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I am not at all clear why the EU is continually failing to name a latest date by which a trade deal can be done. Presume there is some logic,

Sadly this is not correct. Said supermarkets and other major players, as well as UK government officials, were aware that EU checks on food would be required once they saw

I think the government genuinely does not realise what a big mess it has already created with the Internal Market Bill, and how continuing is going to make it a

Expected government u-turn alert. The Trade and Agriculture Commission is to be made permanent and issue a report on each trade deal before it is laid before parliament. Another small

Important for the UK government argument to break international law - as we have discussed extensively over recent years no Free Trade Agreement can eliminate border controls entirely therefore the

This is why no trade deal is now the likeliest outcome. Because the EU certainly isn't going to give into blackmail. So if the UK won't back down, that's it.

Reminder. Negotiating with the EU is difficult and annoying. But ultimately the EU has come to more trade deals than another country or trade bloc.Another reminder. All treaties have certain

So here's the main problem - Ministers (in the UK, but this is also a global problem) talk of wanting both free trade and regulatory sovereignty. And in the 21st

By far the most positive statement to date on UK-EU talks. We're still talking, deal possible in September, both sides starting to show a bit of room for compromise. But

As the London media wakes up to growing prospects of Scottish independence a key question to ask - would Scotland have more power as a part of the UK or

We have entered the era of political appointments at the highest level of the UK government (yes I know Frost was also a political appointment as our EU negotiator, but

Who would have thought that "take back control of food standards from the EU to give it to the US" could possibly have been a problem?https://twitter.com/rosschawkins/status/1276036707897540608 More on a US

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