British farmers are struggling but French farmers are really happy after Brexit
British farmers are quickly learning that it is almost impossible to compete in a very competitive agrifoods sector on the continent.
British farmers are quickly learning that it is almost impossible to compete in a very competitive agrifoods sector on the continent.
On Sunday 2nd March, North Herts for Europe hosted a Zoom seminar with Brendan Donnelly from the Rejoin EU Party. Donnelly served as an MEP from 1994-1999, initially as a Conservative before leaving the party due to its anti-European policies. During the seminar, titled Reset or Rejoin? The Choice for Brexit Britain, Donnelly discussed the…
UK Researchers have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entering the Horizon Programme one year ago. The UK has had the highest number of beneficiaries of any of the 19 non-EU members and, in terms of value, the third highest. In total, nearly 3000 British science projects were awarded grants in 2024, according to…
Operation Yellowhammer In 2019 the Government produced Brexit Worst Case Predictions for a No deal Brexit ‘Reasonable Worst Case Scenario’ for internal use only called ‘Operation Yellowhammer‘. This was leaked to the Sunday Times and the Institute for Government produced a summary. No Preparation The Government chose to produce a ‘Hard Brexit’ with no preparation,…
They We are all sick and tired of Brexit and would like to hear no more of it. Does Boris really think it can all be put behind us and we can then get on with everything else that needs to be done – the NHS, schools, jobs, housing, social care, and so much more?…
North Herts for Europe has had a letter published in the Comet: It is now looking increasingly unlikely that an extension of Transition period with the EU can be agreed by the end of this month, and according to a Social Market Foundation report commissioned by the cross-party Best for Britain group published in May…
False equivalence Over the years there have been a series of occurrences of False equivalence in BBC news programmes, where Ofcom has had to correct the BBC. The existence of Climate change being a notable one, where climate scientists were set against those with no knowledge of the subject. BBC Complaint handling The BBC’s failure…