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‘There will be consequences’: No US trade deal if Boris Johnson reneges on Brexit agreement, Congressman warns
08/09/2020
‘I can’t believe that any side would be acting in such a cavalier way when we're talking about a fragile peace in the North of Ireland’
‘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.
French president responds to ‘jury’s out’ comments by Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss about key ally.
Brexit is like “political climate change” and will go on “forever”, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Fine Gael parliamentary party.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.
‘If the UK moves forward with this Internal Market Bill… there will be no US-UK trade deal – period’ – Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle [3 mins]
09/11/2020
We spoke to Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for international trade agreements.
Renouncing principles would be ‘astonishing’ move by UK, says French foreign minister.
Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Anglo-Irish relations had gone from strength to strength. But then came Brexit.
‘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 isn’t a Conservative, he’s a nationalist’, says former Tory chair Lord Patten
12/12/2020
Lord Patten said while he hoped for the best for the UK’s future, “I do fear for the worst”
Allies of UK trade secretary Liz Truss accused of launching an ‘unprovoked attack’ on Dan Tehan on the eve of their meeting.
‘A level of chaos not seen in Britain since the war’: US TV presenter delivers devastating assessment of Boris Johnson [video, 1 min]
25/07/2019
A leading US television news host has delivered a brutal assessment of the new prime minister Boris Johnson, saying Britain now faces a “level of chaos … not seen since World War II.”
Younger generation will be forced to clear up Brexit chaos left by politicians, headteachers told
05/05/2019
The country’s children will be forced to clear up the Brexit “chaos” left by politicians, a headteachers’ union leader has said.
Boris Johnson’s rotten regime has not covered itself in glory. / For an un-jaundiced sense of how post-Brexit – sorry Global – Britain is viewed from abroad as the wheels fall off Boris Johnson’s rotten regime, Italy is a good place to start.
Without the government to enforce the lie, Brexit will become just an embarrassing national memory
16/10/2022
Brexit has gone from xenophobic delusion to national embarrassment, sustained only by lies from government and press. We will rejoin the EU.
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.
The British press helped condone austerity. It's now blinding us to the stupidity of Brexit. If you talk to almost anyone overseas, except those at the right-wing extreme (like Trump) or part of a tiny minority of the left, their reaction to Brexit is similar that of the former prime minister of Finland.
Why the Bill of Rights poses problems for human rights in Europe – and the UK’s international standing
11/08/2022
While the government has clarified that the UK will remain a party to the ECHR, as Mark Elliott observes, the Bill aims at ‘substantially decoupling’ the UK from it.
The government – led by Boris Johnson – needs to rethink its approach and put the national interest above Brexit ideology
Britain Humiliated Itself by Imploding From a Modern Democracy into a Far Right Wing Country — And the World Is Running Away From It as Fast as It Can.
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.
Who’ll want to do a deal with us after this?
08/12/2020
Ministers have undermined Britain’s hard-earned reputation abroad by riding roughshod over conventions and the law
World-renowned economist Adam Posen reveals some tough truths about Britain’s situation.