - from Eisenhower, to Benedict Anderson, to The Leopard – JOHN BEW, author of Citizen Clem
A must for all who wish to see a flourishing relationship between the UK and its European neighbours. Covering succinctly but accurately the UK’s near 50-year membership, the author’s ‘tough love’ description explains in vivid detail how she, a lifelong Europhile, reluctantly decided that the UK should leave the EU. Yet the UK and Europe now need each other even more than in the past. The author’s call for a profound rethink of how a new relationship could be forged, respecting all sides, is both inspiring and timely – CHRISTOPHER BELLAMY KC, former EU judge
As a remainer who would probably now vote to leave, I found this thoroughly enjoyable. If you find yourself tearing your hair out at the failure of the current government to make use of the UK’s new nimbleness on the world stage, I suspect that you will too. The material on the European Court of Justice is especially eye-opening – JEREMY HUNT, author of Can We Be Great Again? and former UK Foreign Secretary
Weaving history, politics and law, Wheeler offers valuable insights overlooked in the heated debates of the recent past and bold suggestions on how we might create a better and more enduring Union. By voting to leave the EU in 2016, we did not turn our back on shared European values, nor did we renounce our international duties and responsibilities. We rejected membership of a supra-national institution, unwilling to create the democratic checks and balances citizens have a right to expect. Even though I thought I had read most things on the subject, I came away with new ways of looking at it – GISELA STUART, Former Labour MP, Presidium Member on the Convention on the Future of Europe and Chair of Vote Leave

Marina Wheeler is a noted KC, specialising in public and human rights law. She was born in West Berlin and educated in Brussels, at the heart of the European Project. For 25 years she was married to Boris Johnson, and was in the room when many of the key Brexit discussions took place.

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