The terms of the deal were struck on Monday night, after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had dinner at Downing Street, a spokesperson for the Department for International Trade confirmed to British media. The pact marks the first agreement negotiated from scratch since the …
Read More »Amid ‘sausage war’ spat with BoJo, France’s Macron asks UK not to ‘waste time’ with Brexit controversies
“My wish is that we succeed collectively in putting into action what we signed several months ago,” Macron told a press conference after a meeting of G7 leaders on Sunday. “Let’s not waste time with controversies that are created in corridors and backrooms.” Presumably, the controversy Macron referenced was partly …
Read More »Hot topics put on back burner as G7 is sucked into interminable Brexit row and summit descends into simmering row over sausages
Many onlookers expected the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall to be a big reset for the West. A chance to show that, after the tumultuous period of Brexit, Trump and the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of the biggest democracies on the planet had put all that behind them …
Read More »Just as with Brexit, there’s apparently a ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ stance on vaccines, & people who don’t get jabbed are being shunned
Have your friends had the Covid-19 vaccine yet? And if not, should you still be mates? Incredibly, this seems to be a question some are now asking. Earlier this week, ITV’s Good Morning Britain show kicked off the debate by asking whether it was right to stop being pals with …
Read More »Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier suggests FIVE-YEAR HALT to immigration into Europe… but not for refugees
Barnier floated the idea when he appeared on France 2’s Telematin program on Tuesday. “I think we have to take the time for three or five years to suspend immigration,” he said, urging the bloc to reinforce its external borders and review immigration policies. The bold rhetoric from Barnier comes …
Read More »France says Jersey fishing row can be ‘quickly unblocked’ by applying post-Brexit trade deal, as UK looks to withdraw naval boats
“We want the situation to be quickly unblocked through the full implementation of the trade and cooperation agreement, which provides for continued access to UK waters for fishermen who worked in these waters before Brexit,” a spokesman for the ministry said. “This is our only objective and we want to …
Read More »You may loathe him, but Jean-Claude Juncker is right…he could have stopped Brexit by ignoring snake charmer David Cameron
Time supposedly heals all wounds, but not if your name is David Cameron. The former British prime minister was the man who led the Conservatives back into power in 2010, which they’ve held on to resoundingly until now. At present, he’s mired in a series of investigations regarding cronyism, due to …
Read More »The myth of ‘stupid’ Brexit voter undone by study that discovers affluent and educated ‘Comfortable Leavers’ actually won the day
The most persistently irritating thing about being on the winning side of the Brexit vote is that the losers have stubbornly pushed the insultingly and incorrect narrative that anyone who voted to leave the European Union was old, thick, racist and living in a corner of the UK struck low …
Read More »Northern Ireland’s unrest is NOT just about Brexit – and unless its deep roots are addressed, the Troubles of the past may return
These protests have not suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but neither are they all about Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. They are the culmination of a complex mix of change and a deep-rooted resistance to it, and an ingrained political and social inertia particular to this place. It’s true …
Read More »UK govt calls for dialogue after anger over Sinn Fein funeral & Brexit sparks riots in Belfast (VIDEOS)
Footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows a fleet of police vehicles racing down a street in Northern Ireland’s capital with sirens blazing on Wednesday evening. In one clip, police in riot gear are seen gearing up as loud bangs can be heard nearby. Earlier in the day, rioters hurled …
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