The economic fallout from leaving the EU is becoming all too apparent.
Fresh from scandals and an attempted ousting, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest plan is to tear up key parts of a post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland he made himself less than three years ago.
In a nutshell the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill rips up any judicial or policing role for the EU in respect of trade with its single market - the biggest in the world - via Northern Ireland.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore the importance of the Good Friday Agreement when they meet with Ireland’s prime minister about Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
White House warns Truss ripping up Northern Ireland protocol ‘not conducive’ to trade talks
08/09/2022
Biden discussed post-Brexit impasse with new PM in their first phone call.
From 1 January checks and paperwork will finally begin and EU exporters face a rude awakening.
It looks like the UK and EU are on the cusp of agreeing a new deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol. / We often hear about how any such agreement will need to satisfy the DUP's seven tests if it is to get Stormont's largest unionist party to agree to return to power sharing. ... That's the political stance from the DUP - but what do businesses say?
EU Commission rejects UK’s new legislation and launches legal action against Britain.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes aim at UK over stance on Northern Ireland protocol.
The European Commission president said there has been ‘some progress’ in talks to resolve the issues around Northern Ireland.
Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.
The use of violence in opposition to the Northern Ireland protocol is a “last resort” but not “off the table”, a member of the Loyalist Communities Council has said.
Dominic Raab faces backlash over Irish border and attempts to leave EU on own terms.
Move shows Capitol Hill supports peace process and opposes anything threatening it.
A bipartisan US congressional delegation is due to meet Irish premier Micheal Martin in Dublin.
Influential delegation likely to underline Biden’s commitment to defending Good Friday agreement and US role as a guarantor.
THE European Union’s top official warned that the Brexit trade deal has “real teeth” and Brussels will not hesitate to take action if Boris Johnson breaches its terms.
Northern Ireland’s second-biggest political party says it will block the formation of a working Belfast legislature, deepening political deadlock over post-Brexit trade rules.
Unionist leader warns of violence returning to Northern Ireland because of Brexit ‘betrayal’
26/03/2021
‘We are perilously close to a line which, when crossed, will lock us all into a pattern all too familiar’ - Peter Robinson
Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister said ‘for Edwin Poots to take any unilateral action would be unlawful’.
Officials’ comments put paid to idea displeasure with UK is limited to Irish caucus on Capitol Hill.
UNELECTED UK Government minister Malcolm Offord has insisted the Tories have not conned the public over Brexit.
SDLP’s Brexit spokesman says Frost’s attempts to unpick NI protocol risking investment.
UK-US trade deal ‘very unlikely’ if Brexit talks damage Irish peace process, warns Pelosi
17/09/2021
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives said today that a breakdown in the talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol would be “problematic” for a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal.