Tag: Brexit

• Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 09:13 UTC

  UK ambassador to EU steps down criticizing preparations for Brexit negotiations

  

  UK's ambassador to the European Union urged British colleagues in Brussels to challenge “muddled thinking and... speak truth to power” as he quit ahead of Brexit talks, according to the BBC. Writing to staff, Sir Ivan Rogers said ministers needed to hear “unvarnished” and “uncomfortable” views from Europe.

• Friday, December 16th 2016 - 10:00 UTC

  Brexit: UK wants to first discuss status of Britons in Europe and EU citizens in UK

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants an early deal on what Brexit means for the status of Britons in Europe and EU citizens in the UK, she has told EU leaders. The prime minister's comments came as she updated fellow leaders on the UK's plans for leaving the European Union.

• Saturday, December 10th 2016 - 09:52 UTC

  House of Lords EU committee to launch inquiry into Brexit implications for Gibraltar

  

  The United Kingdom House of Lords EU Select Committee has launched a new short inquiry on the implications of Brexit for Gibraltar. The committee will meet next week and take evidence from Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and Attorney General Michael Llamas.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:57 UTC

  Supreme Court debates if PM May can use a regal prerogative to implement Brexit

  

  Four day debate Five months after United Kingdom's referendum to abandon the European Union, the question of who actually gets to pull the trigger on Brexit remains a muddle. Prime Minister Theresa May says she does. A high-level British court argued otherwise last month, ruling that Parliament must have a say. Now it’s up to the U.K. Supreme Court, which this week began hearing arguments in a case that could complicate May’s plan to set in motion Britain’s exit by the end of March.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:44 UTC

  Brexit controversy ousts Tories from safe seat: Lib Dem newcomer Sarah Olney wins by election

  

  Lib Dem leader Tim Farron claims his party is “back in the big time” after it fought on the issue of Brexit to oust ex-Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith in the Richmond Park by-election. Lib Dem challenger Sarah Olney overturned Goldsmith's 23,015 majority to finish 1,872 votes ahead.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:25 UTC

  Austria's Sunday presidential election with an eye on Brexit and Trump's victory

  

  Austrian voters could elect the European Union’s first far-right leader in the a presidential election on Sunday. Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party is running against Alexander Van der Bellen. Van der Bellen is an independent candidate who led The Greens party earlier. Recent public opinion studies have shown the two candidates with about equal support.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

  Spanish U turn: “Gibraltar will be part of Brexit negotiations; we want to help in this process”

  

  Gibraltar “will be part” of the Brexit negotiations, Spain’s Minister for Education, Culture and Sport said on Wednesday, suggesting a marked shift from the hardline stance adopted by former Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:13 UTC

  Foreign Office tells Trump there's “no vacancy for the job of UK ambassador in Washington”

  

  Britain dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job. Trump, who after his election victory met Farage before any EU leaders, said on Twitter that “many people” would like to see the former metals trader turned politician as Britain's ambassador.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 15:02 UTC

  British government sells 721m Lloyds shares; stake down to 8%

  

  The British government has taken advantage of recent share price strength and sold 721m Lloyds Banking Group shares. The share sale reduces the government’s stake in the lender to just under 8%. In total, the taxpayer owns a cool 5.7bn shares in Lloyds.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:44 UTC

  Gibraltar “is part of the UK” and “we don't need any type of co-sovereignty”

  

  Gibraltar “is part of the UK” and its particular circumstances will be reflected in Britain’s exit deal from the EU, the UK’s ambassador to Spain said this week, adding that co-sovereignty was not an option. Simon Manley made the comments in a wide-ranging interview on Brexit published by La Nueva España newspaper on Wednesday.