BILL CLINTON has hit out at the UK’s handling of the ongoing Brexit negotiations for creating “tremendous uncertainty” in Northern Ireland.
Britain's decision to leave the EU has seriously undermined the peace efforts in Europe, a former Tory politician has claimed.
PM risks major confrontation with Joe Biden by persevering with internal market bill.
Government accused by peers of acting like a ‘third world dictatorship’ over Internal Market Bill
09/11/2020
Downing Street says it is prepared to overturn any changes to the legislation.
'We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit' - Joe Biden
16/09/2020
"We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit. Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period."
Labour's Lord Falconer tells HuffPost UK internal market bill could cost Britain a "terrible price" with peers set to defeat government.
Post-Brexit UK will not be ‘centre of gravity’ for Biden administration, says former security adviser
27/10/2020
Ex-ambassador says Democrat White House would prioritise France and Germany.
Ivan Rogers, former UK ambassador to the EU, says prime minister will think ‘history was going his way’ if Donald Trump is re-elected
Conservative Baroness Couttie said there is a lack of evidence to back up the government's claim that the EU is acting in bad faith.
Archbishops warn bill could ‘further undermine trust and goodwill’ among home nations.
The U.K.’s most senior Anglican bishops have warned that legislation breaching part of the Brexit divorce agreement the government signed with the European Union will set a “disastrous precedent” and could undermine peace in Northern Ireland.
UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking with two former permanent secretaries of the UK’s EU exit department, Matt Ross asks whether Johnson is applying firm leverage – or deliberately sabotaging the trade talks.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister On Brexit And A Seat On The U.N. Security Council [4 mins]
30/09/2020
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Simon Coveney about the latest developments regarding Britain's exit from the European Union and Ireland's upcoming seat on the U.N. Security Council.
‘We stand by our commitments’, says president Ursula von der Leyen.
SF MLA says changes to withdrawal deal would drive ‘coach and horses’ through Belfast Agreement.
Presidential candidate says any US-UK trade deal must be contingent upon respect for agreement.
Dominic Raab faces backlash over Irish border and attempts to leave EU on own terms.
‘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.
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.
Ex-Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged MPs to reject the "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Senior Conservatives are not backing down on their rebellion against Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit legislation despite his warning that the EU could "carve up" the United Kingdom without it.
Former prime ministers urge MPs to reject legislation, saying it endangers Irish peace process.
Emergency talks called between UK and EU over 'carpet bomb' plan - amid warning over US trade deal
10/09/2020
Legal action is also reportedly being considered by Brussels, and a top Democrat has warned a UK-US trade deal is at risk.