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Dublin will not give up on the Northern Ireland backstop clause in Britain’s EU Withdrawal Agreement, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has warned.
Ashley Fox says organisation will not hesitate to take public bodies to court if they breach Brexit withdrawal agreement.
‘We are not in a souk:’ Luxembourg’s PM gives exasperated response to UK’s Brexit demands
21/03/2019
'We found the best possible deal and we are not in a souk where we are going to bargain for the next five years'
‘Veil of secrecy’: Brexit committee says government denying MPs access to key decision-making details
24/06/2020
European Scrutiny Committee writes to Michael Gove demanding transparency on EU/UK Joint Committee.
Britain’s former ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers has predicted that Britain will leave the post-Brexit transition at the end of this year with no deal, describing Boris Johnson as a Trumpite politician who wants the EU to fail.
The European Parliament has voted to ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), with 660 out of 697 MEPs voting in favour of the deal, but a Brexit expert has said it is only the beginning.
‘There will be consequences’: No US trade deal if Boris Johnson reneges on Brexit agreement, Congressman warns
08/09/2020
‘I can’t believe that any side would be acting in such a cavalier way when we're talking about a fragile peace in the North of Ireland’
EU citizens rights campaigners The3Million have said that “numerous” EU nationals are being refused Universal Credit because of their settlement status.
Brexit is like “political climate change” and will go on “forever”, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Fine Gael parliamentary party.
Ivan Rogers says plan by ‘dishonest’ government to override Northern Ireland protocol may cause trade war.
Two government sources suggest the Meaningful Vote “take 3” might happen on Thursday of next week.
‘If the UK moves forward with this Internal Market Bill… there will be no US-UK trade deal – period’ – Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle [3 mins]
09/11/2020
We spoke to Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for international trade agreements.
"It leaves some of the most vulnerable children in the UK undocumented and facing an insecure future."
‘Britain does not break treaties’: EU president quotes Thatcher as she tells Boris Johnson he cannot change Brexit deal
16/09/2020
Ursula von der Leyen says EU will ‘never backtrack’ on withdrawal agreement.
Prominent Brexiteer and Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has said that he believes Brexit will “not happen at all”.
My former Conservative colleagues: ask yourselves what Boris Johnson has achieved, and heed the damning answer
Withdrawal Agreement: European Commission sends letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breach of its obligations
01/10/2020
The European Commission has today sent the United Kingdom a letter of formal notice for breaching its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement. This marks the beginning of a formal infringement process against the United Kingdom. It has one month to reply to today's letter.
DUP's Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson has said there is no point in his party agreeing to something that is not deliverable.
Theresa May returns to parliament today after a last ditch dash to Strasbourg to win fresh concessions on her deal. So will the deadlock finally be broken this week? Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Sonia Sodha in London explain how the process could now pan out.
The government – led by Boris Johnson – needs to rethink its approach and put the national interest above Brexit ideology
Open Europe's Stephen Booth, David Shiels and Dominic Walsh examine the revised Withdrawal Agreement
The Expert Factor takes a deep dive into how Brexit is working out – and how it might work out in the months and years ahead.
Politicians have been bickering about Brexit for the past two years, but everything that has happened so far is just figuring out how we leave the EU - we still have to sort out what kind of relationship we have once we have actually left.
"We have watched the chaos unfold in Cabinet and the turmoil in negotiations with dismay and foreboding. None of us voted for a bad deal or no deal that would wreck our economy. Nor do we accept that either is inevitable. If the Brexit deal is rejected by Parliament, then we, the people of Britain, should have the democratic right to determine our own future."
Leaving without deciding what kind of relationship we want with the EU will simply prolong the agony.