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Boris Johnson must drop 'disturbing' Brexit plan or risk US trade deal, Congress members warn
16/09/2020
Remarks come as foreign secretary Dominic Raab visits Washington for meetings with senior US politicians.
Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.
‘How can we reproach other countries if their behaviour becomes reprehensible when we ourselves have such scant regard for the treaties we sign up to’, former Tory leader says
Boris Johnson has told Tory MPs he will not compromise on his plan to break international law over Brexit despite signs of a significant backbench rebellion, sources told HuffPost UK.
PM risks major confrontation with Joe Biden by persevering with internal market bill.
Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns
28/06/2022
Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns.
Defence review appears to breach Article 6 of nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Boris Johnson's plan to overhaul Brexit agreement is 'politically driven', says EU Commission Vice President [1 min]
16/06/2022
In an exclusive interview with Sky's Beth Rigby, Maros Sefcovic disputed the UK government's decision to unilaterally overhaul parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol - saying it was "very damaging" to relations with the EU.
From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for all so many years.
Critics are in U.K. prime minister’s own Conservative party. / Top government lawyer quits as Brexit spooks markets again.
Boris Johnson’s real scandal: Brexit
13/07/2022
Not before time, Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the UK’s Conservative Party. The Guardian reports that Johnson’s leadership “toppled under a wave of sleaze allegations and failure to tell the truth.” But his real scandal lies elsewhere — with Brexit.
Internal market bill would endanger future trade deals, says Kim Darroch, the former British ambassador to the US.
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.” / So how is that going? What can be said about the post-Brexit Britain that Johnson is leaving behind?
Archbishops warn bill could ‘further undermine trust and goodwill’ among home nations.
Brexit rancour and Boris Johnson’s plan to rip up Northern Ireland deal spell trouble for UK legal industry
29/07/2021
We need permission from France, Germany et al to rejoin an international treaty or risk hamstringing a large part of Britain’s legal services industry.
Brexit red tape far worse for exports to EU than to Northern Ireland, Marks and Spencer chief warns
17/05/2022
Archie Norman, the chair of Marks and Spencer, revealed the mountain of bureaucracy that is making international trade impossible for small producers, leading many to give up entirely.
RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin analyse the week in which the UK unveiled a law to break international law and the ructions that ensued.
Four hours of Brexit talks over Northern Ireland ended with 'no substantive agreement' - with the UK threatening to extend a sausage trading deadline while the EU threatened tariffs in return.
Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge
Brexit talks heading for ‘crisis’ as EU warns Boris Johnson to stop breaking international law or face no deal
03/12/2020
UK set to push ahead with legislation that would break commitments made to EU earlier this year.
Brexit trade deal vote delayed by EU after UK accused of trying to break international law again
04/03/2021
The British Government has extended the grace period before companies have to start implementing the deal.
Brexit: Endgame - Fabian Zuleeg
08/09/2020
The UK Government's recent statements make a deal between the EU and UK less likely, regardless of whether that is the intent or not.
The UK government would be acting in an “anti-democratic” way if it goes through with its threat to over-ride elements of the post-Brexit treaty, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.
Brexit: What happens next?
28/04/2021
Despite what Boris Johnson claimed on Wednesday, this is far from the end of the saga, writes Jon Stone.