Tag: Boris Johnson

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Venezuelan president Guaidó meets Johnson in London; in Caracas his office was raided by Maduro's secret service agents

  

  Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaidó while he is on a visit to the UK. Footage showed hooded and armed officers from the Sebin service outside the building in Caracas.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  “UK has crossed the Brexit finishing line”, claims Johnson after Parliament vote

  

  Boris Johnson has said the UK has “crossed the Brexit finish line” after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. The EU Bill, which paves the way for the country to leave the bloc on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:06 UTC

  Boris Johnson loses votes in the Lords over Brexit legislation

  

  The government of Boris Johnson lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election. Peers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:58 UTC

  Johnson hosts summit with African leaders to boost trade and pledges fairer migration

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson told African leaders on Monday that Britain would be more open to migrants from their continent after Brexit as he hosted a summit intended to boost trading ties.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  UK government preparing great Brexit night celebration, including special coins for January 31st

  

  Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street - but not bong Big Ben - on Brexit night, the government said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Boris Johnson tells EC president it will insist on “maintaining control of UK fishing waters”

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen that Britain would insist on “maintaining control of UK fishing waters” after it leaves the EU, setting up a big clash with Brussels as the two sides prepare for testing negotiations after Brexit.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Next Labour leader will be known on 4 April: crucial fight between centrists and Corbynists

  

  Britain's Labour Party on Monday began the formal contest to replace its leader, with centrists set to battle left-wingers in a fight for its ideological soul. Veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn announced he would step down following last month's crushing defeat to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson hosts EC President von der Leyen ahead of trade talks

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London on Wednesday ahead of the opening rounds of trade talks that will begin once Britain formally leaves the bloc on Jan 31.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  UK needs super talented “weirdos and mistifs” and no more “Oxbridge” graduates

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose Conservative Party trounced Labour in last month's elections, has vowed to strike new trade deals with countries outside Europe after Britain's departure from the European Union.

• Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Boris Johnson and English nationalism victory in the Brexit election: death knell for UK?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Down on the turkey farm, the Scottish and Irish birds noticed the smiling man was holding a hatchet behind his back and hid. The Welsh turkeys looked confused and huddled together squawking. But the English turkeys marched bravely up to the chopping block, confident this would be a Christmas to remember.