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Kate Hoey: "Scrap the Northern Irish Protocol!" 'In conversation with Baroness Hoey'

Saturday, 20 February 2021

Ethan Thoburn

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Democracy Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement Videos

I spoke to former Labour MP for Vauxhall, Kate Hoey, now Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin (County Antrim, Northern Ireland), after sitting for 30 years as a Labour MP and spearheading Labour Leave during the referendum and the subsequent years until her retirement from the House of Commons in December 2019, she was made a life peer i...

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Boris Johnson Nigel Farage Trade Deals Northern Ireland Brexit

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Our Product Consumption Should Not Come at the Expense of Uyghurs' Freedom

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Chloe Grant

European Union Comment and Analysis Foreign Affairs Democracy Trade Renegotiation Enlargement

Many of us have been saddened to learn of the atrocious inhumane treatment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang over recent months. Although constantly denied by the CCP, evidence of genocide is undeniable. The CCP claim they are offering 're-education camps' to Uyghurs, said to offer family planning programmes and...

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Trade Deals China

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We Got Brexit Done!

Thursday, 31 December 2020

Ethan Thoburn

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Fishing Democracy Financial Services Trade Defence Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement

The Bruges Group Statement on Britain's EU Exit https://www.brugesgroup.com/blog/statement-on-britain-s-eu-exit ERG Star Chamber Legal Analysis The full text of the Star Chamber's analysis of the trade deal https://lawyersforbritain.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ERG-Legal-Advisory-Committee-Opinion-on-EU-UK-Trade-and-Cooperation-Agreeme...

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Get Brexit Done David Frost Boris Johnson Trade Deals Brexit

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Are Brexiteer MPs Happy?

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Barry Legg

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Fishing Democracy Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement

By David Scullion There was expectation of a Brexit trade deal announcement on Sunday night, but then we were told the differences between the two sides were too great to bridge. Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the EU commission President, spoke on the phone and, we're told, asked both of their negotiating teams to work out what the big dif...

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European Union Boris Johnson No deal Trade Deals Brexit

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Why Donald Trump is on the Way to Another Victory

Sunday, 01 November 2020

Robert Oulds

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Democracy Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement Videos The Politics of Culture

President Trump will win big since Republican voters are super energised and are turning out in massive numbers to vote for him, on the other hand Democrat voters are not enthused by the incompetent and senile 'Sleepy' Joe Biden. The polls that predict Biden is winning the US election so far, which is already underway, assume that there's...

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Donald Trump US UK politics USA US politics Trade Deals

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The EU Deal Unmasked

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

Barry Legg

European Union Taxation Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Democracy Trade Alternatives to the EU Rebuttals Renegotiation Enlargement

Link to the full paper by the Centre for Brexit Studies By The Rt. Hon. Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP (Conservative Party MP), Martin Howe QC (Intellectual Property and EU Law; Chairman of Lawyers for Britain), Professor David Collins (International Economic Law, University of London), Edgar Miller (Managing Director of Palladian Limited;...

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Withdrawal Agreement Boris Johnson Trade Trade Deals Brexit

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Why the UK Needs a Trump Victory

Monday, 26 October 2020

Ethan Thoburn

European Union Taxation Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Democracy Trade Renegotiation Enlargement The Politics of Culture

As the US general election approaches, it is very much in our interests on who wins, there are some people in the Conservative Party suggesting it would be beneficial for Joe Biden to be inaugurated and to walk into the White House on 20th January, following the US general election next week. However, I think there'd be nothing worse than Mr B...

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Trade Deals US UK politics US politics USA Donald Trump

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Busting the Food Price Myth in a No Deal Brexit

Thursday, 01 October 2020

Barry Legg

European Union Taxation Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement

By Catherine McBride On Friday the BBC headline news included an item entitled: Shoppers could pay more after no-deal Brexit. The story was planted by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) who said that tariffs would add £3.1bn a year to the cost of importing food and drink unless the UK and the EU can strike a free trade agreement. This was a ...

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Trade Brexit Trade Deals

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Kiwis and CANZUK: A Bridge Too Far No More?

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Christopher Lim

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Trade Alternatives to the EU Enlargement

For over 40 years, New Zealand has been keen to engage, but Britain ignored their pleas. Finally, New Zealand can not only engage, but also be part of a bigger alliance – the CANZUK alliance. CANZUK is a largely economic alliance between Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK based on the principles of free trade and possibly free-er movement. ...

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Trade Brexit CANZUK Trade Deals Conservative Party

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Giving up Control

Tuesday, 04 August 2020

Barry Legg

European Union Comment and Analysis Foreign Affairs Democracy Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement

First published in The Critic by David Scullion https://thecritic.co.uk/no-escape-for-britain-brexit/ After concluding the latest round of Brexit talks, the UK's chief negotiator David Frost said, 'considerable gaps remain in the most difficult areas' and that on the sticking point of fisheries the EU has failed to understand that the UK position a...

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Brexit Backstop Boris Johnson Trade Deals The Critic Magazine

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The Complicated Politics of CANZUK in Canada

Friday, 31 July 2020

Christopher Lim

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation Enlargement

In the aftermath of the British exit from the EU, the concept of CANZUK, a largely economic alliance between Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, all of which have the monarchy, the same common law systems, and parliamentary democracy, among others. However, the question remains, what has stopped these four countries, throughout ...

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Canada Liz Truss Trade Deals Trade CANZUK

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Sir Bill Cash: Where We're at With Brexit

Sunday, 05 July 2020

Sir Bill Cash MP

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Fishing Democracy Financial Services Trade Alternatives to the EU Rebuttals Renegotiation Enlargement

Having experienced the entire process of leaving the EU since the Maastricht rebellion, through to the passing of the sovereignty clause, Section 38 of the Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020, including the result of the referendum itself, I am thoroughly aware that there must be no ECJ jurisdiction after 31 December 2020. The Governm...

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Das Ende?

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Scarlett Spencer

European Union Comment and Analysis Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Democracy Financial Services Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation

Almost four years after we voted to leave the European Union (EU), Boris Johnson delivered on his promise to 'GET BREXIT DONE'. Little did we know at the time (on 31st January 2020) that the year was going to bring its own woes, which are now threatening to bring down the European dream of unity, solidarity, and borderless territory. In addition to...

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Eurozone Trade Deals European Union Brexit EU

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The Government Split Over Free Trade Deals - Cabinet Fear of a BRINO Coup

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Robert Oulds

European Union Euro and Economy Foreign Affairs Fishing Democracy Financial Services Trade Alternatives to the EU Renegotiation

Originally published in The Critic by David Scullion https://thecritic.co.uk/the-government-split-over-free-trade/ The Government is committed to signing Free Trade deals. The Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto said as much, and added: "Our trade deals will not only be free but fair". The UK has just started trade talks with the United ...

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Brexit Trade Deals EU European Union Free Trade

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