By the time we shut the door in Europe’s face on New Year’s Eve, kicking it out like a guest overstaying their welcome, it will have been four years, six months and a week since the British public voted for Brexit. Yet a bunch of Remainer cry-babies still insist it’s …
Read More »‘Strong possibility’ of no Brexit deal, UK’s Johnson warns while accusing EU of making things ‘more difficult’
“I do think that we need to be very, very clear there’s now a strong possibility that we will have a solution that’s much more like an Australian relationship with the EU than a Canadian relationship with the EU,” Johnson pointed out. “It doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.” The …
Read More »Deal or no deal? Boom Bust explores the Brexit saga & what comes next
RT’s Boom Bust talks to Hilary Fordwich, from the British American Business Association about what could be done to get the deal done and dusted before the end of the year. “This [Brexit] isn’t something drastic and terrible,” she says. “It’s been hyped as such because, obviously, the EU leaders want …
Read More »BoJo will secure a Brexit deal with the EU, but it will be a pyrrhic victory that ultimately satisfies no one
Four-and-a-half years after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, what became known to everyone as Brexit is in its endgame. With Britain having formally left the EU at the start of 2020 to commence the year-long transition agreement, there are now just weeks left for Downing Street …
Read More »Irish leaders see chances of Brexit deal at ‘50-50’ as UK goes ahead with divorce treaty-breaching Internal Market Bill
The Internal Market Bill is an “insurance policy” that will protect the “integrity of the UK” as a single entity, Cleverly said, adding that it contains clauses Britain may need to “rely on.” The draft Internal Market Bill is scheduled to be back before the UK Parliament late on Monday. …
Read More »Brexit trade talks to reconvene in Brussels in last gasp effort to secure deal
The reconvening of talks was confirmed by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a joint statement following their phone call on Saturday, which was in itself a bid to overcome the continuing deadlock. “In a phone call today on the ongoing negotiations …
Read More »Paris threatens to torpedo Brexit trade deal if French interests are not met, says Minister
Clement Beaune, France’s European Affairs Minister, told Europe 1 radio on Friday that Paris is not willing to accept a UK-EU trade deal on bad terms. I still hope that we can have an agreement, but we will not accept a bad agreement for France. If there was an agreement …
Read More »UK foreign secretary optimistic about Brexit deal, says talks with EU in ‘reasonable position’
“I do think we’re in a reasonable position, there’s a deal to be done,” Raab said on Sky News on Sunday. There’s been more “respect” of London’s stance from Brussels in recent weeks, he added. The sides were able to achieve progress on issues like competition, but fishing rights remained …
Read More »Brexit campaign donor Banks gloats after report journalist Carole Cadwalladr ‘admits having no evidence’ of his Russia dealings
Cadwalladr won the 2018 Orwell Prize for her reporting on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and big-data influence on the Brexit referendum. Her reports fit like a glove on the overarching narrative, which claims that unfavorable voting outcomes in the West are products of clandestine Russian psyops and cyber action. “Brexit …
Read More »EU preparing for no-deal Brexit, von der Leyen says, as next days are ‘decisive’ for trade agreement with UK
“Decisive days for our negotiations,” the EU’s chief executive tweeted. “There has been progress but I cannot tell today if in the end there will be a deal.” She told the European Parliament: “The European Union is well prepared for a no-deal scenario.” London and Brussels are trying to clinch …
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