A no-deal Brexit would have "represented the most significant threat to Irish agriculture in a generation", according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.
BREXIT is unlikely to have much of an impact on pensions according to recent analysis but despite this, the third lockdown and public debt levels could force the Government to take action. If the lockdown proves to be particularly damaging for the economy, it could even place the triple lock itself in jeopardy.
MP Rachel Reeves says Labour do not like the Brexit deal but will vote for it regardless “LABOUR will back this underwhelming Brexit deal but it does not mean that we welcome it”, announced Rachel Reeves on Monday. When one considers that Labour under the wobbling leadership of Sir Keir Starmer “backed” the Tory deal even before reading the small print and the myriad of implications arising from it, one wonders how Labour in Scotland can now survive. Labour is now a Tory clone, it has merged its “identity” into that of the Tory party. It is ironically following the red wall areas into Torydom.
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