One source close to the negotiations said there was “frustration” on the UK side that Brussels had so far rejected giving Britain access to the databases.

“This is something that we would see as mutually beneficial but so far there has been no movement,” the source said

The entitlement is still strong on the far side of the Channel. First you leave and insult the EU to no end, you want out out out of everything related to it… and then you come crawling back whining about mutual beneficial cooperation.

A bit rich, I’d say

I normally don't support bypassing paywalls for newspapers.

Quality journalism has a price. We should all support it. I lived in a country where all great newspapers collapsed, because no one wanted to subscribe (cultural reason). Only clickbait trash survived. I can assure you it's really not a nice country.

However, I'll make an exception for The Times, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

The same Rupert Murdoch who owns The Sun, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and many other media organizations. He also owned News of the World, a newspaper which illegally hacked crime victims and broke into the homes of UK politicians.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/26/gordon-brown-criminal-complaint-rupert-murdoch-news-group-newspapers

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68615789

Rupert Murdoch once attempted to blackmail the British Prime Minister

https://www.channel4.com/news/major-denies-sun-editor-abused-him-after-black-wednesday

He is also a huge climate change denier:

https://time.com/5765304/rupert-murdoch-son-climate/

This man has done more damage to democracy than any other Australian.

Fuck Rupert Murdoch.

"The more we can share, the better." - says Starmer... you're pulling my leg, right? ...or I should say: "are you taking a piss, mate?"

They’re not Brexiting hard enough.

The ones that were a condition of freedom of movement, you mean?

W