Scotland 'shafted' in Brexit trade shambles, Ian Blackford claims

Brexit trade agreement with the European Union has been published on Boxing Day - less than a week before it is due to be implemented. Both the EU and UK published the treaty running at up to 1,255 pages on Saturday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson works to persuade Eurosceptic backbench Conservative MPs to back it as the “right deal” for the country.

Brexit trade deal announced yesterday (December 24).The UK and the EU came to the agreement just one week before the nations are set to fully leave the union following 2016’s referendum.The deal includes points on travel for UK citizens within the EU – a key concern for touring artists – as well as imports and exports, security, manufacturing, energy and more.In a statement, Njoku-Goodwin said the deal was “welcome and has removed some of the uncertainty facing the music industry”, but left

promises the Tories made to the industry appeared to have been broken. Macdonald, who represents the largest quota owners in Scotland, said that while the full details of the deal were to emerge it did not appear to deliver on the industry’s aspirations.

Brexit trade with just eight days to go before it leaves the trade bloc. It will come into effect on January 1 2021 after the transition period ends.The deal was announced by Boris Johnson during a press conference on Christmas Eve.

immediately attacked the settlement, saying “there is no deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes away from us.”On a historic Christmas Eve that will set Scotland and the UK on a different political course from the rest of Europe, Johnson boasted that his “jumbo-sized Canada-style deal” was what the country needs.Johnson said the agreement resolves the European question which has “bedevilled” British politics for generations.But as Sturgeon made plain the end of the Britain’s four

Boris Johnson said the deal would "benefit every party of the UK".The Prime Minister declared it would boost the fishing industry as well as the financial sector - two key employers north of the Border.European diplomats will meet on Christmas morning to review the deal on behalf of the EU's 27 member states, while MPs are likely to vote on the agreement on December 30.But the First Minister took a less than enthusiastic view.Sturgeon tweeted: “Before the spin starts, it’s worth remembering that

direct to your inboxA post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed with the EU.It comes as talks went to the wire, with the UK leaving the trade bloc in just over a week's time on December 31.Talks in Brussels had been focused on the details of fishing rights but both sides have indicated a Christmas Eve deal would be announced, bringing an end to months of wrangling just a week before current trading arrangements expire.Boris Johnson has been in close contact with European Commission president Ursula

Boris Johnson is expected to announce the deal on Christmas Eve morning, but talks were continuing in Brussels through the night as the two sides hammered out the final details on fishing.

Nicola Sturgeon tonight called on Boris Johnson to extend the Brexit transition period. The First Minister took to Twitter with no breakthrough in negotiations between the UK and the EU in sight.

First Minister also announced a strict travel ban between Scotland and the rest of the UK and the world.

coronavirus deaths recorded in Scotland overnight. The First Minister also announced in her daily briefing 689 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total figure to 108,438.The death toll now sits at 4,173.Some 1,031 patients are currently in hospital being treated for the deadly virus with 49 of those in intensive care.It comes as Boris Johnson is resisting changes to the UK’s Christmas visiting restrictions despite growing fears easing lockdown will lead to “many” deaths.

Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson means lockdown restrictions will be temporarily eased for a five day period from December 23 - meaning people from up to three households can form "a bubble" allowing them to meet indoors. But Christmas mixing was branded a "terrible idea" yesterday by an Edinburgh-based academic who has advised the First Minister during the pandemic.Devi Sridhar, a professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: "Christmas mixing in the U.K.

A self-imposed Sunday deadline for a Brexit deal has been extended by the United Kingdom and European Union, continuing the crucial discussions on trade. Both sides, though, warned that they were unlikely to reach an agreement.