New restrictions for Brussels as Belgium edges towards lockdown with Covid cases hitting a record high City’s curfew has also been tightened to 10pm-6am with shops shutting at 8pm The new changes will come in on Monday Brussel premier Rudi Vervoort said Working from home will be obligatory and masks will have to be worn … Read more
We CAN do Brexit deal: Michael Gove insists agreement with Brussels is still possible… despite EU threat to sue over withdrawal agreement breach Michael Gove says ‘goodwill’ will help EU and UK reach trade deal by October Comes despite Brussels began legal proceedings against UK government Sticking point is Internal Markets Bill which threatens Withdrawal Agreement … Read more
Michael Gove heads to Brussels today amid greater urgency for a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU amid fears over the impact of coronavirus on the economy. The Cabinet Office Minister will hold talks with the European Commission ahead of the latest round of negotiations which is due to start tomorrow. Reports yesterday suggested that both … Read more
Britain can still seal a trade deal with the EU – but only if Brussels ‘gets real’, chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost says following weeks of deadlock Lord Frost raised hopes of breakthrough, describing talks as ‘relatively positive’ No10 confirms EU negotiators had backed away from threats of a food blockade It follows Labour’s accusation … Read more
Boris Johnson could drop plans to tear up parts of the Brexit deal if the EU limits Irish Sea checks, government sources have claimed. They hinted the prime minister may stop trying to quash his own Brexit deal if an agreement over Northern Ireland is thrashed out. But the claims come after he accused the … Read more
Brussels today gave Boris Johnson until the end of the month to scrap his plans to tear up parts of the Brexit divorce deal as the bloc said a failure to do so will result in legal action. European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic and Michael Gove met in London this afternoon for showdown talks … Read more
Downing Street last night urged Brussels to ‘get real’ and accept Britain is an ‘independent country’ as Brexit talks restart today. Lord Frost, the UK’s chief negotiator with the EU, said the two sides ‘can no longer afford to go over well-trodden ground’ in the deadlocked discussions as leaked diplomatic cables shows unease among European … Read more
Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels by accepting restrictions … Read more
As excuses to cancel dinner go, the text message sent by Tony Abbott to a British friend newly arrived in Sydney is hard to beat. ‘Sorry to do this at short notice, mate, but I’m trying to put out these damned bush fires.’ He wasn’t joking. The former Australian leader and volunteer fireman had flown … Read more
Britain and Brussels play the blame game over stalled Brexit talks as the UK accuses the EU of failing to ‘accept reality’ while the bloc says negotiations are going BACKWARDS Seventh round of Brexit trade talks concluded yesterday with no breakthrough David Frost said Brussels must ‘accept reality’ of what the UK wants from deal … Read more