Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status Agreement made during meeting between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell Agreement should resolve long-running Brexit … Read more
Britain is set to grant full diplomatic status to the European Union’s first ambassador to the UK, it emerged today. João Vale de Almeida took up the role in February last year after Brexit was confirmed, but he was not given the same status as other ambassadors. Foreign Office sources now say the move had … Read more
‘My profit has been wiped out by a £250,000 cost’: EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling Jerry Lawson of Frogbike said administration fees charged by each government to his customers had forced him to pause selling into Denmark, Spain and Poland He had to hire extra employees to cope with the added … Read more
Vaccine expert slams EU’s ‘completely hopeless’ tracking of Covid outbreaks as he warns ‘biggest risk’ to UK is importing South African variant from Europe Professor Sir John Bell is leading member of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine team He said ‘biggest risk’ to the UK is importing South African variant from Europe He said Europe has been ‘completely … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the EU’s vaccine caution By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:09 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 02:09 GMT, 18 March 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Hopes of foreign summer holidays were given a boost last night after the European Union said its ‘vaccine passports’ scheme could be opened up to the UK. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a so-called ‘Digital Green Pass’ to kick-start travel. It could come into force as early as June and the … Read more
There’s a bitter north-easterly wind whipping the waves as Chris Ranger moors his ageing sailboat and steps off with a small net of oysters. ‘This time last year, I’d be selling 1,500 of these for Valentine’s Day,’ he says. ‘But Covid has closed the UK market and Brexit has ended EU exports. I’m down to a … Read more
Covid-19 is likely to be with us ‘FOREVER’ EU health chief admits An EU health chief has admitted that Covid-19 may remain with us ‘forever’ ‘We should be prepared that it will remain with us,’ ECDC head said on Friday The health chief added that the virus appears to be ‘well adapted’ to humans By Afp … Read more
Fury in Brussels after AstraZeneca say they cannot meet £300m Covid-19 vaccine deal demands ‘due to EU supply chain’ problems AstraZeneca was expected to deliver 80 million doses to EU by the end of March The company said they can now only supply 31 million jabs, a cut of 60 per cent The vaccine makers … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the EU’s tentacles By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:29 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 02:29 GMT, 10 December 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article: