Brexit deal before Christmas? Talks on trade agreement hinge on fish ‘worth less than Paul Pogba’

Hopes were growing today of a Brexit deal before Christmas amid reports that the final hurdle is fish worth the equivalent of a good Premier League footballer’s transfer fee. With some hopes a deal could be done as soon as today, Brexit negotiators are making a ‘final push’ for a deal today as they close in on … Read more

Brexit: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have regular calls

Hotline to a Brexit deal: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold regular secret phone calls as they try to nail down a compromise on fishing Boris Johnson has established a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen in recent days  Pair are understood to have held regular secret phone calls in the last 48 … Read more

Brexit: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have regular calls

Hotline to a Brexit deal: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold regular secret phone calls as they try to nail down a compromise on fishing Boris Johnson has established a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen in recent days  Pair are understood to have held regular secret phone calls in the last 48 … Read more

Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister

‘Britain needs Margaret Thatcher’: Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister to be in charge of tackling Covid-19 and Brexit Even in Scotland, voters yearn for Maggie Thatcher’s famous resolute approach  Thatcher nostalgia is shared by Northerners, who bore brunt of unemployment They are the findings of … Read more

Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister

‘Britain needs Margaret Thatcher’: Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister to be in charge of tackling Covid-19 and Brexit Even in Scotland, voters yearn for Maggie Thatcher’s famous resolute approach  Thatcher nostalgia is shared by Northerners, who bore brunt of unemployment They are the findings of … Read more

Coronavirus UK: FTSE 100 falls after opening amid fears of further economic threats

More than £33billion was wiped off the FTSE 100 within minutes of opening today as panicked investors reacted to the devastating economic threat of a toughened lockdown, the new coronavirus strain and the continued Brexit deadlock. The index of Britain’s leading companies fell 1.8 per cent or 117 points to 6,410 shortly after opening in … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: SNP’s Ian Blackford is rolling in the London dough 

Like a broken record, Westminster’s SNP leader Ian Blackford launched into one of his tiresome anti-Brexit rants at Prime Minister’s Questions last week. Blackford lambasted Boris Johnson for inflicting ‘economic vandalism’ on Scotland and demanding a ‘detailed economic assessment of the cost to the UK of his extreme Tory Brexit plans’. With Blackford frothing at … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: SNP’s Ian Blackford is rolling in the London dough 

Like a broken record, Westminster’s SNP leader Ian Blackford launched into one of his tiresome anti-Brexit rants at Prime Minister’s Questions last week. Blackford lambasted Boris Johnson for inflicting ‘economic vandalism’ on Scotland and demanding a ‘detailed economic assessment of the cost to the UK of his extreme Tory Brexit plans’. With Blackford frothing at … Read more