Never Gonna Give EU Up: Radiohead and Bob Geldof plead for support to continue Euro tours June 23, 2021 Over 200 artists have backed a campaign pushing the government to act on Brexit-related red tape around touring in the EU. The #LetTheMusicMove campaign, launched today, was set up by the Featured Artists’ Coalition (FAC). It is calling for a “transitional support package” to cover new costs placed on UK artists and music businesses after [...]
Delta variant: Angela Merkel urges European countries to quarantine incoming Brits June 23, 2021 Chancellor Angela Merkel has said today she wants more European countries to follow suit in Germany’s rule to quarantine travellers coming from Great Britain. Speaking at what many believe to be her last Q&A as chancellor, she said that those entering European states from countries with high levels of the Delta variant should need to [...]
Brexit anniversary: UK still divided but lean towards Remain, poll says June 23, 2021 Despite the Brexit vote being five years ago today, people are equally divided on the issue but now lean towards remaining inside the European Union, according to a new poll. The survey, by public policy consultancy Savanta ComRes, found that while people’s opinions were largely the same, the votes swung towards a slim win for [...]
Russia says Black Sea incident was ‘blatant provocation’ by Britain June 23, 2021 The Russian Foreign Ministry has called the passage of a British warship in the Black Sea that was within earshot of fire from Russian guns “blatant provocation”. UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace has since denied claims from the Russian ministry that Britain’s ambassador had been summoned over the incident. “As I speak now, our ambassador has [...]
UK and EU set for truce in Northern Ireland sausage ban row June 23, 2021 The EU is reportedly set to accept a three-month extension to the ban on sausages from Great Britain being shipped to Northern Ireland. The extension will ease tensions after Boris Johnson threatened to ignore the chilled meats ban, which the EU says would have sparked a trade war. Irish broadcaster RTE reports that EU nations [...]
Gove: PM will not grant fresh Scottish independence referendum before next election June 23, 2021 Boris Johnson will not grant a second Scottish independence referendum before the next General Election in 2024, according to Michael Gove. Gove said today that there were no circumstances in which the Prime Minister would allow a vote to happen, putting him on a collision course with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon has vowed [...]
Dominic Raab meets with Cambodian officials to discuss trade and COP26 June 23, 2021 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has met with his Cambodian counterpart today, as the UK leans towards trade pursuits in the Asia-Pacific region. In the first meeting with a British foreign secretary since 1953, Raab will speak with Cambodian foreign minister Prak Sokhonn in Phnom Penh, the country’s capital. Raab landed in Hanoi, Vietnam earlier in [...]
Brexit: Northern Ireland Protocol ‘must be rectified’, says minister June 23, 2021 The post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol is “not sustainable” and must be “rectified”, says Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis. Lewis told MPs today that the post-Brexit treaty is “causing issues for businesses and consumers and citizens in Northern Ireland” due to the stringent nature of checks from goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Northern [...]
‘Science superpower’: UK to pump £64m into post-pandemic clinical research June 23, 2021 The government has pledged a £64m injection into the UK’s clinical research system, off the back of Boris Johnson’s plans to make the country a “science superpower”. The investment will go towards the development and trial of new Covid-19 treatments and inoculations, to ensure a “front-footed approach in tackling the virus”, health secretary Matt Hancock [...]
Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers’ plea to ‘save summer holidays’ June 23, 2021 Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers' plea to 'save summer holidays'