Downing St has rejected the EU's estimate of the UK's post-Brexit divorce bill after new figures put the total debt at £40.8bn.

The sum was published in the EU's accounts for 2020, which also state that the UK should pay the EU £5.8bn this year.

No 10 insisted the bill - which covers spending commitments made before the UK left the EU - stands between £35-39bn.

It said the EU estimate did not reflect "all the money owed back to the UK".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57778667

The EU will have to join the queue we may have to pay UEFA First

LOL :)

Don't be too surprised if Northern Ireland makes the news for all the wrong reasons tomorrow:

It's the 12th of July. LINK.:doh:

Nor would I be too surprised if we get a bit of violent behavior somewhere in the Clyde Valley.

Mike.

I certainly wouldn't be surprised at all....having been forced to work overtime on said day previously in the past.

Looks like everyone was well behaved:

Twelfth parades across Northern Ireland 'passed without incident'

Good.

Mike.

Who'd have guessed that prior?

BoJo has managed something few other mainland UK politicians have done - annoyed both sides of NI's political spectrum.:hmmm:

Mike.

True that :yep:

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have failed to reach agreement on UK demands to reshape post-Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland.

The PM and president of the European Commission spoke earlier about the UK's suggested changes to the Northern Ireland protocol.

Ms von der Leyen said that the EU will "not renegotiate" the original deal.

But a Downing Street spokesman said the PM reiterated the protocol is "unsustainable" and must be changed.

Mr Johnson also urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to consider "significant changes" to the agreement during a call on Thursday, No 10 said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57930799

Still posting russian propaganda to divide your nation?
What i see is Johnson and the right wing are willfully trying to finally destroy the BBC, this only broadcasting corporation that is in any respect taken seriously outside of England.

https://www.spiegel.de/international...f-240feff3e06c

https://www.blaetter.de/en/2021/07/t...he-rule-of-law

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a9338631.html

In the politics of polarization, every ground in the middle must be destroyed.

And today, every ownber of a yelling vpoice with power ambitions uses it. From Trump to the EU HQ, from Johnson to putin, from Fridays for Future to Bolsonaro. They all aim at maximum possible polarization,a ccortding to GW Bushs given parole: "either you are with us, or you are against us."


No prisoners taken. No negotiations wanted. The winners wants it all.

Can't remember if asked it before I don't remember any answer given to me.

Does anyone of you know what the outcome would be if the negotiation between UK and EU on the Northern Ireland - Ireland border issue collapse ?

As I understand it if it fails there will be a hard border between these two.

Markus

Yes, hard Irish-Irish border.
Plus a full cancellation/invaldiation of the whole Brexit treaty, becasue the EU sees the NI protocol as integrated part of Brexit treaty. "Either all, or nothing at all."

Formally, the UK is to exclusively blame over this. They could and should have know what they signed.

The whole Ireland issue cannot logically, resonably be solved. Its beyond a logical, reasonable solution.