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Wednesday 28 October 2020
There are 113 days to go…
Foster told PA that some loyalists were contemplating violent resistance to any Brexit deal.
Residents living in frontier towns along the Irish border say they are hoping for “clarity” going forward.
After almost two years of back-and-forth, a new Brexit withdrawal deal was agreed today.
The new agreement will now need to be approved by the House of Commons.
Speculation is mounting that a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations is imminent.
The DUP position changed dramatically when Boris Johnson published his Brexit plan.
“Boris is compromising and I suspect may have to move a bit more. And the EU should compromise too.”
In short: your guess is as good as ours.
Simon Coveney has said the UK’s Brexit proposals contain ‘significant problems’.
Scotland’s highest civil court will hear two cases in the space of five days that could compel Boris Johnson to extend Brexit negotiations.
So far, European leaders have reacted coolly to his plan.
Leo Varadkar, who spoke with Boris Johnson this evening, said the plans do not fully meet “the agreed objectives of the backstop”.
In a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Johnson said the backstop was “a bridge to nowhere”.
Boris Johnson said the UK’s proposals were “good and creative”, “very constructive and far-reaching”.
The Tánaiste described the so-called “non-paper” as a “non-starter”.
The Irish government’s refusal to outline what a hard border would look like in a no-deal Brexit has caused confusion among Brexiteers.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of a chaotic week in UK politics.
Richard Tice, an MEP for the East of England, also explained trade across the Northern Irish border by comparing it to a jar of Smarties.
“The British have to tell us exactly the architectural nature of this border,” the European Commission president told Sky News, “I don’t like it, a hard border.”
In what was an electoral stronghold for the Labour Party, Nigel Farage’s Brexit movement is gathering momentum.
Juncker said he had a “rather positive” meeting with Johnson in Luxembourg on Monday.
The DUP leader made the suggestion to journalists in Dublin this evening.
A Downing Street spokesperson has also confirmed that EU and UK talks will soon take place daily.
The party met with the UK prime minister today.
It’s another busy night of Brexit. Follow here for the latest updates.
The two leaders have very different views on Brexit.
Two dates for a potential meeting with Boris Johnson next week are being considered.
Opposition MP Sir Keir Starmer said Gove’s comments were “breathtaking”.
Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘up the tempo’ on talks to remove the backstop ahead of Brexit.
Johnson has said the European Union must drop its insistence on the Irish backstop to avoid a “no-deal” Brexit.
Reports of Merkel’s ’30-day Brexit deadline’ dominate the UK front pages.
Coveney said the UK backstop alternatives will ‘badly hit’ Ireland and its economy.
Johnson will seek to convince the German Chancellor to renegotiate elements of the Brexit deal.
Donald Tusk has re-iterated the EU’s commitment to the backstop.
He said that claims a no-deal Brexit would be positive were “absurd”, and called Johnson’s pledge to bin the backstop “wrecking”.
This week on The Explainer podcast, we look at the backstop, and why it is such a major issue for Brexit.
The finance minister said British chancellor Sajid Javid is “absolutely committed” to Britain leaving the EU by 31 October.
Britain leaving the EU without a deal seems increasingly likely.
Should it be for a limited period of time or not? Should it apply to the UK as a whole, or just Northern Ireland?
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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