Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Boris Johnson to court accused of lying during the Brexit referendum campaign

  

  Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become Britain's next prime minister, must attend court over allegations that he knowingly lied during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge announced on Wednesday.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Brexit disruption slashed UK April car production by 45%

  

  Factory shutdowns designed to cope with disruption from a 29 March Brexit, slashed UK car production in April by almost a half. Even though Brexit is delayed the factories still closed and production fell 44.5% according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Corbyn ready to back a second referendum on Brexit

  

  Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to back a second referendum on Brexit and it could be within days, the Mirror newspaper reported late on Tuesday citing senior figures of the party.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Mrs. May urges her successor to reach a Brexit deal, but Brussels insists there won't be any renegotiation

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday urged whoever succeeds her to get Britain out of the EU quickly but with a deal, as she met the bloc's leaders just days after announcing her resignation. May looked relaxed and smiled for the cameras as she arrived at a Brussels summit, the first one in many months that did not require her to wrangle with European colleagues over Brexit.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Labour disarray: former Tony Blair's advisor expelled for voting Lib Dems

  

  Alastair Campbell has defended his decision to vote for the Lib Dems in the European elections after he was expelled from the Labour Party. Tony Blair's former spin doctor said he had voted tactically. He said he would “always be Labour” but acted “in the best interests of what the Labour Party should be doing” by supporting a pro-Remain party.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Farage's Brexit party the big winner in UK; Conservatives in disarray

  

  Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's Brexit Party looked set to triumph on Sunday and the ruling Conservatives endure a historic blow in European Parliament elections in which Britain was never meant to vote.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Europe's centre parties take significant electoral defeat

  

  Europeans turned their backs on traditional center-left and center-right candidates in Sunday's elections for the European Parliament, according to provisional results and their projections.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Corbyn calls for a general election or a second Brexit referendum

  

  Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said the British public should be asked again to give its verdict on Brexit, either through a general election or a second referendum.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Theresa May will resign as Prime Minister next June 7

  

  Theresa May has announced that she will present her resignation on June 7 after her meeting with the president of the 1922 Parliamentary Committee, Graham Grady, and the unsustainable pressure of the Tories. Former Foreign Secretary and hard Brexit icon, Boris Johnson, confirmed on Thursday his candidacy to succeed her.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  No Parallels between Falklands and Chagos

  

  In a move that will no doubt be greeted favorably in Buenos Aires, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands.