The_Metatron wrote:Ahh, yes. The politicians who have shorter terms of service than the government house cat. Their hands.

jamest wrote:Playing devil's advocate, ...

jamest wrote:
I'm quite sure that it won't be fine, for any of us, but let's not pretend that Brexit has anything to do with this.

Thommo wrote:
To be fair* that cat has been in office for 11 years, which is longer than the term limits for many democracies!

jamest wrote:The EU is in dire trouble, economically.

European judges could be close to backing down on a court injunction blocking the UK from sending migrants to Rwanda, as the home secretary hails “constructive talks”.

Suella Braverman said she was “encouraged” after “constructive” discussions between the government and the European Court of Human Rights over possible reforms to the court order that grounded deportation flights last year.

A government source said that if implemented, the reforms “would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground”.

One of the world's biggest carmakers has called on the government to renegotiate part of the Brexit deal or risk losing parts of its car industry.

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If the government cannot get an agreement to keep the current rules until 2027, from next year "trade between the UK and EU would be subject to 10% tariffs", it said.

This would make domestic production and exports uncompetitive in comparison to Japan and South Korea, it said.