EXCLUSIVE Brexit disruption may return with summer tourists, Dover chief says

Trucks queue on the road leading to the Waterbrook Inland Border Facility, a temporary customs clearance centre set up in a truck stop in Ashford, Kent, Britain January 15, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley Vehicles enter the Port of Dover, following the … Read More

Brexit Britain still divided over EU referendum five years on with public split on whether leaving was right

A new poll finds just one in nine voters regrets how they cast their ballot in 2016. Boris Johnson signing the UK/EU free-trade agreement in December (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images) The UK remains deeply divided over the vote to leave the … Read More

NI protocol tensions threaten UK-Ireland, UK-EU and UK-US relations

Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year. Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson (2R) and his wife Carrie Johnson (R) walk with US president Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden prior to a … Read More

UK PM stands firm on post-Brexit trade, calls for pragmatism

A defaced ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ sign is seen on the Ireland and Northern Ireland border reminding motorists that the speed limits will change from kilometres per hour to miles per hour on the border in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, March 6, … Read More

Joe Biden set to urge Boris Johnson to solve post-Brexit Northern Ireland issues at G7

Joe Biden will meet with the Prime Minister at a one-on-one meeting in London on Thursday, before the G7 summit over the weekend (Getty Images) Joe Biden is set to raise pressure on Boris Johnson to not go back on … Read More

After a decade of crises, Europe is witnessing the rise of insurgent Europeanism

The upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe offers a unique opportunity for EU citizens to express their views on the direction of travel for the Union, particularly through the intermediary of civil society. A recently published LSE IDEAS report, … Read More

Switzerland heads for Brexit-like EU clash with €227bn at stake

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Around 1.4 million citizens of EU countries live in Switzerland, with a population of over 8.6 million. From tomorrow, Swiss medical-technology companies will no longer be allowed to export duty-free to the European Union as Bern and Brussels failed to … Read More

The UK-Australia Trade Deal – A Tale of Brexit Insanity

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2020. Photo: PA Images Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK Let me tell you the story of the proposed Australian-UK free … Read More

Brexit: is it sustainable?

Brexit with EU and UK flag by Christoph Scholz – Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license In January 2020, as Britain was about to exit the EU, a post appeared on the London School of Economics (LSE) blog musing about the mechanism … Read More

Boris Johnson consumed by infighting as Brexit job losses worsen

The scandals surrounding Boris Johnson hide the disaster that Brexit has created It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain as companies continue to pay dearly for two basic yet common business mistakes – not … Read More

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