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Is it right for Joe Biden to remove the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office?

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With Biden removing the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office, has this set the scene with US U.K. relations?
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Will the UK get a favourable deal with the US after Boris spoke with Biden?

With Biden now in the Whitehouse, the UK is on the hunt for a trade deal with the US. When the bust of Winston Churchill was removed from the Oval Office under Barack Obama, Boris had something to say about it. Now the bust has been removed once again, Boris is silent. We can see the PM is trying to butter up the US President to seek a trade deal, especially as we’ve exited the EU. The only downside to this arrangement is that Biden was not a supporter of Brexit. The question is, will the UK get...

Jan 25, 2021•10 min•Ep. 1

Rejoiners try to cancel the festival of Britain in 2022

With Britain now out of the EU, it seems remainers are on the attack trying to bring down everything that celebrates Britain. The key question is, why?. Remainers have reacted to a £120 million nationwide festival to celebrate everything British in 2022. This festival coincides with the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The SNP say it costs too much to put the event on, yet they would put on a second referendum regardless of the cost. The remainers don’t want Britain to thrive, and they see...

Jan 25, 2021•10 min•Ep. 4

Rishi Sunak sends EU into a panic after pushing to cut red tape around London’s financial sector.

With the UK Chancellor cutting red tape around the financial sector, this may be great for Britain. Still, it may well go against the level playing field clauses in the new future relationship agreement signed last December. The level playing field terms states that Britain can’t become more competitive than the EU as it would be deemed an unfair advantage to Britain. Doing so will end in sanctions. Will Boris be strong enough to facedown the EU to protect the London financial system?

Jan 22, 2021•5 min•Ep. 3

French Minister gloats at French fishermen having a better deal that the British on fisheries.

Fishing is still a very contentious subject in the realm of Brexit. The deal served to the UK fishermen wasn’t a good deal, nor was it taking back control of its quotas as promised. Today the French-backed up that sentiment saying: “They (UK) wanted all of their waters to themselves, but we kept all of the access.” With this analogy, it looks like the EU have come away with a better deal. The question is has Britain really taken back control of its waters?

Jan 22, 2021•15 min•Ep. 2
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