It’s been quiet since the negotiations restarted yesterday, with the news full of the US presidential debate, and the Tories voting against the provision of free school meals during the holidays whilst families suffer through furlough and redundancy.
One story that will send a shudder through the bones of any traveller is that the UK is asking for its citizens (subjects!) to be able to use e-passport gates at EU borders, but the EU saying that is against EU law. Travel may be subdued for now, but I’m not looking forward to what that is going to mean when it restarts next year.
The UK’s participation in the EU-funded Horizon Europe research projects is under threat from a gap in funding. The cost of our entry to the programme is currently set above the value of the research grants that the UK derives from it to the tune of about £3bn.