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The British government is going to wargame the impact of leaving the European Union on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules on Monday, chartering dozens of articulated lorries to simulate the impact of traffic near the port of Dover.

Sammy Wilson MP has said that there is no way the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will support Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU Withdrawal Agreement, which Members of Parliament are due to vote on next week.

Contents: Britain may establish a military base in South China Sea after Brexit; US State Dept issues elevated travel warning for China

Prime Minister Theresa May’s “worst deal in history” with the European Union has suffered another blow as polling reveals her party membership would prefer to leave the bloc with no deal at all.

The European Union’s facade of confidence in the Brexit negotiations is beginning to crack, as the Irish government admits it will need “mega-money” in aid to survive the fallout of “No Deal”.

I wonder who in Theresa May’s dark arts department has persuaded Rod Liddle of the virtues of this betrayal of the Brexit cause. It doesn’t augur well, does it? If they can get to Rod, then no one is safe.

Contents: Brexit chaos continues as Britain heads for March 29 cliff; Big upsurge in migrants crossing English Channel by boat, especially Iranians

Happy New Year everyone. And as – I think – Che Guevara once said, “Let’s hope it’s a good one. Without any tears…”

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has demanded the Government “stands up to the EU and to France” to bring the Channel migrant crisis under control

Members of Parliament opposed to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union are using the pretext of Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiations with the European Union going badly to suspend the legal date for the nation’s withdrawal from the political power bloc.

Merkel ally and candidate for president of the European Commission Manfred Weber has said that the EU should have “interfered” during the Brexit campaign.

A senior civil servant has blown the whistle on “Project Fear Mark III”, revealing that the country is actually well-prepared for a “No Deal” Brexit and the scare stories about Britain “crashing out” into “chaos and doom” are “absolutely untrue”.

The Remain campaign’s outlandish prophecies of recession and world war following a Leave vote became infamous during the EU referendum — and have been revived stronger than ever as EU loyalists attempt to derail or water down Brexit.

A boyband called “The Breunion Boys” has launched in the Netherlands in a last-ditch effort to stop Brexit.

Brexiteer and leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom has said the legal default position is the UK leaving the bloc without a deal if Prime Minister Theresa May’s agreement is voted down in the House of Commons next month.

Russian president Vladimir Putin goaded British anti-Brexiteers campaigning for a re-run of EU referendum at his annual press conference in Moscow, asking: “Is this democracy?”

The Hungarian government has hit out at the Financial Times naming George Soros their “Person of the Year”.

The Chairman of JCB, one of Britain’s biggest manufacturers and exporters, has said there is “nothing to fear” from making a clean break with the EU in a so-called “No Deal” Brexit.

Chairman of Leave Means Leave John Longworth has said Britain will “prosper” if it makes a clean break from EU on World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

The governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have already made preparations for Britain leaving the EU without a deal, with the European Commission relenting on their hard line by making concessions on freight, flights, and some financial services.

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has told Breitbart News that Donald Trump is a believer in Brexit, that the EU is starting a new Cold War with America, and that he is rebuilding his People’s Army to fight another Brexit referendum.

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has said that Britain’s historic vote to Leave the European Union would not have happened without Breitbart, and warned that the next “great battle” is against Facebook Google, and the other tech giants attempting to stifle alternative voices.

The Prime Minister of Poland has warned that the European Union’s “unfortunate behaviour” in negotiations with the United Kingdom risks landing the bloc with a No Deal Brexit.

Cabinet Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom has attacked suggestions by Cabinet Remainer Amber Rudd that there could be a “plausible argument” for a second referendum if the Withdrawal Agreement is voted down in Parliament.

Migration Watch UK has warned the Government’s plans for immigration after Brexit will lead to an influx “even more massive” than the record levels Britain is already experiencing.

Britain’s Conservative government has devised a brilliant new strategy to distract from its disastrous handling of Brexit: faux outrage that Jeremy Corbyn has been caught by the cameras in Parliament muttering that Theresa May is a “stupid woman”.

Ultra-Remain Tory MPs are threatening to resign from the Conservative Party if the Government shifts its main focus to planning for a No Deal Brexit.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romanian stocks on Wednesday dived after the government unveiled a surprise package to slash the budget deficit by raising 10 billion lei ($2.45 billion) of extra revenue, including through a tax on banks.

Two ministers have reportedly accused Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond of keeping a tight grip on Treasury funds meant for No Deal Brexit preparations.

European Commissioners and other eurocrats are receiving substantial pay rises for Christmas, while the unelected executive’s controversial president Jean-Claude Juncker was pictured having to be “supported by two employees” at a festive dinner in Vienna.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet will ramp up preparations for a clean break from the EU without a deal.

A number of media outlets are reporting that Theresa May’s Cabinet will be presented with an option to ramp up preparations for a clean break from the EU, with 11 ministers said to back a “Managed No Deal”.

BERLIN (AP) – A closely watched survey shows increasing pessimism among German businesses.

Post-Brexit Britain will open visa routes for low-skilled migrants, according to immigration plans set to be unveiled this week, despite the government having been urged not to do so by its own expert policy body.

HBO and Channel 4 are facing backlash from supporters of the European Union over their upcoming film Brexit, with some leftist claiming the Benedict Cumberbatch drama is a form of unwelcome interference into the British criminal justice system. 

Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in Theresa May’s premiership, after she pushed a vote on her Brexit deal beyond Christmas.