Members of industry association say large number of vehicles will be used to block key artery between nationsFrench fishers are threatening to block access to the Eurotunnel and the ferry port in Calais on Friday as part of an ongoing dispute over acce…
From energy prices to the new cold war, we were warned about 2021 – back in 1997 | Zoe Williams
Terrorism, tension between China and the US, an uncontrollable plague … Wired’s 24-year-old list of what could go wrong with the world is depressingly familiarIn 1997, when things could only get better, Wired magazine gave over an issue to the raw opti…
Ryanair to pull London Stock Exchange listing because of Brexit
Budget airline returns to quarterly profit but plans to cut winter ticket pricesRyanair will pull its share listing from the London Stock Exchange in the next six months because of Brexit, as the airline made a quarterly profit for the first time since…
France has 48 hours to back down in fishing row, warns Liz Truss
Foreign secretary says UK will begin dispute talks set out in Brexit deal if threats not withdrawnThe UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has warned France it has 48 hours to back down on threats made in the row over fishing licences or the UK will begin…
What does a stream of raw sewage symbolise? Broken Brexit promises, for one | Zoe Williams
A Lords amendment sought to stop water companies dumping raw sewage – and 265 Tories voted against it. This faecal matter has become a powerful symbol of modern BritainI remember the good ol’ days, when we weren’t always lurching from one crisis to ano…
Why it’s high time to move on from ‘just-in-time’ supply chains | Kim Moody
This logistical model is the engine of breakneck capitalism. But its fragility is now being exposedA price shock on the global natural gas markets brings down several small energy providers, leaving customers without heating and facing rising fuel pric…
Trade war looms as UK set to spurn EU offer on Northern Ireland
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European court of justiceFears that the UK is heading for a trade war with the EU have been fuelled by strong indications from the government that it thinks proposals to be unveile…
Brexit is all around us, yet politicians run scared of even uttering the ‘B word’ | Anand Menon
It did not get a look-in at either party conference but make no mistake: Brexit is alive and kickingWe seek it here, we seek it there. Yet Brexit is nowhere to be seen. Neither Labour in Brighton nor the Conservatives in Manchester wanted to utter the …
Tories’ manifesto pledge to build 300,000 houses a year now ‘almost impossible’
Shortages of material, labour and drivers put the party’s mid-2020 target in serious jeopardy, say analystsBoris Johnson’s election pledge to build 300,000 new houses a year is in serious jeopardy in the face of labour and material shortages that are c…
Boris Johnson’s prize porkies – cartoon
The sad tale of the three little pigs, as told by the prime minister• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading…