Tag: Brexit

Jan 2022. Boris Must Not Resign

For the first time since the high point of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership in summer 2017, Labour is enjoying a sustained poll lead. Keir Starmer’s party has added to the chorus of attacks on Johnson’s legitimacy and pushed for his resignation. But it has failed to emulate the Conservative opposition’s success in 2008 in connecting the… Continue reading Jan 2022. Boris Must Not Resign

Nov 2021. The Northern Ireland Protocol Part 2

Talks on the future of the Northern Ireland protocol between the EU and the UK are reaching a head. Lord Frost, the Brexit minister, and Maros Sefcovic of the European Commission held discussions in Brussels yesterday, but the progress made was by all accounts limited. The main aim of the protocol was to prevent a… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Northern Ireland Protocol Part 2

Nov 2021. The Northern Ireland Protocol

The UK is thought to be preparing to suspend parts of the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland – known as the protocol. This was designed to prevent checks along the border between Northern Ireland (in the UK) and the Republic of Ireland (in the EU), following Brexit. But since it came into force at the… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Northern Ireland Protocol

Nov 2021. French Fishing Row

France and the United Kingdom have moved to defuse their dispute over fishing, with sanctions off the table for now but all options still possible should talks fail, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said. Beaune spoke on Thursday after meeting British Brexit minister David Frost in Paris after France and the UK came to… Continue reading Nov 2021. French Fishing Row

Nov 2021. The EU

Relations between the EU and the UK risk further deterioration after the Brexit minister accused Brussels of behaving “without regard to the huge political, economic and identity sensitivities” in Northern Ireland. David Frost said the bloc had “destroyed cross-community consent” with an “overly strict” enforcement of the arrangements hammered out in the withdrawal agreement of… Continue reading Nov 2021. The EU

Oct 2021. Tories need to be Conservative

For almost fifty years it seemed as though a large part of the ‘ruling classes’ of the United Kingdom had lost their collective backbone.These ‘Establishment’ figures appeared to dismiss and squander the hard-won victories of their parents’ and grandparents’ generations over totalitarian and despotic regimes in continental Europe. Not only that but they were –… Continue reading Oct 2021. Tories need to be Conservative

Aug 2021. Farage talks to Dan Wooton

Nigel Farage claims French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to give “payback for Brexit” over the migrant crossing crisis as he calls for the UK Government to “tow” the boats back to Calais. The Godfather of Brexit, Nigel Farage, appeared on Dan Wootton’s GB News show to talk about the ongoing influx of Channel crossing… Continue reading Aug 2021. Farage talks to Dan Wooton