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Former prime ministers urge MPs to reject legislation, saying it endangers Irish peace process.
MPs are increasingly looking to review point of trade deal in 2025 to push for better terms.
Boris Johnson’s threat to bring in gunboats to patrol UK fishing waters branded ‘irresponsible and damaging’
12/12/2020
Tobias Ellwood, chair of Parliament’s defence committee, voiced his concern with the plans, but a former Navy chief defended the suggestion.
Boris Johnson’s ‘implementation period’ and five other Tory leadership Brexit plans already rejected or doomed to fail
25/06/2019
What are the Brexit proposals put forward - and why will they probably be rejected?
‘The project is probably now unsalvageable’, says former PM’s old employer. / The Conservatives have made such a “hash” of Brexit that the project is probably “unsalvageable”, according to Boris Johnson’s favourite newspaper.
Rees-Mogg’s efforts to reap economic benefits from Brexit has come up woefully short.
Brexit is to blame for the Dover travel misery blighting Britons’ Easter holiday trips to the Continent, a senior Tory MP said on Monday.
Brexit was bound to fail and has - we must now return to the centre of Europe, Lord Heseltine says
18/06/2023
Lord Heseltine said it is time to stop ‘hiding from the damage’ caused by Brexit. / Lord Heseltine has called for Britain to “recreate our position at the centre of Europe” after the failure of Brexit.
Political distance from Brussels has been achieved. This is not up for question. However, economically speaking, there is vast room for improvement. The OBR calculates, in its current form, that Brexit is reducing our GDP by four per cent. This compares to around 1.5 per cent caused by Covid.
It comes as Brexit means fall in crops and fewer British products in supermarkets. / Leaving the EU has led to a decline in crops and fewer home-grown products on the shelves of Britain’s supermarkets, farming chiefs have warned, reports The Independent.
Lady Sugg hands in resignation after overseas aid cut by a third.
Government has ‘scrambled’ naval vessels as part of preparation exercises for no deal Brexit
13/12/2020
The development comes after the Ministry of Defence confirmed that four 80-metre gunboats have been placed on standby to guard British waters from EU trawlers.
Senior Conservatives are not backing down on their rebellion against Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit legislation despite his warning that the EU could "carve up" the United Kingdom without it.
Keir Starmer facing pressure to offer new customs union policy with EU as Brexit regret rises
04/07/2023
A number of Labour MPs believe there is a palpable shift in public opinion on Brexit due to comparatively worse inflation figures in the UK to Europe and ongoing issues with the trade deal with Brussels.
There’s a growing understanding in Britain that the country’s vote to quit the European Union, a decisive moment in the international rise of reactionary populism, was a grave error.
Britain has signed up to a European Union defence agreement despite having severed ties with the EU.
Government ignored legal advice over proposed withdrawal agreement changes.
A senior Tory MP has called for the government to take the UK back into the single market as the nation struggles with the cost of living crisis.
Tobias Ellwood claims there is an ‘appetite’ in Britain to make ‘course corrections’ to the current Brexit model.
It’s not even about “we told you so”, it’s the Brexiters telling it themselves.
The Labour leader declares he will counter Boris Johnson's Brexit 'chaos and division' by negotiating the best deal for the British people.
Thanks to Brexit, sterling is becoming a risky bet for some investors.