So…the Labour Party will impose a three-line whip on its MPs to vote against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in a move described as a “monstrous betrayal” of voters. (The Guardian,...
It appears that the problem is, we won’t tell the a figure that we will pay... // Theresa May has refused to put a figure on Britain’s Brexit divorce bill during the first phase of secession...
Good news? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/28/exclusive-britain-eu-agree-brexit-divorce-bill/ At least we’re definitely moving forward. Sorry it’s the Telegraph (paywall). It’s their...
If you thought the continuing loss of billions of pounds in tax to the exchequer (and even more to the UK economy as a whole) as a direct result of Brexit is bad; you ain’t seen nothing yet. The ‘EU...
Having Scottish independence referendum at the same time as UK negotiating Brexit complicates & hinders negotiations with the EU. Surely once UK left EU, EU citizens living in Scotland should not...
https://news.gov.scot/news/amendments-to-uk-brexit-bill-will-be-proposed The leaders of the Scottish and Welsh governments have convened and (surprise surprise) have concluded that "cannot recommend...
'The Bill cleared its final Parliamentary hurdle at 6.17pm when the House of Lords bowed to the will of the Commons, which had overturned every amendment by peers this week. After three years of high...
erm sorry got my AOG hat on - just trying to stimulate discussion just trailing a spoiler EU withdrawal bill not to be debated until later just on the beeb now...
Mobile phone roaming charges Martin Lewis, of MoneySavingExpert, says: 'I've no faith in mobile firms to self-regulate. When we left the EU, they promised not to reintroduce European roaming charges,...
// When the time came to hoist the white flag, the cabinet’s swashbuckling Brexiters were nowhere to be seen. Instead, it was left to civil servants to hammer out the terms of Britain’s expensive...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41111994 There are (at least) three illogicalities in the EU's position on this : 1. There is nothing anywhere in the Treaty of Accession (or any of the follow-up...
About...............................abolishing the House of Lords?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/national/governments-brexit-bill-defeated-in-lords/ar-AAnGvm1?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=spartanntp...
//New legislation will put an end to the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill – which has been introduced in... ...
When I pointed out sometime ago that the Retained EU Law Bill was going to cause the loss of many rights enjoyed by UK citizens (as members of the EU), many on AB stated that previous UK laws... ...
The government will abandon its Brexit bill if MPs vote down its three-day timetable to get it through Parliament. A No 10 source said if the programme was rejected and the EU confirmed a delay to the...
Well, there really isn't any comparison with our lack lustre policy-less leaders of both major parties is there ? 'WhereasTrump’s second-term plans are no mystery. They’re all laid out in a... ...
Have you ever supported the UK on any subject? Have you always sided with the opposition on every little detail? Have you always spun our wins as losses and our losses as catastrophies?
'The Bill cleared its final Parliamentary hurdle at 6.17pm when the House of Lords bowed to the will of the Commons, which had overturned every amendment by peers this week. After three years of high...
I`ve not seen anything on A/B about the cost of leaving the European Union, so I hope I`m not repeating what has been said in the past. I don`t understand much about the so-called "Brexit Thing" but...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42049565 As I have said all along the business community will decide this not the snout in the trough politicians. "They will lobby European governments to offer...
About...............................abolishing the House of Lords?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/national/governments-brexit-bill-defeated-in-lords/ar-AAnGvm1?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=spartanntp...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-41319071/boris-johnson-ambushed-by-press-pack-i-m-not-resigning Say what you like about Boris, and I have said it all over the years, but who else would give...
OK remainers you loast the vote, you're upset, I get it I understand. is it too much to ask that we all come together and tackle the enemy across the channel? Stop bickering and sabotaging, brexit is...
It looks like the Tories have given up on the idea of scrapping all EU retained law by the end of this year (or any year at all), despite the Bill having passed three readings in the House of Commons....
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-amendments-lords-commons-bill-withdrawal-agreement-a4341641.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51210602 Dont they get it, still trying to...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46577359 Parliament have, thankfully, said they will not pass the "deal", the EU has said they will not alter the "deal", so what do Jo Johnson and co expect the...
Anybody seen the BBC's coverage of the Lords' vote asking the Government to modify its stance on leaving the EU Customs Union? In the debate ("Article 50") Kerr proposed a new economic law: "As...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42716995
Corbyn was holding May's feet to fire today, in exactly the way that an Opposition Leader should. Well done to him !...