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Euro weakens as markets rally following EU-US trade deal July 28, 2025 The euro fell against the dollar in early morning trading, as currency markets focused on the risks to the European economy from the EU-US trade deal despite a positive reaction from global stock markets. The currency was down 0.5 per cent against the dollar at $1.169, wiping away gains made last week after Trump’s “big [...]
Trump secures ‘big win’ in EU trade deal after Brussels retreats July 28, 2025 President Donald Trump has achieved a “big win” after inking a trade agreement with the European Union following a months-long standoff between two of the world’s largest economic titans. The US President met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland to continue trade discussions as part of his four-day private visit to [...]
FTSE 100 nears record high but Trump threat lingers May 27, 2025 The FTSE 100’s latest rally has put it inches away from sealing an all-time high but another tariff twist from the White House threatens the record. The UK’s flagship index was up one per cent to around 8,800p during midday trading on Tuesday as it reversed Friday’s losses made after Trump threatened the European Union [...]
Global markets hold breath as Trump draws out EU trade talks May 26, 2025 Donald Trump has global investor sentiment hanging on his every word once again, as European markets rallied on Monday after the President retreated on his latest tariff tirade against the European Union. Trump agreed to extend his trade talks deadline with the EU by over a month, which comes after he threatened to slap a [...]
Starmer sends his critics into a spin – but will Brexit deal deliver? May 20, 2025 The Prime Minister says it’s now “time to move on from the stale old debates” of Brexit. It’s amazing he didn’t crack a grin as he said these words, knowing as he did that his critics would immediately work themselves up into a frenzy. The critics – including, but not limited to Nigel Farage and [...]
Starmer hails EU deal as critics revive Brexit battles May 20, 2025 Keir Starmer dramatically blew open the Brexit debate yesterday, hailing a ‘comprehensive’ new pact with the EU nearly 6 years after Boris Johnson’s government signed a Brexit deal. Speaking at a UK-EU summit in central London, the Prime Minister heralded “a new era in our relationship” with the EU, while European Commission President Ursula von [...]
Pragmatism or surrender? Starmer’s EU deal explained. May 19, 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer has declared that “Britain is back on the world stage” as an agreement on the post-Brexit “reset” of relations with the EU was unveiled at a summit in London. There are provisions for key areas like food standards, energy, youth mobility, security, and steel with ministers claiming that the new deals [...]
Boris Johnson: Starmer the ‘manacled gimp of Brussels’ after ‘one-sided’ EU trade deal May 19, 2025 Boris Johnson has slammed Sir Keir Starmer as an “orange ball-chewing manacled gimp of Brussels”, in a colourful post on X. The former Prime Minister repeatedly referred to his Labour successor as “two-tier Keir”, suggesting that the “hopelessly one sided” deal would render the UK “the non-voting punk of the EU Commission”. The intervention follows [...]
Keir Starmer reaches tentative EU trade deal ahead of summit May 19, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has agreed a tentative trade deal with the EU, the biggest shake-up of Britain’s relationship with the bloc since Brexit. The UK-EU deal is expected to involve a new trading arrangement and a border deal and could extend to a new security and defence pact, which could open up access to the [...]
UK-EU summit: To talk defence, Starmer has to talk fishing first April 14, 2025 Is the EU going to mug off Britain again? It will be our fault, writes Eliot Wilson ahead of the UK-EU summit in London.