Entries by John Shuttleworth

Future Britain – Government decision on successor for GPS now needed

The EU ‘Galileo’ satellite navigation system has gone ‘live’, giving Europe its own highly accurate and state-of-the-art replacement for GPS, just as Britain chose to walk away from the project on 31 December 2020 – despite being a major funding and scientific contributor to Galileo since it began in 2003. The USA originally launched ‘GPS’ […]

Global Britain: Future ambitions and strategy to be set by Parliament

  In the first session of 2021 – and the first since Brexit – the House of Commons will set the strategy for achieving the UK’s aspirations and goals. Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, described the Government’s vision of a “truly global Britain” as having three ‘pillars’: “to prove that we are the best possible allies, […]

e-Guide – “UK – EU: Doing Business in the Post-Transition World that began on 1 January 2021”

Our downloadable e-Guide – “UK – EU: Doing Business in the Post-Transition World that began on 1 January 2021” has now been updated to incorporate the UK-EU Trade Agreement that underpins the ‘EU (Future Relationship) Act’. There is a summary of the key elements from the 1255 page ‘Trade Agreement’ – along with commentary and […]

Northern Ireland ‘Brexit Protocol’ now fully implemented

The rules agreed by an EU-UK ‘Joint Committee’ on how goods will move between Northern Ireland and Great Britain – including how they can avoid tariffs – came into effect at 23:00 GMT on 31 December 2020. The parties have also agreed some ‘temporary grace periods’ for goods such as Agri-food and medicines – in […]

UK payment to the EU as a ‘Brexit settlement’ confirmed at £33.4bn

A Post-Brexit briefing to MPs from the Office of National Statistics confirms the cost of Brexit payable as a ‘cash settlement’ to the EU at £33.4 billion. The basis and principles of the settlement were agreed during withdrawal negotiations and form part of the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’ – a legally binding Treaty that sets out the […]

Future of Gibraltar settled on eve of Brexit

In the final hours before Brexit, Spain and Britain concluded an Agreement to avoid a ‘hard’ border between Gibraltar and Spain. The deal was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister, Arancha González Laya – and later confirmed by the UK Foreign Office on 31 December 2020. Citizens of Gibraltar – a  British Overseas Territory – had […]

Brexit Eve: Government needs to move quickly if UK is to capitalise on Sovereignty

“Brexit will be costly for UK society” – according to the official Parliamentary briefing to MPs ahead of yesterday’s proceedings that passed the ‘EU (Future Relationship) Act’ into Law. The study was checked and re-calibrated in the light of the outcome of the negotiations – the 1246 page ‘UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement’ – which […]

Brexit Transition tomorrow: ‘EU Future Relationship’ Act – passed in a day

Picture: 16:00 on 30 December 2020.  Boris Johnson Tweet.  Signing the TCA…choosing to ignore the democratic process – and putting himself above the Law, Parliament and the Constitutional requirements of the United Kingdom – prior to the ‘Bill’ completing the process to become an ‘Act’. 30 December 2020:  Parliament was recalled for just one day […]

e-Guide “UK – EU: Doing Business in the Post-Transition World”

Our downloadable e-Guide – “UK – EU: Doing Business in the Post-Transition World that began on 1 January 2021” has been updated to incorporate the UK-EU Trade Agreement that underpins the ‘EU (Future Relationship) Act’. There is a summary of the key elements from the 1296 page ‘Agreement’ – along with commentary and pointers to […]