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With just over 14 weeks to go until the UK leaves the EU The Prime Minister Teresa May has decided to postpone the vote on the proposed deal until the 14th January. No rush then given that there will be hardly any time for a plan B if it is as expected voted down. OK, we…
The European Commission has confirmed that while UK travellers will not have to have a visa, they will need to apply for and buy another document from 2021. This document is called an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System), it has not launched yet but will come into action in 2021. This agreement is…
Markets don’t like uncertainty and not surprisingly Teresa May’s decision to postpone the Brexit vote has caused a further slide in the value of the Pound against both the Dollar and the Euro. The decision to postpone came in the face of an unavoidable defeat in the commons and this has caused sterling to dip…
The vote on the Brexit deal is set to go ahead despite there being major concerns about the controversial Backstop. The indications are that it will be rejected, however the DUP have indicated that they will support the Conservatives on any ensuing vote of confidence. Prime Minister Teresa May has reiterated that without the Backstop…
The government lost three key Commons votes relating to the proposed Brexit deal and will now have to fight hard to get it approved. Given the secrecy regarding the legal opinion and the waning support from the DUP it looks pretty much doomed at this stage. Still, politics is a funny old game. More here
A large number of business leaders in the UK are once again lobbying for a second vote on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The rationale seems to be that they were promised frictionless trade with the EU if we left, and now years down the track they still haven’t made any strategic changes…
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