Politics

Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 09:05 UTC
Falklands' Prado stand: Argentina puts pressure on Uruguay and UK embassy

Uruguay has requested that the Falkland Islands stand at the Great Britain pavilion in the country's main agriculture and industrial show, Expo-Prado, be withdrawn, following an emphatic statement and disappointment from Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas question dispute.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 07:18 UTC
Migrants arriving in Europe through Spain have doubled this year

The number of migrants arriving in Europe through Spain has more than doubled this year, according to the head of the European Union’s border agency. Frontex director Fabrice Leggeri said “we have registered almost 14,000 arrivals in Spain, arriving from Morocco, from the western part of the Maghreb”.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 17:19 UTC
EU Withdrawal bill passed first Parliamentary test, but real battle is still ahead

The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test. MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a Monday late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by ministers.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:45 UTC
Falklands' Stamps: An indication of sovereignty and a promotional opportunity

By Andrew Francis FIG Postmaster - A country's stamp issues are important for many reasons. They are an indication of sovereignty, are a chance to promote the country throughout the world and raise money for the government.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:14 UTC
PM May rings President Trump over a threat to Bombardier jobs in Belfast

Prime Minister Theresa May has phoned US President Donald Trump over a threat to jobs at Bombardier in Belfast from a trade dispute. In 2016, Canadian firm Bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 CSeries passenger jets to US airline Delta. The wings for the CSeries are made at Bombardier's Belfast plant.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:03 UTC
Trump's firing of FBI Director, “the biggest mistake in modern political history”

Ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says President Trump's firing of the FBI's director was the biggest mistake in “modern political history”. Mr Bannon told CBS News if James Comey had not been sacked, a special counsel would not have been appointed to probe alleged Russian election meddling.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
May reaffirms UK's Gibraltar sovereignty commitment in National Day message

Prime Minister Theresa May has said the United Kingdom will stand by Gibraltar for as long as Gibraltarians wish to remain British, reaffirming the double lock sovereignty commitment as the Rock celebrated a historic National Day.
Monday, September 11th 2017 - 19:23 UTC
Scottish minister wants greater involvement in the UK Brexit process

Scotland's Brexit minister has called for a “radical shift” in how the UK government deals with the devolved nations. Michael Russell urged greater involvement from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations in the Brexit process claiming Scottish ministers have not been consulted on several key papers.
Monday, September 11th 2017 - 18:18 UTC
Tony Blair calls for introduction of new immigration policy that “reasserts control”

Ex prime minister Tony Blair has called on the UK government to introduce a new immigration policy which “reasserts control”. When he was prime minister, Mr. Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not apply transitional controls on migrants from eastern Europe, but in a Sunday Times article he said “times were different”.
Monday, September 11th 2017 - 13:45 UTC
A progressive Brexit transition can be built – on both sides of the Channel

By Yanis Varoufakis (*) - Insurgencies often end up betraying the ideals that motivated them. Brexit seems no different. In no time, it has shed its intellectually most powerful motive: the full restoration of sovereignty to the House of Commons.