36 years on, Wham! top the charts - page 4 California’s British Accent ™ - Since 1984 Saturday, January 2, 2021 • Number 1868 Always Free New Year, New Britain? Country stands at ‘amazing moment’, PM claims as withdrawal from EU is finalized Britain is at an “amazing moment” in its history, Boris Johnson claimed on Friday as he pledged to realise the promises of Brexit and rebuild prosperity after Covid. The prime minister overwhelming instinct of looking, internationalist marked the end of formal the people of this country and free-trading global ties with the European to come together as one - Britain, that campaigns Union at 11pm thursday England, Scotland, Wales for 12 years of quality night with an upbeat new and Northern Ireland education for every girl in year message saying the working together to the world”. country could now do express our values around things differently and the world.” He added: “happy and glad” better. “As the sun rises on 2021 Meanwhile Eurosceptic He promised to we have the certainty Tory MPs hailed the end of “turbocharge” his aim of that [the UK] is free to do the Brexit transition period making Britain a science things differently, and if as a “victory for democracy superpower, leading the necessary better, than our and sovereignty”. world in tackling climate friends in the EU.” Veteran anti-Brussels change, and to create Mr Johnson declared Tory Sir Bill Cash said it was millions of high-skilled that being unshackled a “victory for democracy jobs. from Brussels will make and sovereignty” that “This is an amazing Britain “free to do trade can only be compared “Having taken back control of our money, our borders, our moment for this country,” deals around the world, in peacetime with the laws and our waters by leaving the European Union on he said. “We have our and free to turbocharge evolution of modern January 31, we now seize the moment to forge a fantastic freedom in our hands and our ambition to be a democracy after the end of it is up to us to make the science superpower”. the Stuart dynasty. new relationship with our European neighbours, based on most of it.” He added: “From He was “extremely free trade and friendly cooperation” biosciences to artificial happy and glad” that - Boris Johnson, December 30th. “rosy glow” intelligence, and with our the UK was leaving the He praised Oxford world-leading battery single market and customs be celebrating with French has been a Tory MP for our hearts resided – with scientists for delivering and wind technology, we union, and praised the PM, champagne to “show that more than 30 years, said the wider world and with “a beacon of hope” in a will work with partners negotiators and voters for we are pro-Europe but he felt “much relief” that national democracy. vaccine that is cheap and around the world not just making it happen. anti-EU”. the UK has stated its wish “Today I feel much quick to produce. The to tackle climate change Mark Francois, He added: “It has been to be “self-governing”. relief that our country country would return to but to create the millions chairman of the European a very long campaign and He said: “I never has been open with our normality, he promised, of high-skilled jobs this Research Group of Tory we’ve gone from being doubted we would win friends in Europe and “bathed in a rosy glow country will need, not just Brexiteers, said: “Tonight looked on as being strange the referendum. I argued stated clearly we wish to of nostalgia, going to the this year – 2021 – as we we get a chance to wave people that wanted to that we were being good be self-governing, whilst pub, concerts, theatres, bounce back from Covid, both 2020 and the EU leave this wonderful Europeans by stepping good friends and allies of restaurants, or simply but in the years to come.” goodbye, within an hour European Union by the aside from their mighty theirs. holding hands with our Looking forward to of each other. After a truly establishment who have task to create a United “I look forward to loved ones”. the UK hosting the G7 terrible year and a great always held that view, to States of Europe. 2021 as a year of strong Claims that the trading and COP 26 international struggle for our liberty, it’s being able to campaign “We should wish them economic recovery, relationship with the EU summits of world leaders a marvellous example of a and get the support of well and be friends with where we can start to use could lead to the UK’s in 2021, Mr Johnson buy one, get one free.” people to defeat the them. But the fact that the the new freedoms and break-up were dismissed. promised “an open, Tory Eurosceptic establishment.” UK had refused to join opportunities now open to “It will be the generous, outward- Peter Bone said he would Sir John Redwood, who the euro showed where global Britain.” News from Britain 2-4 • Stargazing 5 • Puzzles 5 • Brits in LA 8 • Meet a Member 9, • Sport 15-16 Page 2 The british Weekly, Sat. January 2, 2021 News From Britain Britain ‘ready to soar’ in 2021 n Liz Truss promises lift-off after signing 63 global deals wood products being the Other key deals coming of trade blocs, including GLOBAL Britain is main imports to Britain. into force are with the South Africa Customs ready to take flight, with The Government also Switzerland and Canada, Union and Cariforum, more than 60 trade deals agreed a tariff-free deal covering commerce worth which covers Caribbean coming into force this with Turkey, covering £36billion and £22billion countries including week, the International the £18billion-a-year in 2019 respectively. Jamaica, Trinidad and Trade Secretary claimed relationship between the Ms Truss has also Tobago, Belize, Guyana this week. two nations. secured deals with a series and the Bahamas. Elizabeth Truss said British businesses could take advantage of a Free by February? “world of opportunity” now the country is fully free from EU rules and regulations. She also promised that the Government was working towards “gold- standard” deals with the US and Australia in the ‘ECONOMIC DYNAMISM’: a trade deal with coming year. Vietnam was just one of the agreements Trade deals with 63 unveiled by Liz Truss this week countries came into effect on Friday, along with the nations like Japan and Britishshaped deals. free trade agreement with Singapore. “We have now secured the EU struck by Boris “And we are working trade deals with 63 Johnson on Christmas towards gold-standard countries plus the EU, Eve. deals with allies such as accounting for £885billion The deals cover trading the US and Australia. worth of trade annually. relationships that were “Meanwhile, we “There is a world of worth £885billion in 2019. have made big strides opportunity out there and Ms Truss said: “After towards joining perhaps I am looking forward to taking back control of the most vibrant trading going further and faster to our trade policy last year, area on Earth – the seize it.” 2m jabs of the new Oxford-Astra Zeneca jab are ready for the we have worked flat Comprehensive and Earlier in the week most vulnerable and elderly within a fortnight in the UK out to strike agreements Progressive Trans-Pacific Ms Truss concluded with likeminded allies to Partnership. negotiations for an BRITAIN could be at least a month later. can control the current support the best of British “Together, we would economic partnership free from severe Covid When two whole doses surge.” business and cement our stand for rules-based free agreement with restrictions by February were given at least a Chancellor Rishi Sunak status as a global services trade and real economic Cameroon, ensuring the thanks to a new “winning month apart, the vaccine was impressed by the and technology hub. dynamism.” UK will trade as freely formula” vaccine. had an efficacy of 62 per news. “While we were She also said that “2021 with the West African The “game-changing” cent. He said: “There is light not able to unleash the will see Global Britain nation as it did under EU Oxford- AstraZeneca jab Full results meant the at the end of the tunnel full potential of our take flight, free as a fully membership. was approved this week overall efficacy was 70 per with the vaccine. I’m innovators in the past, we independent trading Total UK trade with in the UK, paving the way cent. confident that if we all are now championing the nation to support jobs and Cameroon amounted to for a mass vaccination Pascal Soriot, chief pitch in together we will industries of the future opportunity across every £200million in 2019, with blitz. executive of AstraZeneca, get through this as we with innovation-loving corner of the UK through nuts, bananas, timber and Insiders say the said: “We think we have have done through this perfected vaccine works figured out the winning year, and we can look 171 Pier Ave. Ste. 121 • Santa Monica CA 90405 better than hoped and will formula and how to get forward to a brighter Tel: (310) 452 2621 • Fax: (310) 314-7653 match the best on offer. efficacy that, after two future.” [email protected] The jab rollout could doses, is up there with But the easing of www.british-weekly.com • Twitter/BritishWeekly begin next Monday with everybody else.” national restrictions plans to have two million Optimism Mr Soriot would depend on Managing Editor: Neil Fletcher given within a fortnight.