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Human Rights after Brexit: Workshop report
25/07/2019
A key initiative in the Conservative Party’s 2015 manifesto was to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998. ... On 25 July 2016, a workshop was held at UCL to discuss these plans, and their implications in light of the UK’s new political environment post-Brexit.
THE devolved nations and English regions have accused the Tory government of breaching yet another manifesto pledge after it failed to match EU funds lost to Brexit.
'Robbie Gibb asked me this question a while ago. I can’t say what he doesn’t know, but I can break down his article' - Steve Analyst
04/05/2020
1. Robbie Gibb asked me this question a while ago. I can’t say what he doesn’t know, but I can break down his article. / 2. I’m going to go through the article line by line to reiterate my original point, starting with the suggestion that our position is “all laid out” in the Conservative Manifesto.
At the last general election, all of you stood on a platform of “getting Brexit done”. / Voters were told in your party’s manifesto that this would “unleash the potential of our whole country” and “transform the UK for the better”.
MULTI-MILLION cuts to regional funding intended to level up the country will have “catastrophic consequences” on the local economy, it has been warned.
Levelling-up promise broken by government. / The UK government's replacement for the EU's regional development funding leaves regions billions of pounds worse off, devolved administrations have said.
Unchecked, unbalanced and channelling an unsavoury populism, a prime minister that I’ve helped to keep in check in the courts could soon be free to do whatever he pleases
Boris Johnson faces 'biggest Brexit crisis' yet after election and is deceiving voters, former ambassador to the EU warns
26/11/2019
Sir Ivan Rogers condemns 'diplomatic amateurism' that will lead to hugely damaging trade deal – or a crash-out Brexit in a year. / Boris Johnson is deceiving voters by claiming he will “get Brexit done” quickly and hiding the “biggest crisis” yet to come, a former ambassador to the EU is warning.
Firm with links to Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove secures £1m in government work without open tender
19/08/2020
A firm with links to Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove has won almost £1 million worth of government work without having to undergo an open tender process.
Letter signed by 170 cultural figures seeks a ‘unilateral and open offer’ to rejoin EU ahead of Holyrood elections.
If other countries don’t trust us to stick to what we agreed, it makes it harder to strike new deals in the future.
Taoiseach says Corbyn’s renegotiation plan would not be a problem.
Campaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalism. / Hundreds of Britain’s environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a government bill.
UK could leave without a deal in December 2020, Boris Johnson confirms.
Conservative manifesto plans mean continued Brexit uncertainty and risk no-deal crash-out at end of 2020, says thinktank.
Northern Ireland's five main political parties have sent a joint letter to the UK government urging it to fully replace EU funds which were lost after Brexit.
Ex-EU ambassador says PM’s ‘strategy errors’ will make good trade deal harder to achieve.
Boris Johnson ‘to curb legal challenges over Brexit’ in extraordinary attack on the courts
25/11/2019
Prime minister intends to ‘change the scope of the royal prerogative and become a dictator’ campaigner Gina Miller suggests.
Nigel Farage has batted off requests for transparency about the Brexit Party’s policies at a launch announcing their MEP candidates.
He’s the most effective demagogue in a generation. Now he sets the agenda. / "The Brexit Party’s campaign was a one-man show. While it has a sophisticated digital strategy, the party has no members and no manifesto, and none of its candidates were democratically selected."
Candidates say the party is ‘almost in denial’ over vote and will not publish manifesto. / Conservative officials fear the party could come sixth in the European elections, with their support plummeting to single digits.
Lady Sugg hands in resignation after overseas aid cut by a third.
Conservative manifesto 2019: Lawyers condemn confusing pledge to 'update' Human Rights Act
25/11/2019
One of the main concerns is that any update will serve the Conservatives' own interests.
‘It’s nonsense’: Michael Gove criticised after blaming EU for government missing tree-planting target
17/11/2019
‘Michael Gove is barking up the wrong tree and knows it,’ says Greenpeace.
Tories risk being torn apart by Boris Johnson's no-deal Brexit manifesto as PM faces revolt from backbench MPs
09/10/2019
Prime Minister battles to contain growing backbench revolt.