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Tag: Boris Johnson

  • Friday, July 1st 2016 - 10:15 UTC

    Tory infighting forces Boris Johnson to step down from leadership contest

    Johnson whose backing for the Leave cause was essential to its victory, saw his leadership bid crumble after Justice Secretary Michael Gove, announced his bid

    Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain's prime minister that he was once favored to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign to take the country out of the EU.

  • Friday, July 1st 2016 - 10:07 UTC

    Theresa May stands out among Tory leader contenders; round of voting begins Tuesday

    Ms. May has received pledges of support from many more MPs than the other four candidates, with at least three more cabinet members among her backers.

    Theresa May's bid to become Britain's Conservative leader has won the support of two more cabinet ministers and the Daily Mail. Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin now say they back the home secretary.

  • Friday, June 24th 2016 - 18:26 UTC

    Boris Johnson softens Brexit speech: “We are part of Europe; we're not pulling up a drawbridge”

    The former Conservative mayor of London has been installed as favorite to take over as Conservative leader after Mr. Cameron announced he would step down

    Boris Johnson has insisted the UK is not “turning its back” on Europe after its decision to vote to leave the EU. The decision would not make the UK any less tolerant nor outward looking and would not reduce opportunities for young people, the ex-London mayor said.

  • Friday, June 24th 2016 - 08:07 UTC

    Vote Leave Chief and ex London mayor expected to go for PM Cameron post

    “I will be advocating Vote Leave - or whatever the team is called, I understand there are a lot of them - because I want a better deal for the people of this country”

    When Boris Johnson announced in February that he would back the UK campaign to Leave the European Union, it transformed the debate. Johnson is popular with the public and within his party. By becoming the official head of Vote Leave, he gave the weight of the establishment to a campaign previously spear-headed by fringe political figures such as Nigel Farage and George Galloway.

  • Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 04:33 UTC

    Brexit: The apocalypse

    Brexit could become the beginning of the destruction of EU and Western political civilization in its entirety, said Donald Tusk, the president of the European Union

    By Gwynne Dyer - How’s this for apocalyptic? “As a historian I fear Brexit [a British vote to leave the European Union in the referendum on June 23] could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilization in its entirety,” said Donald Tusk, the president of the European Union, in an interview published on Monday in the German newspaper Bild.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 12:40 UTC

    Brexit: What if?

    A consequence is the resignation of PM David Cameron, whose position will become impossible. It was he who promised a needless referendum three years ago

    By Gwynne Dyer - After months in which opinion polls showed a six to ten percentage points lead for the 'Remain' side in the referendum campaign on continued British membership of the European Union (EU), the numbers have suddenly shifted in favor of 'Leave'.

  • Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 08:25 UTC

    Net migration to UK, 333.000 in 2015, provides more ammo to the Leave campaign

    “The system has spun out of control,” Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson, the former London mayor said in a statement.

    Campaigners wanting Britain to leave the European Union warned that immigration has “spun out of control”, as the new mayor of London launched his campaign for the country to stay in the bloc. Four weeks before the so-called Brexit referendum on June 23, the Office for National Statistics published data putting net migration - the difference between those arriving and leaving Britain - at 333,000 last year.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 07:07 UTC

    UK council elections could question Corbyn's leadership; London could go to a dissident Labour Muslim

    The elections may provide Labour with more ominous results that could increase pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

    Millions of British voters go to the polls Thursday in the most important elections since David Cameron sealed a second term as prime minister a year ago, but this time it is Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s future that is at stake. Despite the squabbling inside the ruling Conservative party divided over Europe, the local and regional elections are shaping up as the first real test of the Labor leader´s reign and one that his opponents are desperate to ensure he fails.

  • Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

    Brexit referendum campaign took off on Friday, ten weeks ahead of June 23

    The Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities.

    Campaigning in Britain's Brexit referendum officially started on Friday, ten weeks ahead of a vote that will hand Britons their first chance to have their say on Europe since 1975. With opinion polls suggesting the British public are deeply divided on whether to stay in the EU, the Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities.

  • Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 05:52 UTC

    Pound suffers the London Mayor Johnson effect as he supports Brexit

    At one stage the pound was down as much as 2.4% at $1.4058, its lowest level since March 2009, before later recovering.

    The pound hit its lowest level against the dollar in almost seven years on concerns about a possible UK exit from the European Union. At one stage the pound was down as much as 2.4% at $1.4058, its lowest level since March 2009, before later recovering.