DEBATE: Should Theresa May try to renegotiate her Brexit deal at the EU Summit this weekend? November 23, 2018 Should Theresa May try to renegotiate her Brexit deal at the EU Summit this weekend? Ruth Lea, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, says YES. There is little doubt that the withdrawal agreement, including the egregious backstop and the backstop-based draft future relationship, would leave this country in the worst of all possible worlds if the [...]
Brexiters have racked up the victories but no one wants to admit it November 22, 2018 “Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan,” an Italian diplomat noted in the 1940s. Yet, as with so much Brexit has touched, that wisdom has been turned on its head. The draft political declaration of the UK and EU’s future trading relationship should have been a cause for celebration for Conservative Brexiters. [...]
GoldenTree Asset Management paid Boris Johnson more than £94,000 for a two-hour speech November 22, 2018 Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson received more than £94,000 from a New-York based hedge fund to give a two-hour speech earlier this month. Johnson, who resigned during the summer over Theresa May's so-called Chequers deal, was paid £94,507.85 by GoldenTree Asset Management to speak at its offices on Park Avenue. He was also provided with travel [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit trading plan fails to win over key Tories November 22, 2018 Theresa May's hopes of winning over rebel Tories were dashed on Thursday as a string of MPs spoke out against the latest part of her Brexit plan. A 26-page declaration on the UK and EU’s future trading arrangement was released following late Wednesday night talks between negotiators in Brussels, committing both sides to an “ambitious, [...]
MPs and businesses urged to boycott Google and Facebook over alleged failure to tackle UK terror November 22, 2018 Tech firms such as Google and Facebook have come under fire from the UK's parliamentary security committee, as a report published today urged businesses to boycott the social media platforms until they do more to tackle extremism. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said continuous appeals to social media firms to stop their systems from being [...]
Brexit deal ‘within our grasp’, says Prime Minister Theresa May November 22, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May said today that a Brexit deal “is within our grasp” as she addressed the nation from Downing Street. “The British people want a good deal. That deal is in our grasp and I am determined to deliver it,” she said outside Number 10. “The text of the declaration has been agreed [...]
Google updates European policy on political ads to fight fake news ahead of elections November 22, 2018 Google has said it will roll out new features and policies across Europe to provide deeper transparency around companies who take out political advertisements on its platform, ahead of the European Parliament elections next year. Google's director of EU public policy Lie Junius said Google will now require any ads that mention a political party, candidate [...]
Pound jumps after Britain and EU agree draft text for political declaration on future ties after Brexit November 22, 2018 The pound has jumped this morning following the news that the European Commission and UK negotiators have agreed a declaration on the future relationship between the two sides after Brexit. Reuters reported an EU official as confirming that the draft declaration had been agreed. It will now be inspected by national envoys of the remaining [...]
Labour’s ineptitude is an insult to democracy November 22, 2018 How incompetent does an opposition party need to be in order to turn the Prime Minister’s worst week in office to its own disadvantage? Laugh if you will at the hyperbole, but consider the facts. Since revealing her deal last Wednesday, Theresa May has faced cabinet resignations, attempted coups, and wall-to-wall condemnation from all fronts. [...]
From Brexit to Brino: The 10 capitulations of Theresa May November 22, 2018 Flashback to the early hours of Friday 24 June 2016. Imagine that BBC anchorman David Dimbleby looks to the camera and says: “Brexit will look like this. These will be its 10 defining features. These will be the 10 capitulations.” First, Brexit will necessitate the UK remaining in the customs union (or something very much like [...]