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‘Spectacular hypocrisy’ Boris Johnson slaps down Blackford over Scot fishing betrayal

Brexit: Von der Leyen and Michel sign UK trade deal in Brussels Boris Johnson insisted the Brexit trade deal struck with the European Union last week will return full control of waters to Scottish fishermen. SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford insisted the Scottish fishing communities however had been betrayed as he reiterated his party’s commitment […]

EU BANS British sausages from beginning of next year after Brexit deal

Brexit: Government has 'screwed up' on fisheries says Blackford The EU ruled “chilled meat preparations” including minced red meat and poultry cannot arrive from the UK after December 31, when the transition period concludes. The ban also includes raw sausages but it is believed it does not apply to frozen produce. A special agreement between the […]

Judge orders two Georgia counties to halt voter purge ahead of Senate runoff

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday ordered two Georgia counties to reverse a decision removing thousands of voters from the rolls ahead of Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine which political party controls the U.S. Senate. The counties seemed to have improperly relied on unverified change-of-address data to invalidate registrations, the judge, Leslie […]

Jon Ossoff Got Some Breaks in Politics. And He Made a Few of His Own.

Jon Ossoff was 16 years old when he wrote a letter to John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights pioneer, that led to a spot as a volunteer in Mr. Lewis’s office. When Mr. Ossoff was 19 and a rising sophomore at Georgetown, he went to work for Hank Johnson as the primary speechwriter […]

Lawmakers urge Trump to sign relief bill.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Sunday urged President Trump to sign a sweeping $900 billion aid package after millions of Americans lost their unemployment coverage on Saturday as the president put the fate of the measure in limbo by pushing for bigger relief checks. Mr. Trump’s resistance to signing the bill risks leaving millions of unemployed […]