After they issued further licences to French fishing boats, the UK and Jersey governments have moved a step closer to easing tensions with France. The two powers had been at loggerheads over licences, with Paris accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of preventing fishermen from trawling British waters. After the EU trade deal with the EU, new rules changed the way in which fishermen carry out their operations, as part of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement TCA.
Now smaller French vessels must prove that they worked in the waters around the British coastline before the UK's departure. Applications have been granted to those who have the correct documentation, despite France saying the UK hasn't given enough licences. It is just one of a string of disagreements between the EU and the UK post-Brexit. Brexit continues to divide opinion in the UK.
Andrew Marr, the veteran journalist who last month announced his departure from the BBC, claimed this summer that the referendum could go as far as finishing Britain's leftist politics. He says that the Left has failed to embrace the optimism that Mr Johnson and his team have emulated - something that has rubbed off on the country. He stated in the NewStatesman that Remainer predictions of a swift economic collapse didn't come to pass, although he conceded that it was difficult to measure the full extent of the outbreak because of the coronaviruses. JUST IN: Brits back Boris after PM hosted Downing St quiz.
He wrote: "I think Brexit has left British politics more unpredictable and volatile than I expected." Parts of the Tory coalition will unravel if trade deals with the US and Australia hammer British farming and introduce food produced to standards that country doesn't find acceptable, according to the Conservatives. On Northern Ireland, we still haven't had a single prime minister explain exactly what Britain thought it was signing, and how the EU can reconcile its single market with greater flexibility. There is jeopardy on that side. There is a danger on the other side as the opposition finds itself caught in a near-impossible dilemma. Boris slams BBC for vengeful coverage of Christmas partygate REPORT Cummings detonates new bomb INSIGHT Michael Portillo dismantles Boris Johnson leadership in brutal rant ANALYSIS Pointing out the flaws and failures of the Brexit deal is part of its job and the large number of voters wanting the UK to join the EU demand nothing less. This risks making the centre-left sound irredeemably pessimistic about the future. If there is one thing we have learned from Johnson's victories, it is that optimism is a powerful political quality and a life-saving buoyancy in turbulent times. Between politicians whose message is 'This is all ghastly and everything is now going to get worse' and those who say 'Well, there will be bumps and spills but the future s bright', I know who I would back to win.
If the left doesn't find an optimistic, enthusing British prospectus of its own, then it is done in the short term. In recent weeks, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has reshuffled his party in order to get a better grasp on the topic of Brexit. Sir Keir backed by stay in 2016 and said that a Make Brexit Work promise was a big part of my agenda with the changes intended to focus on the most important issue facing the country. He said that the reshuffle gave a smaller, more focused shadow cabinet that is focused on the priorities of the country.