No deal Brexit to force up cost of wine, industry warns September 12, 2019 A no-deal Brexit could push up the price of wine after the government rowed back on promises to suspend paperwork, the industry has warned. Additional red tape will have to be introduced after the UK leaves the European Union, which is expected to cost the country’s wine businesses £70m. Following a meeting with the Wine [...]
Boris Johnson denies lying to Queen over prorogation September 12, 2019 The Prime Minister has denied lying to the Queen about the reasons for proroguing parliament. Boris Johnson told reporters claims that it was “absolutely not” true he had made a false representation to Her Majesty when he sough the five-week suspension. Yesterday a Scottish court argued that the prorogation was “unlawful” and that the principal [...]
Remainer rebels offered ‘olive branch’ by No 10 September 12, 2019 Boris Johnson has ordered the chief whip to write to ousted Remainer MPs including Philip Hammond and David Gauke, following a backlash against their sacking. The Prime Minister has told Mark Spencer to write to all 21 MPs who had the whip removed, setting out the appeals process, the Telegraph reports. City A.M. understands that [...]
Rudd: May ruled out ‘un-Conservative’ plan to prorogue parliament September 12, 2019 Former Prime Minister Theresa May considered proroguing parliament but dismissed it as “un-Conservative”, Amber Rudd has said today. The former Cabinet minister, who served under both May and Boris Johnson before sensationally resigning this weekend, told the BBC’s Today programme, said the previous PM had ruled out suspending parliament “because it would have been the [...]
Yellowhammer: Government’s no-deal Brexit documents revealed September 11, 2019 A no-deal Brexit will cause some disruption to cross-border financial services, while wider business preparedness remains low, according to the government’s own worst-case scenario planning. The Operation Yellowhammer document, which is dated one day later than the version which was previously leaked, warns of “significant” disruption at the borders, the worst of which will last [...]
Angela Merkel still thinks there’s ‘every chance’ of an orderly Brexit September 11, 2019 Angela Merkel has said she still believes there is “every chance” of striking a Brexit deal before Halloween. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now pinning his hopes on the European Council summit, which starts on 17 October, as a way to avoid having to ask for another extension, after parliament bound his hands earlier this [...]
Nigel Farage hits back as Prime Minister Boris Johnson rules out Brexit Party election pact September 11, 2019 The Prime Minister has ruled out a General Election pact with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, saying the former Ukip leader was not a “fit and proper” person. According to the Sun, Farage had been in conversations with “people who are very close to Boris [Johnson]” about a possible agreement to help win what is expected [...]
Scottish court rules parliament suspension unlawful September 11, 2019 The Prime Minister’s suspension of parliament has been ruled unlawful by judges at Scotland’s highest civil court. Appeal court judges, chaired by Lord Carloway, Scotland’s most senior judge, overturned an earlier ruling that the courts did not have the powers to interfere in Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament. Read more: Boris, Brexit and the backstop: What [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces ERG rebellion as sources hint at shift on backstop September 11, 2019 Parliament has been shut down for the next five weeks – but Boris Johnson has just 50 days to get a deal and save his premiership. At the same time, rebels on both sides are threatening to thwart him. Read more: Parliament prorogued: Scenes of chaos play out in Commons Working for the man Despite [...]
Leadsom: Yellowhammer doc would ‘just serve to concern people’ on Brexit September 11, 2019 Business secretary Andrea Leadsom has said the government will not publish its Brexit assessment documents Yellowhammer, arguing it would “just serve to concern people”. Leadsom, who has been doing the broadcast rounds this morning on the back of Number 10’s announcement about relaxing post-studying visas, told BBC Breakfast the “reasonable worst-case scenario” was “not a [...]
