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Report by the European Council on Foreign Relations says that more people see bloc as a key partner than the US.
Beyond Andrea Jenkyns' sound bites ... reality bites back: "The only countries that do trade with the EU just solely on WTO rules are Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia and North Korea."
It has not even been five months since the end of the Brexit transition period and there have been armed patrol vessels in the Channel.
Findings cast doubt on Boris Johnson commitment to climate action ahead of key summit, Commission claims.
“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.
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, according to its backers, was meant to create endless opportunities. So far, however, the UK has failed to make the vote profitable, with the prospect of "global Britain" quickly fading according to recent data.
The UK’s decision to leave the EU, or ‘Brexit’ as its colloquially known, impact show the UK is perceived by other states, including its perceived reliability as a multilateral partner.
Cronofy - Back to EU
27/01/2022
While the UK has now left the EU, Cronofy is about to re-join. The UK government's plans to weaken data privacy laws is the final straw.
Global Britain or Lonely Britain?
02/02/2022
Despite its claims of exceptionalism and the freedom to succeed outside of the European Union, in reality, the UK is no longer in the room where it happens, says former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall.
British lawmakers are voting on whether to overturn a big cut to the U.K.'s foreign aid budget.
Liam Fox’s Brexit ‘prize’ is nothing more than a pipe dream that fails to address Britain’s long-standing productivity problem
11/02/2022
The recent report from Fox’s Global Britain Commission sets out Britain’s productivity problem but offers no answers to it.
In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.
A summit crucial to the issue of climate change is instead mired in disentangling the mess of Britain’s exit from the EU
Prime minister called the claim ‘fake news’ - but leaked email to Foreign Office staff confirmed it.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.
'Global Britain' could increase emissions by the equivalent of 44,000 transatlantic flights, research found.
Boris Johnson must rebuild relationships with neighbours to ‘make Brexit work,’ says shadow foreign secretary.
Lewis Silkin LLP partner Brinsley Dresden explains why brands should be careful of using nationalism to try to sell products.
‘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.
Brexit May Spoil Johnson’s G-7 Party
09/06/2021
The Brexit bills are starting to fall due for Boris Johnson just as the U.K. prime minister seeks to cast himself as a global statesman leading the Group of Seven’s fight to defeat Covid-19.
An NHS sell-off, lower food standards and secretive corporate courts: the battles facing Britain's new trade secretary
26/07/2019
Boris Johnson’s new trade secretary will be tasked with negotiating as many new trade deals as possible. Here are some fault-lines expected to emerge over the coming months.
The leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price calls on Labour to make the positive case for the single market and customs union.
An overwhelming majority of Brexit voters back closer ties with Europe on "mutually beneficial" areas such as trade, new polling has revealed.
Comments at Guardian Live event are first time former PM has explicitly called for UK to rejoin EU