Covid: UK ‘could send spare vaccines to Ireland’ after EU climbdown

An ally of Emmanuel Macron today risked reigniting cross-channel tensions by swiping that the UK is ‘taking risks’ with its vaccine rollout. Europe minister Clement Beaune delivered the extraordinary jibe as he scrambled to justify the shambolic progress with jabs in the EU. After the bloc was forced into an humiliating climbdown over its threat … Read more

Ex-Tory chancellor Philip Hammond blasts Theresa May over Brexit

Philip Hammond has launched a savage attack on Theresa May, claiming she had no idea what Brexit should look like when she became PM in July 2016.  The former Tory chancellor said Mrs May ‘didn’t know’ what kind of relationship she wanted the UK to have with the European Union when she moved into Number … Read more

EU agrees to reset its relations with Northern Ireland says Michael Gove ‘to put the people first’ 

The EU has agreed to reset its relations with Northern Ireland ‘to put the people first’ after it backed down from its decision to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to Michael Gove. The Cabinet Office minister said the union had ‘recognised they made a mistake’ in pursuing Article 16 – which … Read more

EU agrees to reset its relations with Northern Ireland says Michael Gove ‘to put the people first’ 

The EU has agreed to reset its relations with Northern Ireland ‘to put the people first’ after it backed down from its decision to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to Michael Gove. The Cabinet Office minister said the union had ‘recognised they made a mistake’ in pursuing Article 16 – which … Read more

‘The EU cocked up big time’: Brussels is ridiculed over humiliating U-turn

The EU was accused of ‘cocking up big time’ last night after announcing controls to stop vaccine exports reaching the UK through Northern Ireland – only to abruptly backtrack following widespread condemnation. Politicians in London, Dublin and Belfast rounded on Brussels for unilaterally overriding part of the Brexit deal to effectively create a hard border … Read more

‘The EU cocked up big time’: Brussels is ridiculed over humiliating U-turn

The EU was accused of ‘cocking up big time’ last night after announcing controls to stop vaccine exports reaching the UK through Northern Ireland – only to abruptly backtrack following widespread condemnation. Politicians in London, Dublin and Belfast rounded on Brussels for unilaterally overriding part of the Brexit deal to effectively create a hard border … Read more

Janet Street-Porter: Boris Johnson’s vaccine strategy has enraged EU

Boris has blundered his way through this crisis – but his decision to invest in four different vaccines, ordering over 200 million doses to protect Brits against Covid-19 was a masterstroke. That inspired strategy won’t cancel out the depressing fact that the UK will probably see up to 150,000 people (we’ve already achieved the highest … Read more

Yet ANOTHER jab supplier says ‘non’ to EU as vaccine rollout grinds to halt

Yet ANOTHER jab supplier says ‘non’ to the EU: France and Italy suffer further blows to their vaccine rollout as US firm Moderna will deliver fewer doses US supplier Moderna will deliver 20 per cent fewer jab doses to Italy by February France is now expecting 25 per cent fewer doses than originally scheduled The … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: The day the bullies of Brussels went mad as the Eurocrats lost the plot

We have known for a long time that the European Union is a bully. It bullied Greece during the financial crisis which started in 2009, and from the moment the British people voted to leave the bloc, it tried to bully us into submission. But never until now have we seen the increasingly tyrannical nature … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: The day the bullies of Brussels went mad as the Eurocrats lost the plot

We have known for a long time that the European Union is a bully. It bullied Greece during the financial crisis which started in 2009, and from the moment the British people voted to leave the bloc, it tried to bully us into submission. But never until now have we seen the increasingly tyrannical nature … Read more