Category: News and Politics

• No 10 blames EU and plays down prospects of Brexit trade deal. The Guardian, 1st September 2020.
• Brexit: Boris Johnson signals no-deal increasingly likely and hits out at EU for refusing to compromise. The Independent, 1st September 2020.
• 11 policy problems on the EU’s fall agenda. Politico, 1st September 2020.
• Brexit trade deal: What are the sticking points? BBC News, 1st September 2020.

• British parties give up Brexit fight. Politico, 31st August 2020.

Weekend catch-up edition.

• Scottish Tory leader would vote against UK import of chlorinated chicken from US. The Guardian, 30th August 2020.
• EU Presses U.K. to Reveal State-Aid Plans to Save Brexit Talks. Bloomberg, 28th August 2020.
• The Wilful Amnesia of British History: The other sides of our island story. The New European, 27th August 2020.
• UK science is a British success story being sacrificed in the name of Brexit. The New European, 27th August 2020.
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• Boris Johnson’s most enduring legacy may not be Brexit, but the frayed relationship between Scotland and England. Bloomberg, 28th August 2020.
• Covid-19 recession: the reasons for it and the challenges ahead. The UK in a Changing Europe, 19th August 2020.
• Site in Hull being considered for new Brexit ‘lorry park’. The New European, 24th August 2020.
  • This would be the fifth lorry park, in addition to four in Kent. Whilst the lorries are sitting there, waiting to be processed, they are dead weight for the hauliers who operate them.
• How the EU is a beacon of rights for the disabled. The New European, 28th September 2019.
• U.K. Starts Research on Brexit Customs System Due in Four Months. Bloomberg, 28th August 2020.
• UK ready to walk away from Brexit trade talks over state aid demands. City A.M., 30th August 2020.

• Pessimism mounts in Brussels over Brexit talks ‘disaster’. Politico, 28th August 2020.

• Barnier ‘flabbergasted’ at UK attempt to reopen Brexit specialty food debate. The Guardian, 28/08/2020.
  • “According to EU sources, the UK is attempting to water down protection for EU geographical indications, while keeping the special status for British produce, such as Scotch whisky, Melton Mowbray pork pies and Cornish pasties.”

• Germany scraps plans for Brexit talks at EU ambassadors summit. The Guardian, 26/08/2020.
• Former Australian PM Tony Abbott tipped for post-Brexit UK trade advisory role. The Guardian, 26/08/2020.
• Choosing Tony Abbott as UK trade envoy ‘staggering’, says Labour. The Guardian, 26/08/2020
• Brexit: when will the 90/180 day rule kick in? The Connexion, 26/08/2020.

• The Irish Sea border means chaos looms, even with a Brexit deal. Polly Toynbee, The Guardian.

• Time-wasting UK makes post-Brexit deal unlikely, says Barnier. The Guardian, 21st August.
• Brexit: The EU and UK are locked in last-minute power play. BBC News, 21st August