Is Theresa May preparing to cross her Brexit ‘red line’?

Theresa May could not have been any clearer: the UK is leaving the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Here’s what she told the Tory party conference back in October:

‘Let’s state one thing loud and clear: we are not leaving the European Union only to give up control of immigration all over again. And we are not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. That’s not going to happen.’

And for those who didn’t get the memo, here she was in January:

“So we will take back control of our laws and bring an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in Britain.”

Now, things aren’t quite so clear. In the government’s position paper on the matter, which is published this afternoon, a new word has popped up.