A new state-of-the-art Brexit border control in Portsmouth could have to be demolished before it is opened.
Of all the awful, idiotic, dangerous and/or cruel ideas that have come down through the right wing noise machine, competition is high for the most damaging. But it seems we may have a winner: Brexit. As The Guardian reports: While negotiating [the UK] exit from the EU, the government repeatedly promised that environmental protections would not be eroded. — Read the rest
They circled the streets of Cornwall to raise awareness
Leo Varadkar was taoiseach during the most intense phase of Brexit, when
Europa Road is the European road freight division of the UK’s largest independent operator Europa Worldwide Group. Its Leeds team employs more than eleven team members who work closely with colleagues at its network of sales branches across the UK, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to manage the shipments of goods into the company’s 1Hub in Dartford. Adrian Redmile, Branch and Sales Director at Europa Worldwide Group, comments “Brexit hit the headlines again recently as new border...
The New Yorker says Britain's split with the European Union "catalysed the worst tendencies in British politics" in a damning report.
“If I’m on a wicked mission for Mr Putin carrying dangerous poisons, that would be my route in, wouldn’t it?”, Lord Sandhurst said during a House of Lords debate.
Farmers on tractors converged on Westminster on Monday, 25 March, in a protest against “substandard imports and dishonest labelling” they warn threatens food security. Campaigners from Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent assembled for a “go-slow” convoy and drive around Westminster. Organisers anticipated 50 to 100 tractors as well as other farm vehicles to show up as the group raised concerns over the increasing difficulties faced by the British farming industry which they say...
Ireland’s taoiseach resigned because his political touch is weakening. But he deserves Britain’s gratitudeLeo Varadkar’s resignation as Fine Gael leader and Irish taoiseach was as close to a total surprise as modern politics is capable of springing. He is 45 and seems in robust health. Ireland’s economy is in comparatively resilient shape. There is another year to run for the three-party coalition. And, while his political touch had seemed to desert him in the two recent referendum campaigns, Mr...
Amsterdam maintained its position as the heart of Europe's equity-trading business, a position it has held over London since July 2021.
Border checks on fresh produce arriving from the EU will limit choice and push up prices for consumers, says Andrea Rasca The hospitality sector finds itself at a fork in the road. While the UK seemingly encourages free trade and a dynamic hospitality sector, incoming changes to how the country imports food from the EU []
He lacked the gifts to succeed in the bearpit of Irish politics, yet did. And he escapes the battle that looms for his successor, says journalist Tommie Gorman