Tag: Boris Johnson

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Queen's speech: “priority has always been to secure UK's departure from EU on Oct. 31”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government's priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended by the queen, with Brexit top of the agenda.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Barnier/Barclay breakfast in Brussels to unlock Brexit following understanding between Johnson and Varadkar

  

  Britain and Europe's top Brexit negotiators sit down together on Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a “pathway” to a deal. Technical talks on an agreement to govern Britain's EU divorce are stalled, just days before what had been billed as a last chance European summit.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  No one party veto over a possible agreement on the Irish border, and a Brexit deal

  

  No single party in Northern Ireland will be given a veto in any Brexit deal that is now “a distinct possibility” following a positive meeting between the Irish and British leaders on Thursday, Britain’s Northern Ireland minister said.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Sterling tumbles as Merkel admits a Brexit deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely”

  

  The British pound tumbled on Tuesday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly warned that a Brexit deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely”, further stoking fears of a disorderly and costly departure from the EU.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Johnson puts pressure on EU leaders and insists on no request delay for Brexit beyond October 31

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the European Union on Sunday he will not delay Brexit beyond Oct 31, underlining that his latest proposals are the last chance to reach a deal.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Cool reception from Brussels to UK's new Brexit plan: “a lot of work needs to be done”

  

  Britain's new Brexit plan got a cool reception on Wednesday in Brussels, where European officials highlighted problems and their chief negotiator warned it left “a lot of work” to be done.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Even Tories tell Johnson to be “mild in language”; stepped security for several threatened MPs

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced an angry backlash on Thursday over his quip about a murdered MP during a raucous parliamentary debate on Brexit. Johnson went on the offensive when MPs returned to work Wednesday following a Supreme Court ruling calling the chamber's suspension in the run-up to Brexit unlawful.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  PM Johnson collects a seventh setback in Parliament, but insists with his Brexit strategy

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered yet another setback on Thursday after MPs rejected a request to briefly suspend business for his party's conference, highlighting the hostility he faces in parliament just weeks before Brexit. In his seventh successive defeat in parliament, MPs voted to reject his call for three days off next week to hold his Conservative party's annual conference in Manchester.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 07:53 UTC

  Johnson asks how come Thomas Cook directors paid themselves large sums when a business goes down the tube

  

  After the collapse of Thomas Cook left hundreds of thousands of passengers reliant on the British state to repatriate them, Prime Minister Boris Johnson questioned whether bosses should have paid themselves so much ahead of its demise.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 17:14 UTC

  Supreme Court rules suspending Parliament “unlawful”; calls for Johnson to resign; PM insists with fresh election

  

  Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was “unlawful”, saying it was “void and of no effect”. The 11 judges of the country's highest court were unanimous in their verdict, which they said meant parliament could now immediately reconvene.