Truce in post-Brexit sausage wars only a ‘sticking plaster’, says David Frost July 4, 2021 This week’s three-month truce in the so-called sausage wars between the UK and EU only amounts to a “sticking plaster”, according to defacto Brexit minister Lord David Frost. Frost today maintained the government’s position that the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol is failing to “reflect the balance that was in the Good Friday Agreement” and is “not [...]
Labour unveils new ‘Buy British’ economic policy July 4, 2021 Labour has unveiled a new economic plan that would aim to “make, sell and buy more in Britain” in a bid to counter Boris Johnson’s blue collar Tory message. The new “Buy British” push will be led by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and will come alongside a pitch to make the party as tough on [...]
Jenrick: Face masks will be a ‘matter of personal choice’ after 19 July July 4, 2021 Compulsory face masks are set to be scrapped on 19 July as England sheds its Covid restrictions, according to communities secretary Robert Jenrick. Jenrick said “the state won’t be telling you what to do” after 19 July and that face masks will be a “matter of personal choice”. It comes as the Sunday Times reported [...]
Michael Gove to split from wife Sarah Vine July 2, 2021 Cabinet minister Michael Gove and journalist wife Sarah Vine will divorce after more than 20 years of marriage, a spokesperson for the couple said. The couple are “in the process of finalising their divorce”. Their spokesman told the Press Association: “Michael and Sarah have agreed to separate and they are in the process of finalising [...]
Government faces post-Brexit High Court challenge over sugar tariffs July 2, 2021 The government is facing a post-Brexit legal challenge over trade policy, after the High Court agreed that a decision to cut sugar tariffs should be reviewed judicially. British Sugar is bringing the case against international trade secretary Liz Truss in response to her decision to allow 126,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar to enter the [...]
Merkel: Double jabbed Brits will be able to visit Germany without quarantine in ‘foreseeable future’ July 2, 2021 Angela Merkel has today said British holidaymakers will be able to travel without quarantine to Germany in the “foreseeable future”, after previously indicating the opposite. Merkel said after a bilateral meeting with Boris Johnson today that recent “protective measures” at the German border were put in place when little was known about the Delta variant. [...]
Tory chair: Matt Hancock hurt Conservatives in Batley and Spen by-election July 2, 2021 The Conservative party co-chair has said Matt Hancock’s resignation came up on the doorstep in the Batley and Spen by-election and likely cost them votes. Amanda Milling said there were a “whole load of issues that affected our campaign” and that Hancock “was something that came up on the doorstep, I have to be honest about [...]
Kim Leadbeater wins Batley and Spen for Labour in by-election nail-biter July 2, 2021 Kim Leadbeater wins Batley and Spen for Labour in by-election nail-biter
Angela Merkel to address Johnson’s cabinet in final UK trip as German chancellor July 1, 2021 Angela Merkel will become the first foreign leader in 24 years to address a British cabinet tomorrow in her last trip to the UK as German chancellor. Merkel and Boris Johnson will also agree to set up an annual meeting between the UK and German cabinets – the first arrangement of its kind for the [...]
100 years on: How China’s Communist Party came to dominate tomorrow’s superpower July 1, 2021 The Communist Party of China (CCP) was founded in 1921, holding its first congress in Shanghai, with the help of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, during a turbulent period after the country had a decade earlier cast off 2,000 years of dynastic rule. Here’s how the CCP came to dominate the world’s most [...]