'Bullying' EU demands talks on defence as part of Sir Keir Starmer's Brexit 'reset'

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 07:20 UTC

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Eurocrats tried to 'bully' Britain yesterday as Brussels insisted security and defence should be on the table alongside fishing rights in post-Brexit 'reset' talks.

Keir Starmer's Brexit pointman discusses 'concrete' Brexit 'reset' with EU chief - as Brussels demands youth free movement and fisheries concessions

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

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Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and the EU's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels in their continuing effort to forge closer ties.

Starmer’s EU reset risks being dragged down by the old Brexit undertow | Rafael Behr

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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With Trump back in the White House, politicians on both sides of the Channel need to acknowledge the urgency of closer ties

Five years since leaving the European Union, Britain is still negotiating Br…

Keir Starmer's having a voice coach during lockdown is 'arguably legal', says lawyer at firm which was co-founded by PM

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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On Christmas Eve 2020, while London was under 'Tier 4 restrictions', the then-leader of the opposition sought the help of Leonie Mellinger to respond to Boris Johnson 's Brexit deal.

Keir Starmer's big US trade deal gamble: Fury as Labour has a 100-strong 'surrender squad' trying to unpick Brexit - but PM is yet to appoint a trade envoy for America

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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Sir Keir became the first PM to attend a summit with the EU's 27 leaders since Brexit on Monday when he attended a cosy dinner in a palace in Brussels.

Has Brexit finally paid off? What Trump’s tariff reprieve means for Starmer

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 17:50 UTC

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The U.S. president hinted he’ll spare Britain from his trade war, while hammering the EU. But as Nigel Farage surges in the polls, Keir Starmer isn’t safe from Brexit yet.

Nigel Farage says UK’s Brexit deal with EU can be improved but struggles to explain how – UK politics live

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 14:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Reform UK leader claims ‘industrial collaboration’ with EU will give UK ‘less flexibility’ to make deal with US

Nigel Farage has said the UK could be “friendly” with the EU but did not outline what …

Nigel Farage struggles to spell out how Britain should be 'friendly' with the EU despite insisting Brexit deal can be 'improved' - as Reform boss says he 'won't be bullied' by Elon Musk

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 14:22 UTC

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The Reform UK leader failed to outline what kind of ties with the bloc his party would support as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chases a 'reset' of terms.

EU leaders to travel to UK for Brexit reset summit in May

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 09:03 UTC

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European Council President António Costa said the summit would focus on devising “the closest relationship it will be possible to build together.”

What a time to be crawling back to the EU! As Donald Trump threatens trade war with the bloc but hints at sparing Britain, Keir Starmer vows to unpick Brexit and begs Brussels for closer ties

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

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Speaking ahead of a dinner with EU leaders last night, Sir Keir said he was 'not choosing' between the two powers as they engaged in an acrimonious war of words over trade.