Tag: Jeremy Corbyn PM Labour Party

• Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

  Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Johnson expects Trump to avoid comments on UK election while in London for NATO summit

  

  US President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a NATO summit in London and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later in December.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  PM Johnson defies the opposition to call a confidence vote on Thursday, and a “snap election”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, in a defiant response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down his suspension of parliament.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 06:32 UTC

  “Hulk” meets EU's Juncker for a new Brexit deal: “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” anticipates Johnson

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the comic book character The Incredible Hulk in a newspaper interview where he stressed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct 31.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 18:42 UTC

  Boris Johnson promises to deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn

  

  Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656. The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:39 UTC

  EU prepared to grant UK a Brexit delay, if Parliament votes in favor of Mrs. May deal

  

  The European Union could grant Britain’s request for a short Brexit delay if Parliament votes next week in favour of a stalled departure deal, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 06:42 UTC

  Mrs. May Brexit deal will be put to a vote this week only if it has DUP and Tory MPs support

  

  Theresa May's Brexit deal will not return to the Commons this week unless it has support from the DUP and Tory MPs, the chancellor says. The PM's plan is expected to be voted on for a third time in the coming days. But Philip Hammond told the BBC's Andrew Marr that it would only be put to MPs if “enough of our colleagues and the DUP are prepared to support it”.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 05:13 UTC

  Parliament votes to ask EU for a delay to Brexit; MPs rejected a second referendum

  

  MPs voted on Thursday by 413 to 202 - a majority of 211 - for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. This means the UK may not now leave on 29 March as previously planned. Mrs. May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 07:58 UTC

  Theresa May back to Parliament to explain her next moves

  

  Theresa May will try to convince Tory Brexiteers and DUP MPs to back her withdrawal deal by resolving Irish backstop concerns, Cabinet sources say. Last week, Mrs May said she would focus on cross-party talks to get a Brexit deal accepted by Parliament.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  PM May says cabinet backs UK/EU draft withdrawal agreement, but it still has to be approved by Parliament

  

  The British cabinet has backed a draft withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU, Theresa May has said. The prime minister was speaking after what she said was a “long, detailed and impassioned debate” in a five-hour cabinet meeting.