Nigel Farage has been accused of inciting racism after he sensationally claimed the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to be a ‘far-left Marxist organisation whose chief aim is to close down police forces’ in a blazing television row this morning over the toppling of a slave trader statue in Bristol. The Brexit Party leader also accused the … Read more
At the General Election, the Conservative manifesto pledged: ‘In all of our trade negotiations post-Brexit, we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards.’ The promise could not be clearer, the commitment to uphold our world-class food production standards could not have been stronger. But upholding that commitment has two … Read more
Tory MPs have expressed concern about ‘growing cracks’ between Boris Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak, as Cabinet splits widen over post-Brexit economic policy and the UK’s tense relationship with China. Differences between the two most powerful members of the Government came to a head last week in meetings about the security threat posed by … Read more
When the Covid virus knocked the world for six, Brexit faded into the background. The bad-tempered arguments were forgotten. We joined neighbourhood groups, clapped for the NHS, smiled at strangers as we gave them a wide berth, and invented new and ingenious ways of keeping in touch. As the Queen movingly put it: ‘Our streets … Read more
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely apologises for going to a barbecue during lockdown with his girlfriend and Brexit Party founder Richard Tice to promote Government’s contact tracing app Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely said he arrived at a barbecue in his constituency He said the party was hosted by the Spectator’s deputy editor … Read more
A Chinese state-run newspaper has warned that Britain is facing ‘substantial damage’ to its economy and a trade deal with China could be off the table after Downing Street stood up to Beijing over a new security law for Hong Kong. Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week said he would ‘willingly’ offer three million people … Read more
Bank of England ‘warns City to brace for Brexit trade talks to FAIL’ amid bitter stand-off between UK and the EU with clock running down Bank of England said to have urged City to brace for no deal in UK-EU trade talks Businesses increasingly alarmed at deadlock in the talks between the two sides EU … Read more
Brexit! So you thought it had happened? Not exactly. Britain may have left the EU, but its crucial future trading relations with the bloc are still being discussed, and in an unproductive and acrimonious way. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has popped up in a Sunday newspaper warning Boris Johnson that he must keep … Read more
Brexit talks ‘must end by the autumn’: UK tells EU that negotiations CANNOT go on for ever Sources said the EU accepted the UK would not budge on its red lines in talks But Michel Barnier warned the UK there would not be an ‘agreement at any cost’ This comes ahead of crucial Brexit trade … Read more
Britain’s smooth and complacent Left-wing elite are so completely convinced of their goodness and rightness that they think they are licensed to behave like louts. The behaviour of this group over the past few days has been a masterpiece of hypocrisy, spite and crudity. Their quarry has been Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s principal adviser. … Read more