Boris Johnson is in Northern Ireland today amid a furious row over the impact of Brexit on the country. The Prime minister was told to to ‘stand up for Northern Ireland’ and ditch the ‘intolerable’ Protocol governing Irish Sea trade post-Brexit by DUP leader Arlene Foster. Extra checks on goods passing through Northern Ireland’s ports from … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s plan to build a bridge or a tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland has been slammed by critics as a ‘fantasy’. The Prime Minister has launched an official review to look at how to improve Union transport connectivity, with a fixed Irish Sea link the headline proposal. The PM has allocated £20million to … Read more
The government is looking to soften plans for checks on EU food and imports crossing the border into Britain, reports say. Lord Frost is said to be debating whether to bring in ‘lighter touch’ controls from April 1 and relax full customs checks scheduled for July 1. Insiders claim the move has come amid fears tough … Read more
Stop sulking! Lord Frost swipes that EU is fuelling Northern Ireland row because it is still bitter about Brexit Lord Frost suggested link between NI row and ‘ill-will’ over UK leaving the EU Cabinet Office minister defended UK’s unilateral extension of grace periods Fears rising about sectarian tensions in the province caused by the protocol … Read more
Ministers have accused the EU of stoking the row over the Northern Ireland protocol because they are jealous of the UK’s vaccine rollout. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng linked the increasingly bitter row over the Brexit divorce terms to the contrasting performance on jabs. He suggested that European politicians were ‘playing politics’ to distract attention from … Read more
By Jack Elsom and James Robinson for MailOnline A former Fleet Street editor last night sparked further outrage by attempting to defend his comments about his secret long-standing support for the IRA. The erstwhile Guardian columnist today claimed he did ‘nothing more than scores of journalists who keep political views to themselves’ in sympathising with … Read more
A furious row has erupted in Europe after Britain unilaterally delayed checks on food going to Northern Ireland. The European Commission accused the UK of breaching international law and violating the Brexit agreement by deciding to continue Irish Sea border grace periods until October. The Irish Government also branded the intervention extending the soft-touch regulatory regime … Read more
Sinister graffiti containing Michael Gove‘s name, his address and a threatening message has appeared in a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast. The menacing ‘we don’t forget, we don’t forgive’ message was scrawled across a series of building site hoarding boards in the Sandy Row area of Northern Ireland‘s capital. The street is in a well-known … Read more
Roy Greenslade’s previous articles must now be ‘treated with suspicion’ and viewed through the lens of his long-standing support for the IRA, critics urged today. The erstwhile Guardian columnist last week revealed that during his career on Fleet Street he secretly sympathised with atrocities committed by paramilitary forces. He resigned as an honorary visiting professor of … Read more
Fascinating time-lapse charts show how England’s Covid vaccine drive has left more than 90% of over-85s with antibodies 22% of over-85s in England had Covid antibodies at start of 2021, before the roll-out began to pick up pace But that rate stood at nearly 91% on February 11, according to the most up-to-date estimate from … Read more