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'Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to me he didn’t know what the Irish border was' - Bertie Ahern
28/04/2019
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has claimed Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to him he didn’t know what the Irish border was.
If you wish to travel to the EU with your pet after 29th March 2019 we recommend speaking with your vet at least four months in advance of your date of travel.
The UK has now extended the rules which applied to non-EU postal items before. Similarly, the EU now treats postal items from the UK as it did non-EU items previously. This means that how you send and receive items from abroad has changed. The rules are different for Northern Ireland.
Now the Conservative Party’s reputation for economic competence has cratered, Matthew Gwyther sees businesses getting increasingly politicised.
Brendan is a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament, who left the Conservative Party in 1999 in protest against its anti-European policies. Since then, he has stood in the European elections of 1999, 2009 and 2014, always for pro-European parties.
The Government faced Cabinet rebellions and ministerial resignations after changing its mind last minute on a no deal motion.
I negotiated the EU’s expansion. Here are the mistakes the UK must avoid repeating.
I’m applying for German renationalisation. Like other British Jews, Brexit has put my safety in danger
17/03/2019
We won’t even be close to becoming German by 29 March, but what’s driving me is the same reason my family became British in the 1930s: survival.
The British meat industry faces a long-running problem of skilled staff shortages which has been exacerbated by recent Government decisions.
Northern Ireland could be used to smuggle illegal drugs and weapons from the EU into Great Britain after Brexit, police have warned.
Even voices on the Right acknowledge this fact, says Paul Vallely. / THERE have been so many U-turns recently that you might be forgiven for having missed this one. The Daily Telegraph ran a piece at the weekend headlined: “Project Fear was right all along.”
Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Dame Julie Walters have joined some of the biggest names in British theatre to urge Boris Johnson to secure visa-free EU travel for artists.
Row erupts as civil servants ordered to halt £4bn no-deal Brexit planning with 'immediate effect'
12/04/2019
Civil servants have been told to shelve preparations for a no-deal Brexit with "immediate effect" after departments spent more than £4bn preparing for a cliff-edge departure from the EU.
Senior Tory MP warns Brexit ‘destroying’ British agriculture and condemns government failure to act
15/12/2021
A furious Neil Parish laid into Kevin Foster, the immigration minister, for ignoring a recommendation to make it easier to bring in EU butchers and other workers – leading to a huge shortage.
Visa and Mastercard face watchdog review into card fees as retailers face FIVE-FOLD increase in charges for online payments from EU after Brexit
21/06/2022
Card fees for online transactions between UK and EU up five-fold since Brexit.
‘Simply untrue!’ Tory Brexiteer suffers car crash interview as he claims he can get an Irish passport for being English
15/10/2018
A Tory Brexiteer suffered a car crash interview on BBC 5Live, leaving the host incredulous after he claimed he was eligible for an Irish passport. Andrew Bridgen, a hardline Eurosceptic, was interviewed by the BBC’s Stephen Nolan on Sunday night and faced a series of tough questions from the Northern Irish presenter over Brexit.
"a quick summary of the new deal, I explained to Al Jazeera today why it’s bad for jobs, bad for prosperity, bad for supply chains..."
17/10/2019
If anyone wants a quick summary of the new deal, I explained to Al Jazeera today why it’s bad for jobs, bad for prosperity, bad for supply chains, bad for rights and protections, bad for border disruption, and bad for the DUP. It’s a really bad deal.
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has told PoliticsHome Brexit and last year’s political turmoil may be among factors that have contributed to the IMF's gloomy economic forecasts for the UK.
More than 100,000 Poles demonstrated on Sunday in support of European Union membership after a court ruling that parts of EU law are incompatible with the constitution raised concerns the country could eventually leave the bloc.
"Brexit effects more negative than expected" / KPMG/BCCG survey: Companies draw conclusions
28/04/2021
Around 100 days after Brexit, most companies are experiencing Brexit effects that are more negative than they expected at the beginning of the year.
"Brexit Referendum Was Corruptly Won, But Result Stands Thanks To Loophole" - Jessica Simor
25/02/2019
The EU referendum was won based on a corrupt campaign, but the courts can't void the result because the referendum only advisory, according to the barrister who took the government to court.