Politics
UK ports battered by congestion and delays with Brexit round the corner
"Our country is about to drop into a deep hole. It hasn't even started yet. This is just the sorbet to clear the palate."
Brexit bites as Brits are barred from entering the EU from January
The end of the transition period means that the UK will be subject to a system that permits non-essential travel from only a handful of non-EU countries with low coronavirus infection rates.
BREAKING from Brussels: Discussions have not gone well – decision by Sunday
"It seems the only thing oven-ready about tonight was the dinner", one person said.
Michael Gove compared to Bart Simpson over Brexit approach
“Is it now the case the minister has become the Government’s very own Bart Simpson, causing chaos and presenting their agenda regardless of cost while claiming ‘I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, you can’t prove anything’?”
‘It’ll not be as frictionless as I would wish it to be’ as security arrangements bolstered for new port checks
"There will now be delays because we don’t have enough bays to ensure that every lorry that comes off a roll on/roll off can go to a bay immediately and get checks as required and they may have to wait until the lorry in front of it is checked."
Merkel begs Germans to follow Covid restrictions, saying 590 deaths a day would be “unacceptable”
The UK recorded 599 coronavirus deaths yesterday.
PMQs 9th Dec: Boris Johnson, of all people, should know that divorce isn’t easy
Slouched in his chair, 'bedsit Boris' stares out of the cracked window, breath trails holding in the air, with the kids long gone back home.
Michael Gove accidentally extolls the virtues of remaining in the EU in “best of both worlds” speech
People were quick to point out that we all enjoyed the benefits he talked about at one point.