The Express tonight writes that DUP held “good talks” with British ministers today as they sought more assurances on the backstop, ahead of Theresa May’s deal being voted on by MPS for a third time next week.
DUP held talks over the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, amid suggestions Northern Ireland could be offered more money. Chancellor Philip Hammond was one of the senior ministers in the meeting, which lead to speculation by MPs that the government may be thinking about setting aside more money for the DUP as part of its “confidence and supply” agreement.
You can read the article here; Is TIDE TURNING for May? DUP considers BACKING PM’s deal at third vote
Source: The Express
There has been a lot of Brexit talks about the UK-EU landborder on the island of Ireland over the last years. This is understandable.
However, UK has another landborder with EU – namely Gibraltar. The Gibraltar-EU Spaon border is from a strictly a Customs technical perspective one of the lost interesting borders of Europe, even the world. In a very short border distance there is all the chaplengesnof a border, goods transports, cars and motorbikes, travellers (walking), air, cruisers, sailboats and freight ships. There are certainly also other complications and challenges as well on this specific border.
I was invited as international Customs expert to Gibraltar Government and Gibraltar Customs to discuss Brexit and I have been in Gibraltar Monday-Tuesday this week for those discussions. I have worked with Gibraltar Government before and it is always a pleasure to visit and interact with the very competent Government officials and the Customs administration.
I was also asked to yesterday deliver an interactive workshop session for Customs Service Providers at the University of Gibralta.
In the afternoon I delivered a Key Note Speech to Gibraltar Private Sector and business at a seminar organized by Gibraltar Government, Gibraltar Customs, the International Association of AEO, Customs and Logistics and University of Gibraltar.
We had a full house with more than 120 private sector leaders in the beautiful University building.
The seminar was very well organized and a great success.
Deputy Chief Minister Garcia opened the event, Collector John Rodriguez made an introductory remark and ghen I held a 90 minutes speech and presentation follwed by an interactive Q and A session. We recoved many relavant and good questions.
After the long day with great meetings we finalized this visit with a dinner at the hotel, together with Customs Collector John Rodriguez, Laura Pujol from the International Association for AEO, Customs and Logistics.
I hope to be able to return soon to Gibraltar. I am dedicated to help out with the next steps of the process.
I have spent the last days in Birmingham for meetings.
It is really history in front of our eyes that is happening right now. Being in United Kingdom really makes you realize how Brexit basically effects everybody in their daily lives – and thst many Brits are starting to get tired of the entire issue.
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