Tag: David Cameron

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 06:08 UTC

  UK-Argentina: a new start for an old relationship, according to The Economist

  

  With its green bell tower and royal coat of arms, the Torre Monumental in Buenos Aires would not look out of place in a British market town. The 60-metre Palladian clock tower was a gift from the city’s British community to mark the centenary of Argentina’s 1810 revolution (though it was completed in 1916). On May 24th this year around 200 people gathered to commemorate its centenary.

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  Falklands claim and UN chief post bid', “not incompatible” for Argentine minister Malcorra

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra said on Friday she believes there's no conflict of interest between her bid to be the next U.N. secretary-general and her ministerial work including pressing Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2016 - 07:16 UTC

  Cameron stands by his criticism of Trump: “stupid, divisive and wrong”

  

  Downing Street has said that Prime Minister David Cameron stands by his criticism of Donald Trump but will work with whoever is elected US president. UK PM has called the Republican hopeful “stupid, divisive and wrong” over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.

• Saturday, May 14th 2016 - 08:34 UTC

  Sixth consecutive Chile Day in London; Bachelet/Cameron discuss closer political and cooperation links

  

  The UK was proud to host the sixth consecutive Chile Day in London, as a major international showcase for Chile’s financial market. The event is attended by business leaders from both Chile and the UK, and this year President Bachelet made a very special appearance during her two-day visit including meeting PM David Cameron at 10 Downing Street.

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

  Anti corruption summit turns the spotlight on rich countries banks and real estate brokers

  

  Thursday’s world summit on fighting corruption was a time for Britain and the United States to look at their own policies and their role as shelters for billions of dollars stolen by corrupt politicians in developing countries.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 09:13 UTC

  What Labour can learn from my victory: we can’t ignore what voters want

  

  By Sadiq Khan (*) - Labour has won control of City Hall in London for the first time in eight years – the first major electoral success for our party in England in over a decade.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2016 - 06:18 UTC

  Leaving the EU would be disastrous for the Falklands, Gibraltar and Ulster

  

  By William Hague - Among the most inspiring experiences of my time in politics was meeting people who, in spite of great pressure to the contrary, chose to be British.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 10:27 UTC

  Police found responsible for Britain's worst sporting disaster: “Justice for the 96”, Hillsborough 1989

  

  Police were responsible for the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush, a jury concluded this week after two years of hearings into Britain's worst sporting disaster.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  As your friend, let me say that the EU makes Britain even greater

  

  By Barack Obama, President of the United States - In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House. “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation, and to the welfare of peoples throughout the world,” he said, “is the example we have jointly set by our manner of conducting relations between our two nations.”

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

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

  

  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.