by Whitehouse Communications | 25 Sep 2020 | Uncategorized
De-facto internal border in Kent proposed Earlier this week, the government announced that truck drivers will need a permit to enter Kent after the Brexit transition period ends. The announcement came after a letter from cabinet minister Michael Gove warned that,...
by Whitehouse Communications | 23 Sep 2020 | Brexit, Civil liberties, Communications, European Union, Politics, Uncategorized
Whether you’re an MP or a researcher, backbencher or frontbench, Labour or Tory; nothing unites Westminster like complaining about conference season. Most will declare themselves pleased at not having to leave their sofa this autumn, but I suspect more than a few...
by Whitehouse Communications | 18 Sep 2020 | Brexit, European Union, Politics
The Internal Market Bill passed the second reading… On Monday, 14th September, after a heated debate, the House of Commons voted in favour of the controversial Internal Market Bill in its second reading by 340 to 263. By way of reminder, for those who stopped...
by Whitehouse Communications | 18 Sep 2020 | Uncategorized
International human rights leader Bill Browder has predicted that “all major civilized countries” will have a “relatively robust” Magnitsky-style sanctions regime in place within a year, which targets Hong Kong senior officials for the human rights violations they...
by Whitehouse Communications | 16 Sep 2020 | European Union
This morning all eyes were on Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, who for the first time since the start of her term addressed the European Parliament for the annual State of the Union speech. After a year marked by a global pandemic and economic...