First and foremost, if it remains a key part of the stated mission of the Department for International Trade (DIT) to promote UK exports and investment overseas, it makes no sense for its Ministers to argue that their responsibility for that objective ceases to exist when applied to the 27 Member States of the European Union, with whom the UK
2021-02-17 14:02 | Left Foot Forward | LeftFootForward
The ending of the common agricultural policy and the increased awareness of the need to transform the UK's agricultural system to combat climate breakdown represents a window of opportunity. It could be the moment when this and future governments begin to take seriously questions of land and labour, and the way food is produced and consumed. -
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2021-02-12 10:02 | News | MondeDiplo
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The nightmare is over. The vanquished beast has crawled back to Mar-a-Lago to lick his wounds. The heroes are hard at work repairing the damage. As America returns to the international stage, the world heaves a collective sigh of relief.
That, at least, is the story the incoming Biden administration is telling. “America is back, multilateralism is back, diplomacy is back,”
2021-02-08 17:02 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace | FPIP
JP Yim / Getty images RSS: Business Article : Business box 1 : Business Box 2 Title : More from New Statesman Media Group Business box 2 text 1 : City Monitor: Business box 2 link 1 : The future of transport is small and electric Business box 2 text 2 : Energy Monitor: Business box 2 link 2 : Climate change is already keeping people out
2021-01-14 18:01 | News | NewStatesman
A Brexit deal was finally agreed, but how data will be transferred across the channel has yet to be agreed The UK is no longer within the realm of GDPR, the clock is now ticking on the UK becoming a ‘third country’ under EU rules This could be a disaster for UK tech companies and businesses dealing with EU citizen’s
2021-01-06 11:01 | Latest, Big Data, Compliance | AsianCorrespondent
On the eve of the new year, British lawmakers finally agreed on a Brexit deal. Britain’s House of Commons voted resoundingly on Wednesday to approve a trade deal with the European Union , paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.’s years-long Brexit journey.
2020-12-30 15:12 | News | Al-Araby
The new UK-Turkey trade deal, which will extend existing trading arrangements, is set to be signed on Tuesday. The UK said it will sign a free trade deal with Ankara this week after Brexit, just days after Turkey 's foreign ministry announced it was in the final stage of trade negotiations.
The deal replicates existing trading arrangements, but
2020-12-28 15:12 | News | Al-Araby
One time pro-Corbyn economist and leading tax reform campaigner Richard Murphy agreed. His post-Brexit broadside against the leadership suggested that migrants should only be allowed into the hallowed heartland of whiteness if their home country had taken on the entirety of the expense of training them for the purpose: “Learning English, offering a skill and being willing to work where
2020-12-27 08:12 | CounterPunch+, Feature Articles | CounterPunch
The 11th hour accord will go into effect on January 1. Britain and the European Union struck a post- Brexit trade deal on Thursday that they hope will cushion the economic blow of the UK's imminent departure from the bloc after months of tortuous negotiations.
2020-12-24 16:12 | News | Al-Araby
1. Boris Johnson said there is "unanimous agreement" that the rules won't change for Christmas... 2. ... but Wales announced otherwise 3. Boris Johnson can't answer the question that defines his premiership... 4. ... nor can he justify a £40k pay rise for Dominic Cummings 5. The Prime Minister is sounding more positive about the likelihood of a Brexit deal Getty RSS: Business Article : Link
2020-12-16 13:12 | News | NewStatesman
LOIC VENANCE / Getty images Solar power is widely seen as a safer long-term investment than fossil fuels. RSS: Business Article : Business box 1 : Business Box 2 Title : More from New Statesman Media Group Business box 2 text 1 : Energy Monitor: Business box 2 link 1 : What a no-deal Brexit will mean for the UK's climate plans Business box 2
2020-12-15 16:12 | News | NewStatesman
[Daily Maverick] EU leaders will never concede a deal that is more favourable to the UK than its remaining 27 members. And for one very good reason: Each one will start to unpick it in its own interest whereupon the biggest, richest and most successful single market in the world would collapse.
2020-12-15 13:12 | News | AllAfrica
FAYEZ NURELDINE / Getty images RSS: Business Article : Business box 1 : Business Box 2 Title : More from New Statesman Media Group Business box 2 text 1 : Energy Monitor: Business box 2 link 1 : What a no-deal Brexit will mean for the UK's energy industry Business box 2 text 2 : Tech Monitor: Business box 2 link 2 : Ranking the global cyber
2020-12-03 16:12 | News | NewStatesman
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion – Lifetime achievement award Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central – Award Liz Saville Roberts, MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd and Group Leader of Plaid Cymru – Award Abena Oppong-Asare – Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead – Award Dr Luke Evans, Conservative MP for Bosworth – Award Rt Hon Rishi Sunak
2020-12-03 10:12 | Left Foot Forward, Brexit, coronavirus | LeftFootForward
[East African] East African Community member states have up to five years to join the UK-Kenya trade agreement due to be signed ahead of the Brexit transitional deadline, officials privy to the draft text say. They added that the new document has also shielded budgetary cuts that had been imposed on the trade policy group Trade Mark East Africa's work
2020-11-11 09:11 | News | AllAfrica
The US president invited the Brexit Party founder on to the stage at a campaign rally in Arizona despite Covid-19 restrictions against the entry of British nationals. President Donald Trump enlisted the aid of a right-wing populist British politician on the campaign trail as he seeks support for his re- election bid.
Introducing him as "one of the
2020-10-29 12:10 | News | Al-Araby
Improve communication with members. Too often we are only told what we cannot do. We hear too little from the frontbench, not just about the complexities of Covid-19 and Brexit, but about the reasons for abstaining on the overseas operations bill and the covert human intelligence sources bill. Shadow ministers could easily engage with local meetings via Zoom. Develop positive
2020-10-29 10:10 | Left Foot Forward, Labour | LeftFootForward
[The Conversation Africa] As the deadline for the post-Brexit trade talks between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) looms, concerns have arisen as to whether the two parties will be able to conclude a deal. In terms of the Brexit divorce agreement, the UK is expected to leave the EU single market and customs union on 1
2020-09-20 16:09 | News | AllAfrica
On Monday evening, MPs approved the Coronavirus Bill. The legislation will give sweeping powers to the UK government in a bid to restrict further spread of the virus and reduce deaths. The bill was passed despite concern about civil liberties and the legislation’s potential impact on society’s most vulnerable. Notably , the Bill would bring about
2020-03-24 11:03 | Left Foot Forward, Bill, coronavirus | LeftFootForward
After three and a half years of acrimony, Brexit has become a reality. One very small but extremely powerful grouping within British society is likely to be delighted that the independence they have long desired has finally been achieved; alongside …
The post Post-Brexit Britain to be the “Largest and Most Destructive Tax Haven in the World”
2020-02-17 23:02 | English, tax haven, United Kingdom | GlobalResearch
A leading academic has claimed that an independent Scotland would be moved into the “fast-track line” to join the European Union. James Ker-Lindsay, professor at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, told the Herald that Scotland would “almost certainly be moved to the fast track line.” He
2020-02-17 15:02 | Brexit & Foreign Policy, Brexit, EU | LeftFootForward
Boris Johnson , like Trump, is a phony populist. His political stepping stone to the position of PM was Brexit. He is a British blue blood raised au pair in the bucolic English countryside. Johnson identifies as a “conservative” but …
The post Britain’s OFCOM Regulating Social Media: The Beginning of the End of Free Speech
2020-02-17 02:02 | English, free speech, social media | GlobalResearch
The defense industry cooperation between Turkey and the United Kingdom will continue unaffected from Brexit, says businessman Osman Okyay, the head of Turkey-UK Business Council, adding that cooperation in the field can grow as the U.K. stand very interested to work with Turkey.
2020-02-16 23:02 | Turkey | Hurriyet
If there is one issue that denotes the terminal decline of Labour as a force for change – desperately needed social, economic and environmental change – it is not Brexit. It is the constant furor over an “antisemitism crisis” supposedly plaguing the party for the past five years.
The imminent departure of Jeremy Corbyn as leader will
2020-02-14 18:02 | Articles, Commentary, antisemitism | PalestineChronicle
In his 1787 farewell speech, George Washington warned, “… foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Washington’s compatriots were more specific. Later in the same year, John Adams wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson sharing his apprehension “of foreign Interference, Intrigue and Influence.” Adams posited that foreign meddling correlates with election cycles. “As often as
2020-02-14 17:02 | Articles, Commentary, Bernie Sanders | PalestineChronicle
The UK economy is stagnant. Wages are depressed,
and the number of workers living in poverty has risen for third consecutive year. Some 14 million Brits
are in poverty
– more than one in five of the population, including four million children and two
million pensioners. The
government’s response is not to end wage freezes, control
2020-02-14 15:02 | Left Foot Forward, Public Services, corporations | LeftFootForward
Since Boris Johnson ’s election in December with an 80-seat majority, the government is in full swing to radically change Britain. Leaving aside Brexit, which will do just that, the government is now attacking the very institutions that uphold civil …
The post Prime Minister Johnson Upholds the Government’s ‘Revenge’ on Britain’s Judicial System appeared
2020-02-14 15:02 | English, Boris Johnson, United Kingdom | GlobalResearch
The NHS was one of the defining issues of the general election. As a doctor, I see the impact political decisions have on our health service on a daily basis – so I was glad to see all parties scrutinised on their proposals. On the whole, Labour did well at holding the Conservative Party to account on
2020-02-14 11:02 | Left Foot Forward, Public Services, general election | LeftFootForward
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The victory by Ireland’s left-wing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic’s recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island’s two center-right parties — it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda.
While the campaign was fought over bread and butter issues like housing, the collapsing health care
2020-02-13 17:02 | Democracy & Governance, Labor, Trade, & Finance, War & Peace | FPIP
If there is one issue that denotes the terminal decline of Labour as a force for change – desperately needed social, economic and environmental change – it is not Brexit. It is the constant furore over an “antisemitism crisis” supposedly …
The post Even with Corbyn Gone, Antisemitism Threats Will Keep Destroying the UK Labour Party
2020-02-13 14:02 | English, antisemitism, Jeremy Corbyn | GlobalResearch
If there is one issue that denotes the terminal decline of Labour as a force for change – desperately needed social, economic and environmental change – it is not Brexit. It is the constant furore over an “antisemitism crisis” supposedly plaguing the party for the past five years. The imminent departure of Jeremy Corbyn as leader will not end the
2020-02-13 14:02 | Opinion, antisemitism, IHRA antisemitism definition | MondoWeiss
The lies keep coming in a propaganda war to keep the Brexit delusion going but reality brings us the truth – and this is exemplified no better than the delivery by the Johnson government of an unexploded economic time bomb. …
The post Johnson’s Administration Has Just Dumped an Unexploded Time Bomb in Our Midst appeared first
2020-02-13 14:02 | English, Boris Johnson, Northern Ireland | GlobalResearch
A leaking and briefing war has broken out in Labour circles about ground campaigning. This is quite transparently part of a wider proxy battle between defenders of “community organising” and those who favour the more traditional canvassing and voter identification models of local campaigning. One of the most frustrating things about this circular debate is
2020-02-13 10:02 | Left Foot Forward | LeftFootForward
Turkey will be one of post-Brexit Britain’s top destinations for a trade deal after the European Union and the U.S., but despite the strong bilateral desire to strike a trade pact, experts are cool on the prospects of it happening anytime soon.
2020-02-12 14:02 | Economy | Hurriyet
Extinction Rebellion UK has launched a new strategy, with a focus on becoming more diverse – while moving away from full-scale city shutdowns to more targeted actions. The newly launched strategy aims to ‘broaden our diversity’ and ‘stand alongside younger people and those from minority and marginalised communities’. XR has been criticised as being ‘too white’
2020-02-12 13:02 | Green Politics, climate, green | LeftFootForward
After many false starts, the HS2 got what seems a final ‘green light’ today from Boris Johnson. The idea to build a high-speed railway line between London and Manchester and Leeds via Birmingham was originally thought up by Labour in 2009 but has been delayed because of mismanagement and cost overruns. As today’s reactions showed,
2020-02-11 14:02 | Left Foot Forward | LeftFootForward
The Welsh government has confirmed that, when the Brexit transition period finishes, new customs inspection posts will be needed at the Welsh ports of Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke. In a press briefing, the Welsh minister for international relations and the Welsh language Eluned Morgan said that Michael Gove had suggested today that goods imported from Ireland (and
2020-02-11 12:02 | Left Foot Forward | LeftFootForward
Chinese Labour figures have accused a Tory MP of “lazy preconceptions” and “reductive stereotypes” about the British-Chinese community. The new MP for Bolton North-East Mark Logan was speaking at a Resolution Foundation event about aspiration in communities outside of London when he said : “When I was growing up in the rural areas of
2020-02-11 11:02 | Left Foot Forward | LeftFootForward
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s heir apparent shook up German politics on Feb. 10 by declaring she would step down as the governing party’s leader and not run for chancellor, fueling uncertainty in the country seen as Europe’s anchor of stability amid Brexit and pressure from the far right.
2020-02-11 08:02 | World | Hurriyet
What follows is a conversation between Jacobin contributor Michael Taft and Greg Wilpert of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of the post.
Greg Wilpert: It’s the Real News Network and I’m Greg Wolpert in Baltimore. Ireland is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections this
2020-02-10 20:02 | brexit, fianna fail, fine gael | TruthDig
What follows is a conversation between Jacobin contributor Michael Taft and Greg Wilpert of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of the post.
Greg Wilpert: It’s the Real News Network and I’m Greg Wolpert in Baltimore. Ireland is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections this
2020-02-10 20:02 | brexit, fianna fail, fine gael | TruthDig
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written the report ‘ Bayer Crop Science rules Britain after Brexit – the public and the press are being poisoned by pesticides ’. It has been sent to editors of major media outlets in …
The post Menace on the Menu in Post-EU Britain appeared first on
2020-02-10 06:02 | English, brexit, European Union | GlobalResearch
Brexit is not just tearing the union apart, it is further souring an already strained relationship with both the European Union and with America. The economy has flatlined, inward investment has collapsed and the government are now so desperate that …
The post The Bad Blood of Brexit Coursing Through Our Veins appeared first
2020-02-10 06:02 | English, brexit, European Union | GlobalResearch
DUBLIN — Ireland’s elections are usually two-horse races. But this time there’s a third contender, as a party with historic links to the Irish Republican Army soars in the polls. As Irish voters prepare to choose a new parliament on Saturday, a restive electorate is rattling the two parties that have dominated the country’s politics since it won independence from
2020-02-07 16:02 | brexit, celtic tiger economy, eu | TruthDig
The Ankara Agreement and Customs Union with Turkey will continue during the Brexit transition period of 2020, and the two countries will work to sign a bilateral free trade agreement to be put into effect as of Jan. 1, 2021, British Ambassador to Ankara Sir Dominick Chilcott said on Feb. 7.
2020-02-07 15:02 | Turkey | Hurriyet
President Emmanuel Macron announced that France already has cut in the atomic arsenal to under 300 warheads. “France has cut nuclear arsenal to under 300 warheads,” said Emmanuel Macron in an address to military officers graduating in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Friday that European nations “cannot remain spectators” faced with a potential nuclear arms race, urging
2020-02-07 10:02 | Maritime Security, France | DefenceBlog
Years of Brexit chaos have done great damage to the UK’s international reputation. First, David Cameron for narrow tactical reasons called a hasty, ill-informed referendum with more confidence than sense, suffering a great, and for him politically fatal, blow. Then the political establishment, after years of indecisive, uncertain positioning managed to deliver an election finalising
2020-02-06 14:02 | Left Foot Forward, climate talks, COP | LeftFootForward
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If I were the European Union, I’d be wiping my hands, sighing in relief, and slamming the door after the United Kingdom’s long-delayed departure.
Britain had been a noisy, pushy houseguest for 47 years, and it was only growing ruder. It spent the last three years hanging out in the foyer, braying and temporizing. Even
2020-02-05 19:02 | Democracy & Governance, Labor, Trade, & Finance, boris johnson | FPIP