Tag: Brexit

• 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.

• 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.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Top EU official writes a “love letter” to Britain, stressing “you will always be welcome to come back”

  

  A top Brussels official has written a “love letter” to Britain expressing his grief at its decision to leave the European Union - and stressing it was always welcome back.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Kylie Minogue invites Brits “to turn off the news and kick off your shoes” and come to Australia

  

  Australian popstar Kylie Minogue has invited weary Britons to forget politics and “call on your friends in Australia” in a tourism campaign launched in Britain on Christmas Day.

• 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.

• 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.

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold, but ready to cut over global and Brexit uncertainties

  

  The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.75% but indicated it may cut the cost of borrowing if global economic growth fails to recover or Brexit uncertainties persist. It said the UK economy was expected to pick up from its current weakness.

• 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 - 09:43 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.

• 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.