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BORIS Johnson’s “Brexit Freedoms” Bill poses a direct threat to the powers of the Scottish Parliament, the deputy first minister has warned.
Supporters of the European Convention on Human Rights must seize the moment and confront right-wing propaganda demanding the UK leaves it now - or risk a Brexit-style disaster, argues Kevin Maguire.
The government is facing increasing scrutiny over its decision to use “committed Brexiteer” lawyers to provide advice on the legality of breaching the EU withdrawal agreement.
Boris Johnson bid to tear up Northern Ireland deal endangers peace, US congressmen warn [1 min]
15/06/2022
Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland have come under fierce attack from Washington, with senior congressmen on both sides of the US political divide warning the “irresponsible” move is a threat to peace in the province.
Braverman unable to identify a single industry to benefit from Brexit in excruciating interview
26/11/2023
Nick Robinson asked the former home secretary if she could identify a single industry that has benefitted from Brexit... she could not.
Brexit Freedoms Bill - freedom from what?
11/02/2022
Mired in politicking, the Brexit Freedoms Bill that will ‘move us away from outdated EU laws’ has still to be published. What lawyers are confronted with at present is an elaborate game of charades.
A senior Welsh politician has accused the UK government of rushing through its "Brexit Freedoms Bill".
Brexit played role in Dover chaos, No 10 admits after Braverman blames bad weather and Easter
03/04/2023
‘Obviously we recognise there are new processes in place,’ says Downing Street. / No 10 has admitted that “new processes” brought in after Brexit has contributed to several days of travel chaos at the Port of Dover.
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’s harvest
27/10/2022
Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth
Edi Rama urges ministers to ‘stop discriminating’ after Suella Braverman’s ‘Albanian criminals’ comments in Commons.
“Car crash!” exclaimed managing director Andrew Varga, whose Brexit progress I have been following since the referendum. News of the latest Brexit U-turn landed on him on Tuesday out of the blue. All his years of preparation for a new UK product safety mark, all his thousands of pounds wasted, all the uncountable hours and effort were rendered pointless, at a stroke.
Caller slams Tories for bringing 'horrendous mist of anger' to UK through Brexit [4 mins]
07/03/2023
This caller told James O'Brien the UK is going through a "midlife crisis" and he doesn't want his children to grow up "in this atmosphere".
Conservative Brexiteer pushes far-right anti-Semitic conspiracy theory of 'cultural Marxism' used by Anders Breivik
26/03/2019
A former Brexit minister and leading Conservative MP has been accused of pushing a "far-right" anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about the spread of "cultural Marxism" in the UK.
Port of Dover officials have hit back at claims by the home secretary that long queues at the port are not a result of Brexit.
Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.
Lawyers reject Liz Truss’s claim that UK is able to dump parts of treaty with EU without its agreement.
Former attorney general lashes out as Tory rebellion gathers pace.
Grant Shapps has stressed the importance of post-Brexit controls on work visas after government sources confirmed that ministers are braced for a record increase in immigration figures this month.
How Brexit helped create the migrant crisis
03/11/2022
The migrant crisis has exposed a common fallacy about Brexit, that you can simply "pull up the drawbridge" and wish it away.
How do you solve a problem like Suella? The legal aspects of breach and termination of the withdrawal agreement
23/02/2020
Today’s papers bring another story that the UK might be planning to breach the Brexit withdrawal agreement – including the report that the new Attorney-General Suella Braverman is poised to attempt to justify this legally. So what happens if the UK (or the EU) breaches the withdrawal agreement is not a hypothetical issue.
Brexit has not only failed to deliver on its promise of reducing immigration and controlling borders, but it has also made the immigration issue worse and more difficult to manage. The government’s chaotic and ineffective immigration policies, such as the Rwanda policy, have only added to the problem.
New report 'Sea Change on Border Control' shows that "the primary factor behind small boat crossings is the UK's lacking a returns agreement with the EU. This was a consequence of the UK's Brexit deal".
Britain’s TUC and Indian unions alike have raised concerns about deteriorating work conditions for workers, low pay and exploitation.
Friends and colleagues say top civil servant in intolerable position after advice ignored.
Bill hands ‘breath-taking’ powers to ministers, warns Hansard Society. / Boris Johnson’s legal justification for tearing up his agreement with the EU on post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland has been branded “hopeless” by the government’s former chief lawyer.
Minister admits changes to Brexit deal would break international law - Channel 4 News [15 mins]
08/09/2020
The Northern Ireland secretary admitted that the Government was intending to break international law - specifically the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which sets out how Britain and the EU would agree new rules on trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.
Misleading the country: Boris Johnson and ministers have made dozens of false statements to parliament, investigation reveals
07/04/2022
Labour accuses government of ‘litany of lies and falsehoods’ as calls for corrections are ignored.
Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.
New fears that UK will breach international law with plan to tear up Northern Ireland Protocol
08/06/2022
Government legal adviser warns it cannot be argued ‘credibly’ that there is no alternative to unilateral move.
Report increases fears government is determined to weaken judicial scrutiny.
Northern Ireland protocol: EU to begin legal action over UK plans to override Brexit deal
12/06/2022
Brussels is set to reveal details of action despite ministers’ insistence the the Northern Ireland protocol plans do not break international law.
The gangs running small boats into the UK have ‘never had it so good’ – and Brexit has played a large part. People smugglers claim Brexit ‘has played into their hands’.
Post-Brexit deal with India could be derailed over Braverman’s ‘disrespectful’ migrant comments
12/10/2022
Home Secretary Suella Bravernan’s claim that Indian migrants are the largest group who “overstay” their welcome in the UK could derail Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with New Delhi. / Indian ministers are said to be furious with her remarks as the agreement is reportedly “on the verge of collapse”.
The House of Lords’ European affairs committee has urged the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, Suella Braverman, to tackle post-Brexit travel problems, taking also into account issues with border officials as well as the new European Union visa system.
There is a split within the Cabinet over the UK’s continued membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Rishi Sunak has been warned that some of his ministers may resign over his post-Brexit deal with the EU if it jeopardises Northern Ireland’s place in the union.
Government ignored legal advice over proposed withdrawal agreement changes.
Suella Braverman also argued that travellers caught-up in the mega queues at Dover this weekend should 'be a bit patient'.
Thom Brooks’ report reveals the Government has created the Channel migration ‘small boats’ crisis through its hard Brexit policies.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Indian leader Narendra Modi in April and set an ambitious target to sign the free trade agreement (FTA) by Diwali later this month. / Recently, Braverman said that she had doubts regarding the deal as it would increase immigration to the UK even as Truss is eager to sign an agreement with India by Diwali, on October 24.
Rightly, a central tenet of British foreign policy has long been to abide – and to expect others to abide – by international law.
Home secretary Suella Braverman has sparked a new government row after calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Critical industry leaders have accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of being disconnected from the realities facing short staffed sectors after she claimed that there is "no good reason" why more British people can't be trained to take up jobs as butchers and fruit pickers.
You can’t restrict immigration without damaging trade deals. / For years the Brexiteers have been in denial about the contradictions inherent to their project. Now they are coming out in the open.
Sunak talks about ‘fairy tale’ economics – let’s not forget he backed Brexit, the biggest ‘fairy tale’ of all
26/10/2022
The new Prime Minister was decisively on the side of those who claimed that the country would have a better future outside the EU.
The era of Flat Earth Conservatism
11/10/2023
The Tory Party has been taken over by cynics and fantasists, says former Telegraph editor Max Hastings – which is why he has decided to vote Labour.
No Conservative will dare admit the searingly obvious: Brexit is proving a catastrophe for Britain.
Attorney general faces fury of Bar Council as revolt over internal market bill spreads.
Truss can’t hide from the crisis she created
28/09/2022
Rejecting expertise and skill in favour of loyalty was always going to lead to this.
Britain’s government insisted Thursday (24 November) that Brexit would pay off, even as new figures showed record levels of immigration six years after the country voted to quit the EU.
The government has set out a plan to overhaul EU laws copied over after Brexit - a move it says will cut unnecessary "red tape" for businesses.
Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.
The economic fallout from leaving the EU is becoming all too apparent.
Post-Brexit passport rules mean it typically takes 20 minutes to process passengers on a coach – far longer than before.
‘A storm is brewing,’ warn Conservative MPs who say their party is ‘giving up on Rishi’, who is seen as a manager rather than a leader.
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