Michel Barnier labels Brexit a ‘lose-lose’ game as the Eurozone slips into recession

Michel Barnier labels Brexit a ‘lose-lose’ game as the Eurozone slips into recession

Typical Barnier! As the Eurozone slips into recession, Brussels’ former chief negotiator has a cheap shot at Brexit – calling it a ‘lose-lose’ game  Eurostat figures show the eurozone economy shrank by 0.1 per cent By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 17:18 EDT, 8 June 2023 | Updated: 17:24 EDT, 8 June 2023…

Biden, 80, trips as he walks down steps of Itsukushima Shrine amid G7

Biden, 80, trips as he walks down steps of Itsukushima Shrine amid G7

Biden takes a trip: President, 80, STUMBLES while walking down steps of shrine as G7 leaders wait on him and then leaves their group dinner early By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter In Hiroshima, Japan and Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter In Hiroshima, Japan Published: 09:00 EDT, 19 May 2023 | Updated: 09:00…

Michael Gove says it was ‘worse than a mistake’ to take cocaine

Michael Gove says it was ‘worse than a mistake’ to take cocaine

Michael Gove today admitted it was ‘worse than a mistake’ to take cocaine as he was challenged over championing a nitrous oxide ban. The Levelling Up Secretary insisted it is not hypocritical for him to support making so-called ‘Hippy Crack’ illegal because he had ‘learned’ from his experiences. Mr Gove has previously acknowledged that he…

Michael Gove vows ban on ‘Hippy Crack’ nitrous oxide in anti-social behaviour drive

Michael Gove vows ban on ‘Hippy Crack’ nitrous oxide in anti-social behaviour drive

Michael Gove today vowed more ‘visible’ policing in anti-social behaviour ‘hotspots’ and a ban on nitrous oxide as part of the government’s new crime drive. The Levelling Up Secretary confirmed that so-called ‘Hippy Crack’ will become illegal, pointing to the impact on local areas and littering.  The comments in interviews this morning came after Rishi…

Fury as it’s revealed a ban on trophy hunting imports won’t apply in Northern Ireland

Fury as it’s revealed a ban on trophy hunting imports won’t apply in Northern Ireland

Fury as it’s revealed a ban on trophy hunting imports approved by MPs won’t apply in Northern Ireland, allowing Ulster to become a ‘backdoor’ into Britain DUP MP was offended that N. Ireland is exempt despite 86 per cent of people supporting the ban across the UK The loophole means that big game hunters could…

Biden is planning to visit Belfast and Dublin for anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Biden is planning to visit Belfast and Dublin for anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Planning is under way for President Joe Biden to visit Dublin and Belfast next month as Ireland and the United Kingdom mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement that ended decades of violence, DailyMail.com can reveal. Biden has made much of his Irish roots and has let it be known that he wanted…

BREXIT DEAL LIVE: Get all the latest news and updates on Northern Ireland terms

BREXIT DEAL LIVE: Get all the latest news and updates on Northern Ireland terms

LIVE Brexit deal live: Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen hail ‘Windsor Framework’ after striking landmark agreement as King Charles meets EU chief for tea at Windsor Castle By Tom Cotterill For Mailonline Published: 12:13 EST, 27 February 2023 | Updated: 12:26 EST, 27 February 2023 This is MailOnline’s live blog for covering the…

Biden returns to White House after three-day trip to Poland and Ukraine

Biden returns to White House after three-day trip to Poland and Ukraine

President Joe Biden has returned to the White House after a historic three day visit to Europe, which included stops in Poland and war-torn Ukraine. Shortly after 8.30pm on Wednesday, Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews, where Biden disembarked without incident, but appeared to walk stiffly across the tarmac to Marine One. It came…

Belgian spies were investigating foreign meddling in EU when they uncovered Qatar bribery scandal

Belgian spies were investigating foreign meddling in EU when they uncovered Qatar bribery scandal

Belgian spies who uncovered the Qatar bribery scandal allegedly involving a European Vice President did so amid investigations into widespread foreign meddling in the European Union, according to the Belgian justice minister. Prosecutors suspect Greek MEP Eva Kaili and three others accepted bribes from the World Cup host in a bid to influence EU policymaking….

Apple to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads

Apple to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads

Apple is preparing to allow alternative app stores on iPhones and iPads in compliance with European Union requirements that are coming in 2024. With the changes, customers could ultimately download third-party software to their devices without using the company’s App Store, Bloomberg reported.  This would sidestep Apple’s restrictions and it’s 30 percent commission on payments made by users via…

Scandal Rocks the European Union as Members of Parliament Are Arrested for Corruption Charges  – RedState

Scandal Rocks the European Union as Members of Parliament Are Arrested for Corruption Charges  – RedState

Raids have been conducted on homes of current and former European Union members who are the focus of a probe. Reports out of Brussels are that this weekend, authorities have been conducting a series of raids stemming from an investigation into various Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) over suspicions of corruption and bribery. Over…

EU Leaders Claim the U.S. Is Profiting off Ukraine War—at Their Expense – RedState

EU Leaders Claim the U.S. Is Profiting off Ukraine War—at Their Expense – RedState

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The relationship between the European Union and the United States is showing signs of strain, according to Politico, which writes that senior EU officials are “furious” with the Biden Administration and are accusing the U.S. of making bank off…

Experts counter Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that an independent Scotland could avoid adopting the Euro

Experts counter Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that an independent Scotland could avoid adopting the Euro

Nicola Sturgeon has been taken to task by experts over her claims to the Scottish people about the country’s currency after independence. The First Minister responded to questions from Douglas Ross following a report in the Times that Scotland would have to join the euro if it wished to be a member of the European…

Historic U.S. southeast hardwood forests threatened by rapacious $11B wood pellet industry

Historic U.S. southeast hardwood forests threatened by rapacious $11B wood pellet industry

Environmentalists warn that hundreds of thousands of acres of forest are being torn down each year in the U.S. southeast to make wood pellets to fuel European power plants in a deluded bid to fight climate change. The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and other groups say logging in woodlands stretching from Texas to Virginia…

Post-Brexit travel to the EU is about to become very different

Post-Brexit travel to the EU is about to become very different

Brexit may be “done”, but from the traveller’s point of view, the full implications of what it means for our holidays are only just becoming apparent. And I’m not talking about the short-term problems – the chaos at Dover, the queues at airport immigration desks and the 90-day limit on the time we can spend…

Jacob Rees-Mogg launches probe into ‘flexitime’ deals for civil servants working part-time hours

Jacob Rees-Mogg launches probe into ‘flexitime’ deals for civil servants working part-time hours

Jacob Rees-Mogg has vowed to crack down on ‘flexitime’ working arrangements in the civil service whereby government employees can work around five hours less  than the national weekly average, often remotely and with full-time pay. The minister for government efficiency demanded an official Whitehall-wide review of the arrangement, which he said is likely wasting taxpayers’…

Families wait up to THIRTY HOURS to get a ferry in Dover chaos as French blame Brexit

Families wait up to THIRTY HOURS to get a ferry in Dover chaos as French blame Brexit

Families have faced waits of up to 30 hours to board ferries to France as chaos continues today at the port of Dover as Liz Truss demands the EU nation acts over ‘entirely avoidable’ delays after some passport booths were left empty.  The Foreign Secretary waded into the row after some French border control officials…

Russia RESTARTS gas exports after maintenance despite Europe’s fears Putin would keep the taps off

Russia RESTARTS gas exports after maintenance despite Europe’s fears Putin would keep the taps off

Russia RESTARTS Nord Stream 1 gas exports on schedule after maintenance despite Europe’s fears Putin would keep the taps turned off Major Russian gas pipeline restarts exports into Germany after maintenance  Relieved European leaders had feared Putin would not turn it back on  Energy is major weapon in economic war waged between Russia and West …