Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Boris Johnson is “dangerous and unfit for office”, claims Scottish leader Sturgeon calling for a vote to “escape Brexit”

  

  Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon is to accuse Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being “dangerous and unfit for office” as she launches the SNP's election manifesto. The SNP leader will say that a vote for her party on 12 December will be a vote to “escape Brexit and put Scotland's future in Scotland's hands”.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Britain is a dangerous mess, warns Tony Blair; “the Marxist Leninist wing has taken over Labour”

  

  Former prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a Dec. 12 election.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Tories' lead over Labour is narrowing according to the latest opinion polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party saw its lead over the opposition Labour Party narrow during the last week, an opinion poll by ICM for Reuters showed on Monday, ahead of a Dec 12 election.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Prince Andrew stepping back from public duties following the outcry over his friendship with a sex offender

  

  Prince Andrew on Wednesday said he was cancelling his public engagements, as the outcry over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein showed no sign of abating.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Brexit and NHS in Johnson/Corbyn first TV debate ahead of December 12 election

  

  Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn traded blows on Tuesday over Brexit and the health system as they vied for votes during the first-ever head-to-head TV debate.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Ferry crew find 25 migrants in refrigerated container bound for UK

  

  A ferry crew found 25 migrants in a refrigerated container on a boat sailing from the Netherlands to Britain on Tuesday, emergency services said. The cargo vessel bound for Felixstowe returned to the Dutch port of Vlaardingen, near Rotterdam, as soon as the stowaways were found, they said in a statement.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  PM Johnson plans end of preferential treatment for EU migrants; Tories lead Labour by 10/17 percentage points in polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Sunday to end preferential treatment for European Union migrants, as opinion polls showed his Conservative Party has the highest level of support since 2017 ahead of next month's election.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Fifteen countries including Brazil, asking for trade compensations from UK/EU Brexit disruption

  

  Countries including Australia have asked for trade compensation from the UK and the EU over Brexit disruption. Fifteen countries, including the US, India and New Zealand, have been setting out Brexit concerns at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva.

• Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands' seabed mapping surveys undertaken by UK Hydrographic Office

  

  This month the UK Hydrographic Office will be conducting seabed mapping surveys to support safe maritime trade and the development of a sustainable blue economy.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  US/UK scientific team on major mission to the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica

  

  Nearly 100 scientists and support staff departed this week for the most ambitious mission to date for Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.