The EU is in big trouble with eurosceptics set to form the Italian government tonight. They have pledged to deport 500,000 illegal immigrants, ignore EU austerity rules, go on a big spending programme & setup the possibility of quitting the Euro. It is a rejection of the EU & everything it stands for. BREXIT is already damaging Spanish exports after trade with the United Kingdom fell for the first time in five years in 2017. Sales of Spanish products to Britain fell six per cent last year. While trade with the European Union grew eight per cent in the same period, according to the latest Bank of Spain report. A total of seven per cent of all of Spanish exporting firms trade with the UK, the secretary of commerce A quarter of the 11,695 Spanish trading companies only do business with the British Isles. These entities are the “most vulnerable” to Brexit, the Bank of Spain said. The Spanish government continues to exert direct control over Catalan affairs even though a new regional leader has emerged.The newly inaugurated Quim Torra, a hard-line separatist who views himself as a stand-in for ousted ex-premier Carles Puigdemont, has drafted a list of cabinet members that includes four former officials of the breakaway government. Two of these individuals are fugitives from justice, and two more are in custody awaiting trial over rebellion and misuse of public funds. ....... The leader of the left-wing anti-austerity party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, has called a referendum on whether he and his partner, Podemos spokesperson Irene Montero, should remain in their roles, after the couple received fierce criticism for buying a €600,000-country house in Galapagar, a town northwest of Madrid. Ryanair is making almost £5million a day from customers paying extra fees in addition to standard airfares, it revealed today. he Dublin-based airline revealed that it racked up an astonishing £1.75billion in 'ancillary revenues' last year, as it cashed in on everything from baggage charges, to priority boarding, reserved seats and car hire. The airline credited some of the growth to the success of its dedicated technology team Ryanair Labs, which has worked on its website and app to increase customers' take-up of extra services. ...........Ryanair saw full-year revenues and profits rise, despite cancelling over 20,000 flights last year after mismanaging pilots' annual leave. UK Ministers were today accused of risking national security by 'turning a blind eye' to the Russian 'dirty money' flowing through the City of London. MPs on the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said despite the outcry over the Salisbury nerve agent attack, President Vladimir Putin and his allies were continuing to use the City as a base for their 'corrupt assets'. In damning conclusions, the MPs said the government needed to show 'stronger political leadership', with further sanctions against 'Kremlin-connected individuals' and action to close loopholes in the existing regime. ....... Vulnerable women are being sexually exploited on an industrial scale in so-called 'pop-up brothels' run by trafficking gangs, a new report warns today. The brothels, often set up in residential properties using short-term leases, allow gangs to keep ahead of police and retain control over the women, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade said. It called for Britain to follow the lead of other European nations by criminalising people who pay for sex, but decriminalising the selling of sex, in an attempt to cut demand. Ireland foot baller Darron Gibson has avoided a spell behind bars after crashing his Mercedes into other cars while drunk on his way to a training session. The former Sunderland midfielder, 30, was three times over the drink-drive limit when he ploughed his 4x4 into a taxi then several other cars last month. It is the second time he has admitted drink driving in three years. In 2015 he drove into three cyclists repairing a wheel on the pavement before fleeing the scene. He had been swigging from a litre bottle of vodka and taken strong sleeping pills the night before, the court heard. A roadside test recorded him having 105mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath - reduced at the police station to 95mg. The legal limit is 35mg.He was handed a two-year community order and banned from driving for 40 months at South Tyneside Magistrates Court.