A year of challenges for the Conservatives SIMILAR to the rest of us, the Conservative party has had a rough year, lurching from one catastrophe to another. While The Scottish Tories only faced minor turbulence, the UK party, and it s leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have had a particularly difficult time. What started off as a year of optimism for Mr Johnson, with a tweet on January 2 saying that 2020 is going to be a fantastic year for Britain , has ended in anxiety as we near December 31. Before coming to that, let s start with the pre-Covid Conservatives. A new Prime Minister, an oven-ready Brexit deal.what could go wrong?
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Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line.
Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed.
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The Prime Minister said it would be the basis of a happy and successful and stable partnership with our friends in the EU for years to come, but negotiations were anything but jovial.
Four and a half years after the 2016 Brexit referendum, the British Government and the EU Commission agreed Thursday a historic trade and security deal as part of the UK s future cooperation with the EU.
EU-UK Trade And Cooperation Agreement: Protecting European Interests, Ensuring Fair Competition, And Continued Cooperation In Areas Of Mutual Interest Date
24/12/2020
After intensive negotiations, the European Commission has reached today an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of its future cooperation with the European Union.
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said:
“It was worth fighting for this deal because we now have a fair and balanced agreement with the UK, which will protect our European interests, ensure fair competition, and provide much needed predictability for our fishing communities. Finally, we can leave Brexit behind us and look to the future. Europe is now moving on.”