by Christopher Nye | Nov 26, 2018
Over the weekend, EU leaders attended a Brussels summit and agreed the UK’s Brexit deal. After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders approved an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. After less than one hour’s discussion, the leaders announced their...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 23, 2018
For many Americans, yesterday was a day for turkey and all the trimmings, but Trump still found time to tell members of the press that the CIA didn’t conclude that Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This claim came...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 23, 2018
The only economic data release of note yesterday came in the form of the eurozone’s flash consumer confidence reading for November. Last month, it dropped to -2.7 and had been expected to fall further to -3 this month. However, it actually came in below that, dropping...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 23, 2018
Corbyn thinks it is 26 pages of waffle, Ben Bradshaw thinks it will make people poorer, Angela Eagle wants to know what has happened to frictionless trade, Rees-Mogg wonders if EU law is superior to UK law, Justine Greening reckons it’s a bad deal, while Sir Jeffery...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 23, 2018
While families across America prepared to enjoy Thanksgiving, the Brexit political declaration text was leaked to the press. The 26-page document sets out the draft framework for the future EU-UK relationship and, importantly, doesn’t appear to offer any hope over...
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