Tag: United Kingdom

Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 07:24 UTC
Sterling drops on fears Tories could fail to win an outright majority

The value of the pound dropped after a projection suggested the Conservatives could fail to win an outright majority in the election on 8 June. Previous opinion polls suggested Prime Minister Theresa May's party would increase its majority, which is currently 17 seats.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC
“Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033”

The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 19:08 UTC
Further Manchester arrests, “the operation is still at full tilt” says Home Secretary Rudd

British police made two more arrests and stormed three more locations Sunday as they hunted for suspects in the Manchester bombing, while a government minister said members of attacker Salman Abedi's network may still be at large.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:56 UTC
Falklands Darwin cemetery: Red Cross identification mission begins round of talks in Argentina

A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to begin this Monday a round of contacts in Buenos Aires related to the Humanitarian Project Plan for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:28 UTC
Merkel calls on Europe “to fight for its own destiny”, forget US and UK

Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. Mrs. Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to “fight for its own destiny”.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:21 UTC
Manchester, security and patriotism take center stage of UK election

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attempted to head off potential Conservative attacks on his patriotism as he promised to be “strong against terrorism and strong against the causes of terrorism” after the Manchester attack. Corbyn said Monday’s suicide bombing cannot be ignored as General Election campaigning resumes but called for “quality” debate “without impugning anyone’s patriotism”.
Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 13:53 UTC
Armed police patrolling UK trains and rail network

Armed police officers are patrolling on board trains in the United Kingdom for the first time. British Transport Police (BTP) announced the measure in a bid to “disrupt and deter criminal activity” on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.
Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:49 UTC
Falklands/UK airbridge has reduced flight time with re-route via Cape Verde

The United Kingdom MoD (Ministry of Defense) announced on Thursday that plans were in place to trial the Falkland Islands Airbridge flight via Sal, Cape Verde, on a temporary basis which would result in a shorter overall flight time and improved passenger experience.
Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:16 UTC
Labour cuts Conservatives lead to five points, according to post-Manchester poll

Britain's opposition Labour Party has cut the lead of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives to five points less than a fortnight before a national election, according to the first poll published since the suicide bombing in Manchester killed 22 people.
Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:37 UTC
Falklands claims C24 is unresponsive to some non self governing territories, and has a colonialist attitude

The Falkland Islands said that the reason why some Non Self Governing Territories were unresponsive to the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, was that the issues proposed were not attractive, and to be effective it must engage with these territories in a more effective manner, and with a much less colonialist attitude.