Brexit: Davis says Britain will scrap EU ‘Charter of Fundamental Rights’… “EU rules blamed for making it harder to keep out foreign criminals and terror suspects are to be axed as part of a bid to restore sovereignty to the UK. David Davis told MPs that the vast majority of EU laws would be transferred on […]
Article 50 has been triggered ‘Nine months after Britain voted to leave the EU, the countdown on a two-year negotiating period began when Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, was handed a letter by Sir Tim Barrow, Britain’s permanent representative at the EU, invoking Article 50 at lunchtime. Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, […]
Brexit Day 1) May signed the letter yesterday. Today we begin to leave “Shortly after 4.30pm yesterday, Mrs May signed a letter notifying the European Council of Britain’s intention to leave the EU. Once the letter is handed over today, two years of talks will begin on the terms of withdrawal allowed under Article 50 […]
May ‘shuts down’ Sturgeon on second independence referendum ‘It was her big chance to tackle the Prime Minister over Scottish independence, but Nicola Sturgeon was only “briefly” allowed to mention a second referendum before she was shut down by Theresa May, it has been claimed. The Prime Minister is understood to have dictated terms during […]
Pro-EU Rebels threaten to block Repeal Bill… “Pro-Remain Tory MPs are threatening to block the repeal of a law that makes EU rulings supreme, should Brexit talks unravel. The warning comes as Theresa May is poised to publish details of the great repeal bill this week, which will transfer EU law into British legislation and […]
Brexit: May puts the Union at the heart of British exit strategy “A Whitehall shake-up is underway to make sure that saving the Union from Scottish independence is at the heart of Brexit negotiations. The country’s most senior civil servant tasked with defending the UK will move into the Brexit Department, it can be revealed. Philip Rycroft, who […]
May to reclaim British fishing waters “Theresa May is expected to announce within weeks that the UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen by pulling out of a deal that pre-dates the EU. The Prime Minister will take Britain out of the 1964 London convention which allows European fishing vessels to access waters six […]
Westminster Attack 1) May visits victims in hospital ‘Theresa May has been to visit victims of the Westminster terror attack in hospital, Downing Street has confirmed. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman revealed the private visit took place earlier today at a briefing with reporters. No details were given of which hospital it was, but it […]
Terror at Westminster 1) May vows that Britain won’t yield to ‘voices of hate and terror’ “Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed the UK will ‘not give in to terror’ following a ‘sick and depraved’ terror attack in London today in which three people and a terrorist were killed. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street after […]
Brexit 1) Prime Minister to “take back control” of British trade “Theresa May will show EU leaders that Britain is ready to slap tariffs on their exports here by including a new law to take back control of trade policy in this year’s Queen’s Speech, The Sun can reveal. The trade bill will coincide with the start […]
Brexit 1) Article 50 will be triggered on Wednesday 29th March ‘The countdown to the UK’s historic EU break-away will begin a week tomorrow, Theresa May has revealed. The PM said she will trigger our formal “Article 50” exit notification to fire the starting gun on two years of tough negotiations. The landmark decision means the […]
Osborne appointment “harms trust” says Downey “George Osborne’s appointment as editor of the Evening Standard is a step too far that risks undermining trust in both parliament and the press, a former parliamentary commissioner for standards warns today. Sir Gordon Downey says that the appointment could compromise his position as a former chancellor “privy to […]
Brexit 1) Exit-focused departments “demand funds” from Hammond “Brexit ministers have demanded Philip Hammond pays for hundreds of extra officials amid fury that departments have been forced to find cuts. Senior figures in the three Whitehall departments delivering Brexit have told this newspaper the Treasury must agree tens of millions of extra funding. Failure to do so […]
Osborne 1) Warning that Evening Standard appointment will be used to undermine Brexit “George Osborne has been accused by allies of Theresa May of plotting to undermine her plans for a clean Brexit by establishing a “new power base” as Editor of the London Evening Standard. In a direct warning to Mrs May he said […]
The Queen gives Royal Assent to the Article 50 Bill… “The Remain-voting Speaker continued, with apparent boredom: ‘Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017; European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017.’ He pronounced ‘notification’ with a Ted Heath-ish diphthong – ‘nee-eauh-tification’. There were cheers from the Conservative side of an ill-attended House. Christopher Chope […]