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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 08:55 UTC

    Red Cross expected to explain how Falklands' Darwin cemetery pictures were taken

    The cemetery holds 237 graves, of which 123 unidentified. 95 Argentine families have volunteered to have DNA samples taken

    Controversy has erupted in Argentina following the release in Facebook of clandestine pictures from the current exhumation works at the Darwin Cemetery in the Falklands with the purpose of identifying the remains of Argentine combatants in at least 95 graves with tombstone reading, “Argentine soldier, known only to God”.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2017 - 05:32 UTC

    UK/Gibraltar will establish a consultation mechanism on trade agreements

    “It’s been a real, collegiate and substantive engagement on issues that matter,” CM Picardo said. “We’re in the detail now and that’s where we need to be.”

    UK and Gibraltar will establish a mechanism to ensure Gibraltar is consulted on any trade agreements negotiated by Britain outside the EU, both governments said in a joint statement.

  • Monday, July 17th 2017 - 05:26 UTC

    Tony Blair does not rule out a Jeremy Corbyn win on a “far Left program”

    “There's been so many political upsets, it's possible Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister and Labour could win on that program” ex PM Tony Blair said

    Tony Blair says he now accepts Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister. The ex-PM told BBC Newsnight that a year ago he would have said it was impossible for the left-wing Labour leader to win. But he added: “There's been so many political upsets, it's possible Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister and Labour could win on that program.”

  • Monday, July 17th 2017 - 04:49 UTC

    Hammond admits Brexit is holding back investments in UK

    “It is absolutely clear businesses where they have discretion over investment, where they can hold off, are doing so - you can understand why”, said Hammond

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that businesses are holding off from investing in the UK because of uncertainty about Brexit. The interview came a day before the second round of negotiations which take place this Monday in Brussels.

  • Monday, July 17th 2017 - 04:35 UTC

    Tory MP reaffirms UK commitment to stand by Gibraltar after Brexit

    “There is no question mark over Gibraltar’s continued British sovereignty”, UK will remain staunchly by the Overseas Territory, said the ex Attorney General.

    Spain’s “eccentric” enclaves in north Africa make its position on Gibraltar “incomprehensible”, said Tory MP Dominic Grieve reaffirming UK’s commitment to stand by Gibraltar after Brexit. Speaking during a visit to Gibraltar, MP Grieve said any future Brexit deal struck by the UK with the EU must also include the Rock.

  • Monday, July 17th 2017 - 04:29 UTC

    Britain is in for a rough ride, unless cabinet ministers stop squabbling

    “There is no chance all the details will be hammered out in 20 months” warned the former head of the civil service Lord O'Donnell

    Britain is in for “a rough ride” unless cabinet ministers stop squabbling over Brexit, the former head of the civil service has warned. Writing in the Observer, Lord O’Donnell called for cabinet ministers to unite in backing a lengthy transition deal and “start being honest about the complexity of the challenge”. “There is no chance all the details will be hammered out in 20 months,” he warned.

  • Monday, July 17th 2017 - 04:12 UTC

    France seeking to disrupt and degrade UK's financial sector, claims City of London

    In a memorandum leaked to The Mail On Sunday, Browne said his talks in Paris have been “the worst I have had anywhere in the EU”

    France is actively seeking to exploit Brexit to disrupt and degrade Britain’s lucrative financial sector, a senior City representative has warned. Former foreign office minister Jeremy Browne, who acts as the City of London’s envoy on Brexit, said the French see the British as “adversaries” in the forthcoming withdrawal negotiations.

  • Saturday, July 15th 2017 - 07:42 UTC

    Blair argues Brussels leaders willing to compromise to avoid UK leaving Europe

    “The only reason the debate is not on the table is because the Tories fear old internal wounds would be reopened if Brexit does not happen”, said Tony Blair

    Tony Blair believes European leaders would be willing to tighten up the free movement of people as a way to avoid Britain leaving the EU. The UK former prime minister suggested the “will of the people” may be changing as the difficulties of Brexit negotiations become apparent and called for a “proper debate” over the different options, including remaining in a reformed EU.

  • Friday, July 14th 2017 - 07:54 UTC

    Weak pound helps to boost tourists visiting UK by 21.1%, in first quarter

    Overall there were a record 8.3 million visits in the quarter. The visitors spent £4.4bn while in the country, also a record amount.

    The weakness of sterling was behind a surge in the number of tourists visiting the UK in the first three months of 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The number of holidaymakers coming to the UK rose by 21.1%, although the number of business visitors declined.

  • Friday, July 14th 2017 - 06:47 UTC

    Queen admits close allies UK and Spain “did not always see eye to eye” (Gibraltar)

    “With such a remarkable shared history, it is inevitable that there are matters on which we have not always seen eye to eye”, said the Queen

    The Queen appears to have acknowledged the thorny issue of Gibraltar in a speech at the King of Spain’s state banquet. In what is likely to be interpreted as a reference to the dispute between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar’s sovereignty, the Queen said the two countries did not always see “eye to eye”.