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Ms Cherry was sacked from the SNP s Westminster frontbench for unacceptable behaviour earlier this week and delivered a stinging parting shot to the party and its leader. She compared her omission from the SNP press release detailing the reshuffle to a Soviet-style rewriting of history.
Scotland becomes more like a one-party state every day.
The presenter and businessman was referring to the sacking of SNP MP Joanna Cherry from her frontbench role in Westminster.
Ms Cherry, an Edinburgh MP, who was the SNP spokeswoman on home affairs and justice, was removed in a reshuffle by the leader of the SNP in Westminster, Ian Blackford.
In a statement given yesterday, Ms Cherry said: Despite hard work, results and a strong reputation I’ve been sacked today from the SNP frontbench.
Nicola Sturgeon head of the SNP (Image: GETTY) My constituents and fellow party members who gave me a resounding mandate in recent NEC elections should rest assured that I will continue to work hard for them.
As EU countries have a £70billion trade surplus with Britain it means that they face paying billions more in tariffs than British firms.
Just over two weeks ago, when a deal appeared to be close, extra demands by French president Emmanuel Macron scuppered a chance of a compromise, it was said.
The Government source said the intransigence of European leaders, as well as the EU negotiating team led by Michel Barnier, had so far resulted in deadlock.
They said: “We need to get any deal right and based on terms which respect what the British people voted for. Unfortunately, the EU are still struggling to get the flexibility needed from member states and are continuing to make demands that are incompatible with our independence.