Boris Johnson’s comeback hopes dealt bitter blow by Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal ‘The fight’s gone out of most [his] people’, says senior Tory The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
GMB's Ed Balls asks Nigel Farage 'can't you just retire now' amid Brexit backlash Presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid were finding it hard to keep their political opinions surrounding the latest Brexit dramas under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to themselves during the Good Morning Britain interview. Daily Record · Mar 1, 2023
OPINION - Brexit’s ‘benefits’ are becoming clearer: getting back what we had before There’s a famous and controversial scene in the film Fight Club where Brad Pitt’s character, Tyler, briefly threatens to kill a grocery clerk and then lets him go, ‘’granting’’ him the gift of life. It played to a wide variety of reactions among audiences. Some loved it: the clerk had… Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2023
Watch live: Rishi Sunak faces PMQs after striking new Brexit deal Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Prime Minister’s Questions as he seeks support on a new Brexit deal on trade rules struck with EU Commission president Ursula von Der Leyen. The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
London politics latest LIVE: Keir Starmer demands Covid inquiry report by end of year amid Hancock messages furore Labour leader Keir Starmer has demanded the Covid inquiry release findings by the end of the year amid fresh criticism of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock over his pandemic response. Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2023
David Frost begrudgingly backs Sunak’s ‘bitter pill’ Brexit deal, as DUP split over support Windsor deal ‘worth having, but isn’t taking back control’, says Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
Let them eat... turnips? Tomato shortage in UK has politicians looking for answers Frost, floods, energy prices and Brexit are among the possible culprits in the shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli and lettuce in the U.K. WEKU · Mar 1, 2023
Peer urges unionists to ignore ‘communal rhetoric’ in assessing Brexit deal Paul Bew calls on people to respond to substance of Rishi Sunak’s revised Northern Ireland deal alone The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
The ruin of Mariupol: inside the 3 March Guardian Weekly A year of war in Ukraine. Plus: Northern Ireland’s new deal The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Wednesday briefing: What Northern Ireland really thinks of Sunak’s Brexit deal In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak hails the new Windsor agreement as a breakthrough but what does it mean for businesses and politicians – and what comes next? The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Brexit will endure after Sunak’s deal, but Brexitism is dying and Johnsonism may be dead Better relations could lead to a reset and talks about a raft of key issues, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Support for Welsh independence at its lowest level for three years, St David's Day poll for WalesOnline shows An exclusive poll by YouGov for WalesOnline to mark St David's Day highlights the challenge facing the independence campaign Wales Online · Mar 1, 2023
'Docking benefits of parents and carers if pupils truant is unfair and could backfire' Scapegoating parents and carers, often at the end of their tether when children are going off the rails, is not the answer - it would just make life worse for the households affected Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023
Levi Davis: Missing persons expert on why X Factor star's disappearance is 'more complicated' Charlie Hedges, formerly of the National Crime Agency, said complications are “amplified” with international missing persons cases like Levi Davis' Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 ‘It was time to act as adults’: how Sunak charmed his way through a deal Timing, trust and intense talks brought Northern Ireland deal over the finish line
The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2023 Morning Mail: voice misinformation warning, solar beats coal, moderate Liberal under threat A communications expert fears the referendum could be swayed online, rooftop power will soon outstrip coal, and Bridget Archer could face deselection fight
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 No 10 signals Northern Ireland deal to go ahead – with or without DUP backing Full ratification of Windsor framework agreed with EU likely to take months as PM continues sales pitch
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 Victory – or a trick? Loyalist South Belfast cautious about Brexit deal The residents of Sandy Row are less excited about Rishi Sunak’s new deal than many world leaders seem to be
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 Arron Banks loses two of three challenges to failed libel action against Carole Cadwalladr Court of appeal upholds one claim Brexit backer suffered serious harm by continuing publication of inaccurate Ted Talk criticisms
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 Give DUP time and space with Brexit deal and don’t create ‘drama’, pleads Sunak The Prime Minister addressed Tory backbenchers at the 1922 Committee in the Commons on Tuesday evening.
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 No changes to Brexit deal, DUP warned PM’s spokesperson said government believes it had secured ‘the right deal for all parties in Northern Ireland’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 Sunak decides the protocol sucks and the single market is great, after all Was this the same guy who campaigned for Brexit and extolled virtues of Northern Ireland deal under Johnson?
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 Egg sandwiches and the backdrop of the Ukraine war... How the Brexit deal was done Officials were still haggling over final details at 2am on Monday morning
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 Northern Ireland confronts compromise in post-Brexit deal Britain and the European Union have reached a new agreement on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 Sunak visits Northern Ireland to sell the benefits of his Brexit agreement The Democratic Unionist Party has yet to decide its response but Rishi Sunak said he was confident of support for the ‘historic’ Windsor Framework.