Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 23:41 UTC

  Parliament conditions PM Johnson's Brexit deal forcing another vote on Monday

  

  Parliament has been sitting on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years to debate and vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. MPs have supported a motion tabled by Independent MP Sir Oliver Letwin that “withholds approval” for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal until legislation implementing it has been passed.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Scottish First Minister believes Labour MPs will help pass Boris Johnson's Brexit bill

  

  Nicola Sturgeon has warned Labour MPs that it would be the “end” for the party in Scotland if they help pass Boris Johnson's Brexit bill. Scotland's first minister was speaking ahead of a special Saturday sitting of Parliament - the first in 37 years.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  UK assurances to the Falklands in the event of a “no deal” Brexit

  

  In the event of a 'no deal' Brexit the UK Government assures it will, “seek to negotiate the best possible access to the EU market for Falklands fish and meat products as part of the future relationship with the EU.”

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Johnson strikes a deal with EU, but he still has to convince a reluctant Parliament

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this Friday seek to sell his Brexit deal to skeptical MPs, as he returns home fresh from an EU victory but risking defeat in parliament. Johnson pulled off a major coup in agreeing a new divorce deal with the European Union leader, paving the way for him to deliver his promise to leave the bloc on Oct 31.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon after another independence referendum in 2020

  

  Scotland must hold another independence referendum in 2020 and will soon request the powers needed to hold it legally, Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said. Scots rejected independence in a referendum in 2014 but the SNP says that Britain's vote to leave the European Union fundamentally changes its constitutional arrangements and means that the independence question should be revisited.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 15:25 UTC

  UK and US raid “dark web” of child pornography: 337 arrests in 38 countries

  

  UK and US authorities investigating a “dark web” child pornography site run from South Korea on Wednesday announced the arrest of 337 suspects in 38 countries. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said the “Welcome to Video” site contained 250,000 videos that were downloaded a million times by users across the world.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina has bent over to please the UK while gaining nothing in return

  

  By Facundo Rodriguez (*) - It's now been three years since the British and Argentine governments signed the Foradori-Duncan agreement and committed to taking “appropriate measures to remove all obstacles limiting the economic growth and sustainable development” of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  EU Council president Tusk hopeful a Brexit deal is ready to materialize

  

  EU Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that the basic foundations of an agreement on Brexit were ready and that it could materialize within hours.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:41 UTC

  UK/EU last minute talks to reach a Brexit “tolerable agreement” before leaders' summit

  

  UK and the EU made headway in eleventh-hour talks on Tuesday to reach a Brexit deal in time for a leaders' summit, but with hours left to clinch an agreement, it was still unclear if London could avoid delaying its scheduled Oct 31 departure.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Queen's speech: “priority has always been to secure UK's departure from EU on Oct. 31”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government's priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended by the queen, with Brexit top of the agenda.