NI protocol tensions threaten UK-Ireland, UK-EU and UK-US relations

Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year. Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson (2R) and his wife Carrie Johnson (R) walk with US president Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden prior to a … Read More

European leaders confront Boris Johnson over failure to implement NI protocol

Dublin worries EU-UK diplomatic clash could inflame tensions in the North. Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit in the UK. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg British prime minister Boris Johnson has said he will do … Read More

UK PM stands firm on post-Brexit trade, calls for pragmatism

A defaced ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ sign is seen on the Ireland and Northern Ireland border reminding motorists that the speed limits will change from kilometres per hour to miles per hour on the border in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, March 6, … Read More

Boris Johnson narrowly avoids Conservative rebellion over foreign aid budget cuts

Boris Johnson has narrowly avoided a rebellion by some of his own Conservative Party MPs over cuts to the foreign aid budget. Thirty Tories, including former prime minister Theresa May and four other cabinet ministers, had backed a rebellion against … Read More

Joe Biden set to urge Boris Johnson to solve post-Brexit Northern Ireland issues at G7

Joe Biden will meet with the Prime Minister at a one-on-one meeting in London on Thursday, before the G7 summit over the weekend (Getty Images) Joe Biden is set to raise pressure on Boris Johnson to not go back on … Read More

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee Carrie Symonds in secret ceremony

British PM Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony (Reuters photo) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married … Read More

Hundreds of asylum seekers in UK told they could be removed to European countries

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks during a media briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic in Downing Street, London, on January 21, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP Photo More than 1,500 asylum seekers in the UK have been left in limbo after being told … Read More

The UK-Australia Trade Deal – A Tale of Brexit Insanity

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2020. Photo: PA Images Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK Let me tell you the story of the proposed Australian-UK free … Read More

EU will allow fully vaccinated holidaymakers in – but has not yet decided if Britain will make ‘safe list’

Ambassadors signed off plans to allow people who have received both Covid jabs to enter EU countries for non-essential trips such as holidays. Travellers walk with their luggage at Fiumicino Airport after Italy lifted quarantine restrictions for people arriving from … Read More

Brexit: is it sustainable?

Brexit with EU and UK flag by Christoph Scholz – Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license In January 2020, as Britain was about to exit the EU, a post appeared on the London School of Economics (LSE) blog musing about the mechanism … Read More

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