Boris Johnson insists UK will not make concessions to France in fishing row
The prime minister's claim comes after Brexit minister David Frost suggested Britain is open to a “consensual solution”.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
The prime minister's claim comes after Brexit minister David Frost suggested Britain is open to a “consensual solution”.
James Kelly of Scot Goes Pop described the “frustration” of the “sizeable minority of voters who don’t seem to see the very obvious connection between the shortages and the arguments for independence and for restoring freedom of movement”.
No wonder the government didn't allow parliament any time to scrutinise the deal!
The chancellor’s flagship policy will "alter the location rather than the volume of economic activity", the Office for Budget Responsibility concludes.
Opposition to the arrangements that have created trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK was a factor behind rioting that flared in several loyalist areas across the region in April.
Frost also claims he considered resigning in December 2017
"It is not 'contentious', it is wrong. Incorrect. A deliberately bad translation designed to whip up anti-French feeling, anti-EU feeling too," wrote one Twitter user.
"For about 20 minutes it appeared we were heading for a truce. But now we’re right back into the spat, with a Tuesday deadline approaching- right as COP summit is beginning!" Wrote journalist Joe Mayes.
“It will be for the French to decide if they want to step away from the threats they have made in recent days about breaching the Brexit (trade) agreement,” the PM's spokesman said.
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