The Brexit Blog
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Read news and comment on the Brexit process. Ken Frost MA BFP FCA FIPFM is based in the UK. He is a chartered accountant with over twenty years of international experience in FMCG industries, consumer electronics, rough diamond distribution and the Internet.
The Brexit Blog
3d ago
Germany has just announced temporary border controls at all land borders to tackle illegal migration and to protect public from Islamist extremism.
The Deputy Head of the Federal Police:
'The crisis in Germany's security is a direct consequence of Schengen's ineffective policies. Schengen's inability to manage migration effectively has put Germany's safety at stake.'
The Social Democrat Party has notified the EU it will bring back all land border controls.
The domino effect will be the likely result of this, as other countries in the EU follow suit and restore thei ..read more
The Brexit Blog
4M ago
The EU expresses its sincere condolences for the death of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Abdollahian, as well as other members of their delegation and crew in a helicopter accident. Our thoughts go to the families.
— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) May 20, 2024 ..read more
The Brexit Blog
7M ago
Brussels has its wrenches in a twist again, this time tinkering with a proposal that'll leave classic car enthusiasts spitting oil and vintage van lovers seeing red.
The word on the cobbled streets is that the EU wants to slap a "repair refused" sticker on any car over 15 years old, effectively sending them to the scrapyard in the sky. Now, before you grab your pitchforks and head to the Parliament, let's pop the hood and see what's really under the hood of this policy.
Officially, the EU says it's all about sustainability, wanting to "rejuvenate the vehicle fleet" and reduce emission ..read more
The Brexit Blog
8M ago
Breaking news: Hungary has vowed to defy EU pressure to approve a four-year, €50bn aid package to Ukraine and has condemned the bloc’s proposal to undermine its economy as ‘blackmail’ https://t.co/3M0uGYWcY1 pic.twitter.com/H3L9PWAHPK
— Financial Times (@FT) January 29, 2024 ..read more
The Brexit Blog
8M ago
A file seen by the FT outlines a confidential plan by Brussels to shut off all EU funding to Budapest in order to spark a run on Hungary's currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence https://t.co/QRQWzBMvdZ pic.twitter.com/cjiB1EtekC
— Financial Times (@FT) January 29, 2024
Orban is a Putin stooge, but crashing a member state's economy isn't the way to deal with him nor does it show the EU in a favourable light. It would be more effective to remove Hungary from the EU ..read more
The Brexit Blog
1y ago
pic.twitter.com/SXDHlGn13c Send for the white vans …..immediately ???
— ALAN (@GatesheadLad23) September 24, 2023 ..read more
The Brexit Blog
1y ago
Civil servants are meant to be totally impartial … but here’s what the former foreign office chief did in the aftermath of the EU vote pic.twitter.com/iyUzc5yOt0
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 11, 2023
Foolish thing to do, as it impairs his ability to appear to be impartial ..read more
The Brexit Blog
1y ago
Labour will make Brexit work for Britain.https://t.co/wsYymasJ6l
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 31, 2023 ..read more
The Brexit Blog
1y ago
? | BREAKING: Keir Starmer tells Sky News he will reopen Brexit negotiations as PM, but the UK must NOT rejoin the EU or single market
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) May 17, 2023
Given that this is Starmer, you can rest assured that if he does become PM this will not occur ..read more