Brexit News Archive: 06 Feb 2020

Leo Varadkar struggles to reap Brexit dividend

Irish voters appear more concerned about domestic issues than the prime minister's international performance.
Naomi O'Leary / Politico   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 20:00:42

UK to reverse plans to slash import tariffs after Brexit

Trade secretary will consult firms over move to simplify regime rather than axe it The government is preparing to reverse plans put forward last year to cut import tariffs on most goods coming to the UK under proposals for post-Brexit trade agreements. The Department for International Trade has opted to ...
Phillip Inman / Guardian   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:33:49

Boris Johnson news: Tories urged to suspend MP who attended far-right event, as Long-Bailey trails Labour leadership rivals in new poll

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Adam Forrest, Lizzy Buchan / The Independent   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 18:10:00

Johnson nominates Brexit critics for peerages

Hammond and Clarke lost party whip after voting against government
FT   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 18:05:02

Boris Johnson to trigger cronyism row by awarding peerage to billionaire Tory Brexiteer donor

Ex-party treasurer Peter Cruddas, one of the City's richest men, is revealed to be on a list of nominees
Rob Merrick / The Independent   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:48:27

Bomb on British-bound lorry intended for Brexit day, Northern Irish police say

Northern Irish militants hoped a bomb they planted on a haulage lorry last week would take a ferry across the Irish Sea and explode in Britain at the time it left the European Union, police said on Thursday.
Reuters   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:36:56

Bomb on UK-bound lorry intended for Brexit day, Northern Irish police say

Northern Irish militants hoped a bomb they planted on a haulage lorry last week would take a ferry across the Irish Sea and explode in Britain at the time it left the European Union, police said on Thursday.
Reuters   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 16:54:13

Brexit-backing City tycoon Cruddas to join Lords

Peter Cruddas, one of the City's richest men, is to be handed a seat in the House of Lords as Boris Johnson swells the ranks of Brexit-backing Conservatives in the upper chamber.
Sky   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 16:47:00

Police investigate Brexit Day plot to bomb Irish Sea ferry

Police are investigating a dissident republican plot to blow up a lorry that had been due to cross the Irish Sea on Brexit Day.
Sky   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:40:00

Bomb found on lorry was for 'Brexit day' attack

The PSNI initially received a report about an explosive device at Belfast docks on 31 January.
BBC   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:37:28

Bruno Le Maire says no Brexit bargain on finance for fish

'They chose to leave the EU so if they want to access our market, they will do it under our conditions,' says French finance minister.
Elisa Braun / Politico   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 14:55:36

Britain hit by serious case of the Brexit blues as wellbeing tumbles | Larry Elliott

It is seldom good news for governing parties when people start to feel gloomy Britain was an anxious place as last year's general election loomed. Despite the lowest unemployment since the mid-1970s, people were worried about the possibility of losing their jobs. For the first time since it started publishing ...
Larry Elliott Economics editor / Guardian   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 14:39:53

Ireland's never been more alone in the EU

Dublin needs a new strategy in a Britain-less European Union.
Eoin Drea / Politico   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 13:35:33

Can Brexit be good for the EU?

Dissenting policymakers and analysts say a UK that does well could provide a wake-up call
FT   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 13:11:29

About 500,000 EU citizens yet to apply for UK residency after Brexit

An estimated 500,000 European Union nationals in Britain have yet to apply for a new immigration status, which most will need to remain in the country after Brexit.
Reuters   |   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 12:10:49