Politics
Welsh Tory leader resigns over Senedd drinking debacle
Paul Davies said the controversy had become a “distraction” and that he is standing down with “immediate effect”.
Leave-voting fish merchant says Brexit is ‘absolute nightmare’ as industry is ‘destroyed’
“It’s just been an absolute nightmare,” Ian Perkes told BylineTV. “If I could turn the clock back, would I have voted Leave? Of course not."
Post-Brexit shoppers forced to pay a third extra to bag EU goods
Delivery company DPD reportedly asked one shopper to cough up £77 in tax and extra charges to release £245 of clothes purchased from a French website.
‘We warned about that last year’ – Northern Ireland protocol problems ‘foreseeable’
“The Prime Minister promised us that there would not be any difficulties, but given the protocol and all the difficulties we have seen on the ground it was very clear that this was going to happen – it was all foreseen.”
Fishing industry could be ‘destroyed’ without customs changes, MPs warn
SNP MP Stuart McDonald told George Eustice, the environment secretary, that Scottish seafood companies were concerned they were “going out of business” with their produce “sitting in lorry parks in Kent waiting for customs clearance”.
‘Ghastly stuff’ – Rees-Mogg offends SNP, ‘Woke’ people and Teeside
Even by his standards it was a busy day of offending people.
Wales would vote to rejoin EU in referendum
The country narrowly voted out in 2016, but has seen manufacturers jump ship to remain in EU markets.
“Beyond Parody”: North Korea raises concerns about human rights in Australia
They called on the country to end racism, cease inhuman treatment in detention centres and ensure the right of all to participate in elections during the meeting.
UK labelled ‘petty’ for refusing to give EU ambassador full diplomatic status
"Biden commits to strengthening alliances and we engage in silly spats. We are better than this.”