Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  EU ready to postpone UK's exit; Labour could support a second referendum

  

  The European Union opened the door on Monday to Britain postponing its exit from the bloc beyond the March 29 deadline, as the main opposition Labour Party said it could eventually support a second referendum. 

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  UK's Falklands garrison force travels to Argentina for Search and Rescue exercises

  

  The new Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, CBFSAI, Brigadier Nick Sawyer said that a small team of his garrison will be travelling to Argentina, at the end of the month, for search and rescue exercises, as part of the (UK, Argentina and Falklands) shared humanitarian values and responsibility in and around the South Atlantic area that extends to Antarctica.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  PM May considering delaying Brexit deadline for two months

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a plan under which Britain’s exit from the European Union would be delayed for up to two months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British government officials have drawn up a series of options, which were circulated at the weekend, in a bid to avoid resignations by ministers determined to support a backbench bid to take a “no deal” Brexit off the table this week, according to the Telegraph.

• Sunday, February 24th 2019 - 18:01 UTC

  Final Brexit vote on 12 March, says PM May; Tories remain deeply divided

  

  MPs will be able to have a final vote on the Brexit deal by 12 March, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Speaking to reporters as she travelled to a summit in Egypt, Mrs May ruled out holding the parliamentary vote on her deal this week. She said talks with the European Union were “still ongoing”.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Another MP quits Labour blaming Corbyn for creating “a culture of extremism and intolerance”

  

  Ian Austin has become the ninth MP to quit Labour this week, blaming leader Jeremy Corbyn for “creating a culture of extremism and intolerance”. He told the BBC the leadership had failed to tackle anti-Semitism and had turned the party into a “narrow sect”.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  ICJ will rule on the Chagos people UK/Mauritius dispute on Monday

  

  The UN's top court will hand down its view on Monday, February 25, in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK and US military base.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Corbyn in office would renegotiate Brexit and could hold second referendum

  

  British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said if his party won power he would renegotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union and could hold another referendum, as he comes under pressure to support giving the public another chance to stay in the bloc.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Brexit should be delayed if a deal is not approved by Parliament, warn three ministers

  

  Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time. Ahead of crucial votes in the Commons, Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke told the Daily Mail time was running out and that they hoped for a breakthrough in negotiations soon. If not, they said they are prepared to defy Theresa May and vote for a delay.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Falklands: Visiting MPs call for clarity on future British role

  

  Two British Members of Parliament have called on Parliament to clarify the future role of the British military in the Falkland Islands. A total of eight representatives have made the journey to the region as part of a visit organized by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS).

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands startled at Westminster paper proposing UK citizens right to vote in Overseas Territories

  

  “Belongership” and its equivalents are wrong,” it is emphatically stated in a startling paper from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The paper says the belongership status (known as Falklands Status in the Falklands) as enshrined in the constitutions of a number of British Overseas Territories, including the Falklands, denies legally-resident British Overseas Territory and UK citizens the right to vote and to hold elected office.