“Jumping from league one to league three”: WTO insiders’ scathing assessments of a WTO Brexit
08/07/2019
Plus: the director general contradicts claims that “Gatt 24” would kick in to help. / “If there is no agreement, then Article XXIV would not apply, and the standard WTO terms would,” said Azevêdo.
“A no-deal Brexit is a catastrophe and I will not go down in history as an MP who has facilitated it” - Grieve
24/06/2019
“A no-deal Brexit is a catastrophe and I will not go down in history as an MP who has facilitated it.” Conservative MP Dominic Grieve says, “It’s the moment when the national interest goes clearly in front of any party political consideration”
‘We are not in a souk:’ Luxembourg’s PM gives exasperated response to UK’s Brexit demands
21/03/2019
'We found the best possible deal and we are not in a souk where we are going to bargain for the next five years'
‘Shameful spin machine’: Boris Johnson government criticised over plans for new unit to monitor Brexit news stories
12/08/2019
Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of launching a “shameful spin machine” as it emerged the Cabinet Office will establish a team to monitor reports regarding Britain’s departure from the EU.
Angry MPs say the move threatens jobs, the environment and the NHS in a cliff-edge crash-out on WTO terms.
Boris Johnson could be forced to delay Brexit to January 31 2020.
The aim of this briefing is to describe what happens under WTO rules if there is ‘no deal’.
‘Keep calm and carry on’: France shrugs off threat of Royal Navy gunships guarding Channel fishing waters, as no-deal Brexit looms
13/12/2020
Boris Johnson to reveal whether negotiations are over – plunging trade with EU into turmoil in 19 days’ time
‘Disorderly’ no-deal Brexit will strain food supply chain even more than coronavirus, MPs warned
05/06/2020
‘The focus of retailers now is 100 per cent on what’s going to happen on 1 January’
DISRUPTION to medical supplies and potential coronavirus vaccines as a result of Brexit cannot be ruled out, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said.
Shipping line CLdN says it has ‘contingencies’ for UK ‘landbridge’ delays in a hard Brexit.
‘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.”
A group of Conservative MPs could put their weight behind a vote of no confidence to block a no-deal Brexit, a junior defence minister warned today.
M20 barriers removed as Operation Brock system is taken apart before 31 January.
£2.1bn extra for no-deal planning
01/08/2019
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
The financial industry has started to trigger its contingency plans as a no-deal Brexit looks increasingly likely with just days to go until Brexit.
Environment secretary admits other nations could have a case against no-deal Brexit proposal.
A NO-DEAL Brexit risks extra trouble for the UK during an oncoming recession that could be as deep as the Great Depression, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said.
World Trade Organization (WTO) rules are clear that checks would be required between EU-member Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland if Britain crashed out of the bloc without an exit deal, the minister for the region said on Monday.
Leaving the EU single market and customs union will bring new friction and red tape for food importers
I asked important EU and UK people involved in Brexit talks what they made of Boris Johnson's claim on BBC that ...