If you value what we are doing, you can help us by making a contribution to the cost of our journalism. Micheal Martin said "very significant difficulties" remain in talks between the EU and UK, particularly in relation to fisheries. They love Europe, they all want the UK back into the European family. This Government is absolutely determined to tackle this virus.". Brexit talks have reached the “moment of truth”, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said in an address to MEPs ahead of the final hours of negotiations over a future trade deal with Britain. He said: "What we're saying to people now over this Christmas period is think of those rules about the three households that you can bubble up with, the five days. Leading German MEP Manfred Weber, who leads the centre-right European People's Party group in the European Parliament, explained: "I have proposed to EU Parliament leadership this morning that we should only approve a Brexit agreement if we get it by this Sunday. It follows reports that Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen are due to speak in the next 48 hours in an attempt to move the dial on fisheries. The Transport Secretary that there will not be any additions until January 7 at the earliest, leaving Britons with just 23 holiday destinations that can feasibly be booked over the Christmas period.Â. Brinkmanship on both sides has boiled down to a frank warning that EU boats will need access to UK waters if … In her role as equalities minister, Liz Truss announced yesterday that it’s time for a counter-revolution: to move away from seeing everything through the prism of race, sexuality or gender and to start seeing inequality in all of its dimensions. https://t.co/wjOUzlgXAN pic.twitter.com/y28MdIkJcu, Boris Johnson has urged people planning to form a Christmas bubble to reduce their social contacts from today.Â, The Prime Minister tweeted: "Everyone must take personal responsibility to avoid passing the virus on to loved ones this Christmas. It's something to do with my hair but I can tell you I do brush it - I have a brush in my office. ", Romanian MEP Dacian Cioloș, leader of the liberal Renew group, said: “We give until Sunday to Boris Johnson to make a decision. ", Labour MPs are attacking the Government over its last-minute directive to secondary schools, making them responsible for preparing to mass test their students in the first week of the new term.Â. He says: "I have to say that things are looking difficult, and there's a gap that needs to be to be bridged.". He later told Times Radio: "That first week, that first five days, other secondary-school pupils will be learning from home from remote education so that schools can prepare for all secondary-school pupils to be tested in those first few weeks of term. "The production of vaccines will be slower than envisioned 15 days or three weeks ago," he said. How long will it take for life to return to normal after the Covid vaccine rollout? He said: "We're not there yet. On Thursday, officials on both sides of the Channel privately admitted good progress had been made this week.Â. "Firms have done so much to get ready for the changes ahead. After Sunday we don't believe this would still be possible. Update: Episode 3 is now available here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3yZVN6ZZJ0"The Moment of Truth" is BACK! Jonathon Read Published: 12:06 PM December 17, 2020 Updated: 12:24 PM December 17, 2020. "Above all, it would give certainty and clarity to businesses on the island of Ireland, for workers on the island of Ireland in terms of their future and without question a deal would reduce very significantly any damage and disruption that would clearly arise from a no deal," he added. Many schools are breaking up for Christmas holidays today, if not before. And my apologies for my hair but I do my best with it.". It’s at MEPS you’ll get your first taste of forming acronyms, sharing a hotel room with a stranger, and having the elderly gawk at your naked body while measuring you like you’re a Saint Bernard at … euronews (in English) 0:47. He thanks the Parliament for supporting him - although, we know, yesterday they were putting pressure on him to agree a deal by today at the latest, threatening to refuse to ratify any deal struck afterwards.Â, Michel Barnier has said it would not be "fair or acceptable" for EU fishermen to have no transitory rights to fish in UK waters after Brexit. Â, He says the EU is not asking for anything more than "reciprocity" - to be able to fish in each other's waters - "no more no less".Â, He added that he cannot say what will happen in "the final straight", saying the EU must be prepared for all eventualities, including a no-deal.Â, Michel Barnier has told MEPs: "It's the moment of truth, we have very little time remaining just a few hours. The Taoiseach's analysis came as leaders north and south of the Irish border voiced support for a trade deal. Is that the point where there is final acceptance of no deal? The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said we must do "whatever it takes" to get coronavirus cases under control. Mr Martin said: "If we get a substantive future relationship agreement between the UK and the EU that would make life much, much easier for all of us and particularly would give certainty and clarity to businesses and for workers north and south.". Game WOG - In the Wake of Gods . Boris Johnson has urged the EU to "see sense" and make Britain a better offer, as the bloc's leading negotiator warned that trade talks had arrived at the "moment of truth". Confederation of British Industry director-general Tony Danker said: "There is no avoiding the urgent need for action, starting first and foremost with securing a deal. Share this page Close. But that advantage would be lost if it was tied to the trade deal, where the EU has the upper hand by virtue of its larger market.Â, While most Government ministers around the world have been united in emphasising the safety of Covid vaccines, Brazil's President Bolsonaro has taken a somewhat different approach.Â, The populist leader, who caught the virus earlier this year, warned it could turn people into an alligator... or a "monk".Â, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says the @pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 could turn human beings in alligators pic.twitter.com/y8ZobUFNKs. 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Unfortunately, there are some recruiters out there who are encouraging (and, in some cases, downright instructing) recruits to lie about their criminal or medical history. ", During a year in which many men put their razors away and embraced a more shaggy look, the Parliamentary Beard of the Year has never faced tougher competition.Â, But fending off upstarts, the Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West Stuart Anderson has claimed victory.Â, Delighted to have won the Parliamentary Beard of the Year competition! He said: "We are a fortnight away from this momentous transition and so everything is going to come right down to the wire. We believe our voice is important - both in representing the pro-EU perspective and also to help rebalance the right wing extremes of much of the UK national press. Businesses have urged the Government to ease the effects of "cliff-edge" departure if no deal is brokered, including various grace periods for firms implementing new measures. It is easy so see Emmanuel Macron’s catching of Covid as karma. I have sworn in and everything but i think there may be a chance i will get caught for lying. The majority of you - 48 per cent believe it is not the real deadline. "Easing the restrictions I think is going to be the next big mistake for the Prime Minister.". M ichel Barnier has told MEPs: "It's the moment of truth, we have very little time remaining just a few hours." ", I ask @MichelBarnier to unilaterally extend Eramus to UK students after #Brexit. An anti-lockdown demonstration is expected in Parliament Square on Saturday, with others planned around the country. 2:09. "After that we cannot reasonably scrutinise the deal before the end of the year. The declaration acknowledges the “exceptional nature” of the proceedings and commends the “dedicated and professional work” of Brexit negotiators in the UK and EU. ", The schools minister added: "We will work very hard. "So, it's a national system, a national strategy. ", If you are forming a Christmas Bubble, it’s vital that from today, you minimise contact with people from outside your household.Everyone must take personal responsibility to avoid passing the virus on to loved ones this Christmas.https://t.co/dpk4hK17xs. Shadow education secretary Kate Green said it was "simply astonishing" that schools minister Nick Gibb "brush aside" concerns, while Darren Jones added: "Yet another example of Tory ministers thinking they can set a target and it will just happen. Should I just clear this up next time (the day I ship) at MEPS or wait until the moment of truth? Providing certainty to those travelling over Xmas, we will only make EMERGENCY removals to the #TravelCorridor list if needed for the next two weeks. In the months after Brexit Day on January 31, when the UK officially and legally left the European Union, bookmakers' odds heavily favoured no deal. Link Copied The Zero Moment of Truth Heat Maps by Industry April 2011. But the reality is that the rates of infection have increased very much in the last few weeks. The Prime Minister insisted: "I do! But the UK and EU have "strong links" and "I expect an ambitious level in that relationship," he added.Â, The chief negotiator concludes his speech to the European Parliament by being thanked by Ursula von der Leyen.Â, Michel Barnier says he will leave the European Parliament now as he has to return to negotiations.Â, He says he and Lord Frost are seeking what is "acceptable" on fisheries, although he does not know if they will be successful.Â. The declaration from the Conference of Presidents, initiated by Spanish member Iratxe Garcia Perez, states they are ready to hold an extraordinary session at the end of December if an agreement is reached by midnight on Sunday December 21. It will also indicate whether the forces of global governance are once again in the ascendency. The Military Entrance Procession Station is where potential military recruits are sent to test their suitability to join the military. But since then, the implied probability of no deal being reached has fallen considerably, spiking as the Internal Market Bill was first introduced in Parliament - a frosty period in UK/EU relations.Â, More than 100 parliamentarians including former minister Jeremy Hunt have written to Dominic Raab, urging him to "show leadership and uphold human rights", by joining the fight to protect the Rohingya Muslims from genocide.Â, Some 104 MPs and Lords are calling on the UK Government to formally support The Gambia’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to prevent the Myanmar military's persecution of the minority.Â, . Another day, another Sunday deadline - but will this one actually yield a Brexit deal?Â, Last night officials on both sides of the Channel privately admitted good progress had been made this week.Â. He reiterated a warning of caution over Christmas. The Moment Of Truth. So will Brexit be resolved by the Sunday deadline set by the EU? He said a deal would present opportunities for everyone on the island of Ireland. MEPs discuss what is to come after May's moment of truth | Raw Politics . Levels Surface and underworld . Schools minister Nick Gibb this morning said there was a distinction between what the local authority had done and the Government's decision to shut secondary schools in the first week of the new year.Â, "What is happening in January is we are rolling out the mass testing of 5.5 million people - that is why we are shutting the schools, but still primary schools will go back on January 4.". Favorite Answer. Watch below to find out. The Prime Minister is reportedly looking for a sign that the EU is prepared to move on fish. ", He added: "I think next year will still be lots of things in flux because of things being implemented, businesses getting used to it, the borders getting ready, all that kind of stuff, that will all continue to flux.Â, "So I think after the end of next year, we'll start to settle in more into sort of the normal new relationship, as it were. euronews (in English) 1:30. pic.twitter.com/zIsEJaGPNt. MEPs call for 'decisive action' over rule of law in Poland. ), Sunday’s joint statement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen came as little surprise. Lord Frost has met with Michel Barnier at European Commission headquarters for talks at chief negotiator level, James Crisp reports. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, stressed that the Government preferred the tiered approach, which was based on localised data and applying "restrictions on an area-by-area basis".Â, Asked if there would be no national lockdown, he told BBC Breakfast: "We think the tier system is a very effective way, of course, (but) you know, we rule nothing out. "I think the central question Prime Minister is what are you doing now to prevent the chances of a third lockdown? Last night the leaders held a "stock take" phone call to assess the state of negotiations. "It's the moment of truth. Chopper's Politics Podcast - Campbell-Bannerman, Ruparel, Moore, has urged Ursula von der Leyen to help him. "We will not face a vaccine shortfall but we will have something that is more spread out over time.". Size XL . - Credit: European parliament. The Labour leader says the tiered system "is not strong enough" and argues that Government communications on Christmas have been "all over the place". 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