Not about the Virus

Not about the virus. 5th June
George Floyd protests are continuing in other parts of the world.  A very large demonstration happened in Birmingham in the UK.  A memorial service in the USA was shown on television and the speakers were angry but also sure that change is coming.  Obama gave a speech where he is optimistic for the future for his children and for other Black people.  Trump just says there has to be Law and Order and he sends troops on to the streets.  There is a huge division in the USA.   Protesters in Philadelphia say they were harassed by white men with weapons.  They were spat upon and verbally abused by white men.  The “Black Lives Matter” group are now suing Trump for gassing the protesters in Washington.
The last round of talks about Brexit finish on 5th June.  It has not been possible to meet and the talks were by video call.  There does not appear to be any breakthrough and the UK say the EU will have to change.  At the moment, the EU has been working much more on the virus and developing a new budget for the next 7 years.  Brexit has not been on the minds of the different countries.  Business in the UK are very worried because they have huge financial problems and very large numbers of people will lose their jobs.  They don’t think they can cope with all the changes needed for Brexit by December.  At the same time, they are upset about the lack of clear decisions on what is to happen.  Boris still says UK will leave completely on December 31st, no matter if there is no agreement.  UK hopes German government will step in in October to fix things.

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