Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties 

Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:06 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 01:19 BST, 17 July 2021 Proposals to ban Troubles prosecutions were yesterday rejected by all five of Northern Ireland’s main parties. Leaders from across the province’s political divide condemned … Read more

Lord Frost and EU counterpart set for crunch Brexit talks tonight

Lord Frost and EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic set for crunch Brexit talks in Brussels tonight amid hopes of breakthrough on Northern Ireland border checks as MEPs FINALLY vote in favour of UK trade deal Lord Frost and Maros Sefcovic are meeting in Brussels for dinner this evening   Talks between UK and EU ongoing on how … Read more

Brandon Lewis admits Brexit protocol has fuelled tensions in Northern Ireland

Brandon Lewis brands Northern Ireland riots that left 88 police injured ‘unacceptable’ as he says Brexit protocol has fuelled tensions Brandon Lewis made a statement to MPs on violent scenes in Northern Ireland Cabinet minister said the riots leaving 88 police injured were ‘unacceptable’ Said causes of tensions ‘complex’ but Brexit protocol was fuelling tensions  … Read more

GMB: Piers Morgan slams Brandon Lewis over UK Covid death rate

One of Boris Johnson’s top ministers was taken to task by Piers Morgan today as he  refused to explain why the UK’s Covid death rate is now the worst in the world. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis was skewered by the Good Morning Britain host over devastating new research by Oxford University experts. Britain was averaging … Read more

JASON GOVES analyses the state of the EU talks as UK teeters on brink of a no-deal Brexit 

It was an admission that stunned MPs, enraged Brussels and left Boris Johnson facing the biggest Tory rebellion since the election. Brandon Lewis was making a workmanlike defence of the new Internal Market Bill following reports that it would clash with obligations made by the Prime Minister in last year’s Brexit deal. But, asked whether … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Be warned, Boris – if you trash the UK’s reputation, you’ll destroy your own, too 

Bear in mind with what follows that I voted Brexit in 2016, and for Boris Johnson and the Tories last December. I long for the moment that Britain truly leaves the EU. With that said, let me express my shock that Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis should have told the Commons on Tuesday that the … Read more

Ministers DEFEND breaching international law over Brexit divorce deal

Boris Johnson has been accused of aping Donald Trump’s tactics in Brexit negotiations as ministers voiced defiance over breaking the terms of the divorce deal.  The PM is facing a furious Tory mutiny amid claims he is trashing the UK’s moral authority by reneging on the Withdrawal Agreement, only signed in January. Legislation due to … Read more

Ministers DEFEND breaching international law over Brexit divorce deal

Boris Johnson has been accused of aping Donald Trump’s tactics in Brexit negotiations as ministers voiced defiance over breaking the terms of the divorce deal.  The PM is facing a furious Tory mutiny amid claims he is trashing the UK’s moral authority by reneging on the Withdrawal Agreement, only signed in January. Legislation due to … Read more

Tory civil war explodes back into life after admission that new bill breaches international treaty 

The Tory civil war over Europe exploded back into life last night after ministers admitted that planned changes to the Brexit deal would break international law. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis stunned MPs by confirming that proposals to ‘clarify’ Boris Johnson’s deal would breach the international treaty he signed. Downing Street had sought to play … Read more

Tory civil war explodes back into life after admission that new bill breaches international treaty 

The Tory civil war over Europe exploded back into life last night after ministers admitted that planned changes to the Brexit deal would break international law. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis stunned MPs by confirming that proposals to ‘clarify’ Boris Johnson’s deal would breach the international treaty he signed. Downing Street had sought to play … Read more