DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson threatens to stop all goods checks in Northern Ireland if Boris Johnson does not hold firm in protocol row with EU DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson threatening to stop all checks on goods into NI The UK wants the EU to agree to rewrite parts of Brexit protocol agreed in 2019 But … Read more
Boris Johnson warns EU’s Von Der Leyen to ‘look seriously’ at UK demands for changes to post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol to ease social and economic strife – as Cabinet minister claims agreement was always meant to be temporary and ‘flexible’ The Prime Minister spoke with European Commission president today UK wants the EU to agree … Read more
A Tory MP has called on the Conservative Party to ‘urgently’ change its attitude to people taking the knee. Former minister and self-styled ‘Brexit hardman’ Steve Baker said the party is at risk of ‘misrepresenting our own heart for those who suffer injustice’ if attitudes on the Black Lives Matter protest act don’t change. Mr Baker insisted taking the … Read more
Italian papers have not been shy to bring Brexit into the equation as they urge their long-unbeaten footballers and tennis star Matteo Berrettini to take one more step in London, winning Wimbledon and Euro 2020 to seal a momentous day for their nation. World number nine Berrettini faces a huge test to shock defending champion Novak … Read more
Foreign Office denies claims Joe Biden floated Barack Obama becoming US ambassador to the UK Foreign Office denied Biden’s team floated Barack Obama as US ambassador Claims surfaced amid speculation over delay in appointing new representative Long-standing tensions between Boris Johnson and Barack Obama over Brexit By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:31 … Read more
There’s a beautiful moral simplicity about sporting contests. Win or lose. In or out. So how nice it is that England, which voted in 2016 to leave the European Union, has done so well in a competition that’s called Euro 2020. After the Brexit vote, the outgoing EU Council president Donald Tusk warned that this … Read more
Home Office threw away £8.6MILLION worth of burgundy passports when UK made ‘symbolic’ switch to old-style blue versions after Brexit – despite the change being planned for more than TWO YEARS EXCLUSIVE: Home Office accounts show £8.6m of old style passports destroyed Government had said the burgundy passports would be issued to avoid waste The … Read more
UK rejects EU demand for Brexit ‘divorce bill’ payment of £40.8billion saying it ‘does not recognise’ the figure – setting up new battle with Brussels No 10 insisted the figure Britain owes is between £35 billion and £39 billion Says it does not accept the revised sum, but the EU insisted that figure was ‘final’ … Read more
Britain and the European Union were locked in a dispute last night over the size of London’s final Brexit divorce bill as official accounts filed in Brussels showed that UK taxpayers must pay more than £40billion to leave the bloc – nearly £2billion more than previously forecast. The British Office for Budget Responsibility had previously estimated that … Read more
‘Sorry for the delay, we were flushing someone’s head down the toilet’: National Trust posts sarcastic tweet in row with Spectator over claims of ‘bullying’ and how job applicants are rejected if they voted Leave In since deleted post, the charity said it has to go ‘pinch someone’s lunch money’ Tweet made in response to … Read more