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Boris Johnson Wins Race To Be Britain’s Next Leader

Boris Johnson Wins Race To Be Britain’s Next Leader

“It is more likely that I will be reincarnated as an olive, locked in a disused fridge, decapitated by a flying frisbee” – Boris Johnson in 2015, when asked by Channel 4 News about his chances of becoming prime minister. And yet, here we are. Boris Johnson’s lengthy journey to the summit of British politics […]

“I Am The Second Female Prime Minister, Definitely Not The Last” – Theresa May Resigns

“I Am The Second Female Prime Minister, Definitely Not The Last” – Theresa May Resigns

Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close. Speaking in Downing Street, May said it had been “the honour of my life” to serve as Britain’s second female prime minister. Her […]

Brexit Talks Collapse as May’s Premiership Crumbles

Brexit Talks Collapse as May’s Premiership Crumbles

Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May’s crumbling government. Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48% in a referendum to leave the EU, it remains unclear how, when or even […]

Theresa May Agrees To A ‘Vote Of Confidence’ As Brexit Plan Fails

Theresa May Agrees To A ‘Vote Of Confidence’ As Brexit Plan Fails

In 2017 she lost her majority. In 2018, she lost her authority. Tonight, she lost her Brexit plan. So, what happens next? Within seconds of the biggest parliamentary defeat in modern history, a humiliated Theresa May announced she would agree to a vote of confidence in her own government. But Jeremy Corbyn had already beaten […]

There Might Be No Brexit – Theresa May

There Might Be No Brexit – Theresa May

Approve my deal or risk no Brexit at all, British Prime Minister Theresa May will warn Monday as she makes a final effort to shore up support ahead of Tuesday’s crucial vote on her beleaguered withdrawal deal with the European Union. In a speech to workers at a factory in Stoke-on-Trent, a part of the […]

Britain Can Decide On Its Own To Stop Brexit

Britain Can Decide On Its Own To Stop Brexit

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the UK can decide on its own to revoke its withdrawal from the European Union. Monday’s ruling comes the day before a crunch House of Commons vote on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, which she is anticipated to lose amid opposition from all sides. The ECJ judgment […]

May Vows To Carry On As Brexit’s Hardliners Try To Topple Her

May Vows To Carry On As Brexit’s Hardliners Try To Topple Her

British Prime Minister Theresa May is defying demands to quit as she battles to keep control of her fractious government long enough to deliver a Brexit deal that’s drawn ire from across the political spectrum.  Facing a revolt over her proposed exit agreement with the European Union, May said she would stay in office because […]

Whistle-Blower Says Brexit Referendum Could Have Gone Other Way

Whistle-Blower Says Brexit Referendum Could Have Gone Other Way

Whistle-blower Christopher Wylie told lawmakers that the Brexit referendum could have gone the other way if rules hadn’t been broken during the campaign.  “I think it is completely reasonable to say that there could’ve been a different outcome in the referendum if there hadn’t been, in my view, cheating,” said Wylie, a former contractor at […]

May Calls Scottish, Welsh Leaders to Discuss Brexit

May Calls Scottish, Welsh Leaders to Discuss Brexit

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon and First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones after setting out her Brexit priorities and plans for trade relations in a London speech. May told the leaders late Friday the U.K. would seek “customs arrangements that would lead to as frictionless trade as […]

Britain, EU Reach Deal On Brexit Divorce Terms

Britain, EU Reach Deal On Brexit Divorce Terms

The EU Commission said Friday that Brexit talks should move on to trade talks as “sufficient progress” had been made on the first stage covering divorce issues, following talks between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. “The European Commission has today recommended to the European Council (Article 50) to conclude that […]

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