What the end of Britain means for Australia
Britain’s historic Union is more vulnerable than ever and Australia should pay attention.
Brexit
Nobody wants what the Tories are selling
Bereft of ideas and tied in knots by Brexit, the Conservatives have had their time – and are wasting ours. Why can’t the party of today just go away?
Sunak ready to defy unionists over Brexit
British PM Rishi Sunak would be willing to press ahead with a Brexit deal even if it did not get the support of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Wine exports fall as US becomes top destination
Australian wine exports to the UK have fallen as the fallout from Brexit and the pandemic continue, while China is now a minnow in terms of our overseas wine trade.
Customs deal near in Brexit impasse
Britain and the EU have struck a Customs deal that could pave the way to ending years of post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ireland.
UK, EU to take stock on protocol
The two sides will decide whether to enter into intensive negotiations on the most difficult issue remaining from Brexit.
Tories’ dash to burn EU rules is disreputable
Scrapping thousands of laws this year, as Jacob Rees-Mogg is trying to do, would be foolish and deeply anti-democratic.
Logic of Brexit is turning Britain back to Europe
No great new trade deal has been achieved and the American hope has faded, so expect a tiptoeing back towards the EU.
Countdown to N Ireland poll as deadline expires
MPs reconvened for the first time in months for a special sitting but failed to elect a speaker needed to form a new executive.
N Ireland set for fresh poll over post-Brexit impasse
London will be legally required to call early elections for the devolved assembly in the province if a new executive is not formed this week.
Britain ‘will join alliance to move troops across Europe’
Britain is to enlist in an EU ‘military mobility’ group it had been unable to join after Brexit, according to the Dutch defence minister.
Two things killed the Tories: Covid and net zero
None of what has happened in Britain discredits free market economics, cultural conservatism or Brexit.
UK market turbulence is latest challenge for British businesses
Executives feel buffeted by market crises, from Brexit, through the pandemic and the present currency and bond turmoil.
Moderate Liberals split on Farage call
Trent Zimmerman says ignoring teal electorates would be ‘crazy’ but Jason Falinski agrees with the former Brexit Party leader that the party should look elsewhere.
Seats lost to teals are ‘gone forever’
Controversial conservative commentator Nigel Farage says inner-city seats lost by Liberal MPs are ‘gone’ and the party should forget trying to win them back.
Dumping Boris will come to be seen as monumental political stupidity
Conservative MPs have traded a political original for an off-the-shelf politician in Liz Truss, a Remainer in the Brexit debate, a former Liberal Democrat and sometime republican. This is nearly as silly as dumping an Abbott for a Turnbull.
Society pays the price for our cheap goods
Fast fashion, low airplane fares and our addiction to online deliveries have made us lose sight of what we should value.
Solomon Lew’s Smiggle UK business back in black
Once touted as a driver of ‘super profits’ for Solomon Lew’s retail group Premier Investments, the UK arm of Smiggle has finally returned to profit.
Brexit blamed as Britain faces Channel port logjam
Thousands of holidaymakers faced long delays trying to reach Europe via the English Channel port of Dover.
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