Tag: Boris Johnson

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  PM Boris Johnson in his message calls on Britons “not to have many arguments” over Christmas

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the public on Monday “not to have too many arguments” over Christmas in a festive message in which he managed to avoid the word Brexit.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  UK government calls on football chiefs to rid the sport of racism; UEFA chief accuses Johnson of fuelling the situation

  

  The British government called on football chiefs on Monday to do more to rid the sport of racism but stopped short of launching a full-scale inquiry demanded by the domestic players' union following the latest incident in the English game.

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 23:06 UTC

  Trump invites Johnson to the White House, but the impeachment and Brexit could delay potential dates

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House in the new year, British media reported on Sunday. Trump’s invitation was made after the British prime minister’s election win this month, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. Britain wants to strike a new trade deal with the United States after it leaves the European Union at the end of January.

• Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 10:29 UTC

  Boris Johnson on target: “the Brexit vote wrapped up for Christmas”

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval for his Brexit deal in parliament on Friday, the first step towards fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain's departure from the European Union by Jan 31 after his landslide victory.

• Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Boris Johnson: Political status of the Falkland Islands is not going to change

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his Christmas message to the Falkland Islands points out the second commercial flight to South America as the great achievement of 2019, and assures that his government's support “for your right to determine your own political status is not going to change”

• Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  UK Parliament ready to vote the Brexit divorce deal with the European Union

  

  Britain's freshly-elected parliament prepared on Friday to move past years of partisan wrangling and initially approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's divorce deal with the European Union.

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Queen opens Parliament and will announce the Conservative government agenda

  

  The Queen is to set out the Conservative government's agenda for the year ahead following their decisive election win last week. Legislation to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January will be among more than 20 bills announced during Thursday's State Opening of Parliament. Other measures include guarantees on extra health service funding and longer sentences for violent criminals.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Johnson pledges post-Brexit transition in 2020; Queen sets the legislative program of new government Thursday

  

  Britain's government said on Tuesday it will legislate to ensure a post-Brexit transition period does not extend beyond 2020, sending the pound sinking as the European Union warned of a race against time to agree new trade terms.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  “You cannot hold Scotland in the union against its will”, First Minister Sturgeon reminds Boris Johnson

  

  Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country's will.

• Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

  Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.