‘The combination of Brexit and Covid is about the most unfortunate disastrous coincidence’, says Ken Clarke [4 mins]
04/03/2021
We spoke to the former Conservative Chancellor, Ken Clarke, about the budget and UK trade post-Brexit.
The UK will have to “fight its way to the table” as US-president elect Joe Biden seeks to rebuild American relations around the world, according to a study.
Chatham House director general says UK must not seek to be rival to EU on foreign policy
Lady Sugg hands in resignation after overseas aid cut by a third.
15 EU trade agreements with third countries, including Canada and Turkey, still not rolled over by Britain with just 50 days until UK leaves post-Brexit transition.
Now, the country risks becoming an also-ran, losing its easy access to the huge EU common market, unable to strike a groundbreaking deal with the United States and on the brink of a trade fight with China.
EU puts Ireland's commissioner who called Boris Johnson 'unelected' in charge of negotiating Brexit trade deal with UK
10/09/2019
Phil Hogan has rubbished UK's 'global Britain' plan, and said it would become a “medium-sized” nation after Brexit.
Open letter from group representing 4m western firms outlines ‘grave concerns’.
An NHS sell-off, lower food standards and secretive corporate courts: the battles facing Britain's new trade secretary
26/07/2019
Boris Johnson’s new trade secretary will be tasked with negotiating as many new trade deals as possible. Here are some fault-lines expected to emerge over the coming months.
The new foreign policy formula is simple, Trump tweets and the Tory leadership hopeful jumps.
EU's Guy Verhofstadt attacks Boris Johnson for 'false promises, pseudo-patriotism, and foreigner bashing' over Brexit
27/06/2019
European Parliament Brexit chief says likely next prime minister is 'a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate, and disinform the public about Brexit'.
The government should ease migration rules for Indians coming to Britain if it wants to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, says the Commons foreign affairs committee.
The government must make it easier for Indians to come to Britain to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a group of MPs have said.
UK’s top Brexit minister accuses Europeans of ‘lazy thinking’ for seeing Brexit as isolationist
09/05/2019
Theresa May’s chief Brexit minister has complained that Europeans are prone to “lazy thinking” about Brexit and for some reason associate the project with Nigel Farage and the “Little Englander” mentality.
The UK worries about being “trapped” in a backstop – but can’t present an alternative. / Toxic language is defining the Brexit debate. It is turning an intensely complex and complicated subject into something being argued over emotionally, certainly in the UK.
Diplomats suggest Britain’s leverage on world stage will be weaker after EU departure. / Brexit is already leading to a “palpable decline” in British influence at the UN, and that influence would be in freefall but for the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 % of gross national income on overseas aid, a study has found.