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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.
Truss urged to step back from brink in explosive Brexit spat with Brussels over Northern Ireland
12/05/2022
Tearing up Northern Ireland protocol ‘will spark trade war, drive up inflation and damage UK influence’, warns senior Tory MP.
Downing Street has briefed the media that the British government is planning legislation purporting to give the UK the power to renege on the legally-binding Northern Ireland Brexit protocol.
Legal kryptonite? Parliamentary sovereignty, international law and the Internal Market Bill
10/10/2020
Another autumn, another Brexit-related constitutional drama in the UK.
David Frost claims Brexit has gone ‘remarkably smoothly’ amid rising food costs and falling trade
27/04/2022
There are a ‘lack of things to talk about‘, ex-negotiator argues – one day after collapse in trading links revealed.
A former Conservative leader asked how the UK could “reproach” Russia, China and Iran for their conduct when it was prepared to break international laws.
EU calls out ‘absolute breach of international law’ after Northern Ireland Brexit checks halted
03/02/2022
“This announcement has created uncertainty and unpredictability and certainly no stability, so I’m not sure what the purpose of this move is … it’s an absolute breach of international law," an EU official has said.
Ireland’s European commissioner criticises decision by DUP minister affecting food and animal imports.
NI Minister of Agriculture should publish legal advice, says manufacturing body.
Disbelief and outrage across EU as UK says it won’t do anything to stop end to Brexit food checks in Northern Ireland
03/02/2022
European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it.
Coveney joins NI politicians in condemning move by North’s Minister of Agriculture.
Dublin's foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney has said the decision to halt Northern Ireland Protocol checks would be a “breach of international law”.
DUP minister accused of ‘breach of international law’ with bid to halt Northern Ireland post-Brexit checks
02/02/2022
The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis has indicated that he will not intervene after the controversial move by the devolved minister.
Philippe Sands QC says there is parallel between alleged intimidation of MPs and ‘threatening behaviour’ overseas.
European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said a compromise can still be found.
France will not be ‘hostages to British domestic politics’, says interior minister.
UNHCR: UK asylum bill would break international law, damaging refugees and global co-operation
23/09/2021
As it stands, the UK Nationality and Borders Bill would penalise most refugees seeking asylum in the country via damaging and unjustified penalties, creating an asylum model that undermines established international refugee protection rules and practices, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said Wednesday.
Despite promises by the home secretary to make the route across the Channel "unviable", the number of people completing the crossing has reached record highs.
Friends and colleagues say top civil servant in intolerable position after advice ignored.
Prime minister personifies British hostility to international democratic norms.
Why would anyone trust Brexit Britain again?
24/07/2021
Just seven months after singing its praises, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union.
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.
A CAMPAIGN group backing independence in Western Sahara is to take the UK Government to court over a post-Brexit trade agreement with Morocco.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.