Tag: Brexit deal
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Boris Johnson kicks up a stink with Brexit fish tale
The frontrunner to become Britain's next prime minister used the kipper to emphasise why his country should leave the European Union as soon as possible.
July 19, 2019 -
British PM frontrunner Johnson vows to deliver Brexit by Oct 31
He voiced this stance in his final Conservative Party leadership debate with Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday.
July 18, 2019 -
Theresa May speaks of ‘pride and disappointment’ as UK PM
In the BBC interview on Friday, May spoke of "frustration" at not seeing Brexit through and underestimating how "entrenched" MPs had become.
July 13, 2019 -
UK leadership race finalists woo Tory grassroots
After five rounds of secret voting by MPs in the governing Conservative Party, former London mayor Johnson and Foreign Secretary Hunt are the two final contenders out of an original field of 13 hopefuls.
June 22, 2019 -
British PM hopefuls begin crucial week of votes
Boris Johnson, the former foreign minister and leading Brexit campaigner, ran away with the first round of voting last week, winning the support of 114 MPs -- more than twice the number of votes won by his nearest challengers.
June 18, 2019 -
Boris Johnson wins first round of race for British Prime Minister
Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt was a distant second with 43 votes.
June 14, 2019 -
Brexit Party fails to win first seat in UK by-Election
The Brexit Party's candidate Mike Greene, a local entrepreneur, came in second with nearly 29 per cent of the vote, behind Labour's Lisa Forbes, who won around 31 per cent
June 7, 2019 -
British PM May quits as party leader, triggers race for successor.
May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of Britain''s tortuous departure from the European Union.
June 7, 2019 -
Donald Trump urges UK to be “Very Careful” in involving Huawei in its 5G network
Prime Minister Theresa May's government has insisted a decision has not yet been made on Huawei's involvement in building a 5G network in Britain.
June 2, 2019 -
Brexit is vaccine against anti-EU propaganda: Donald Tusk
British Prime Minister Theresa May was among the EU leaders who gathered in Brussels to discuss the future leadership of the bloc, but Tusk said Brexit was not discussed.
May 29, 2019 -
Brexit Party doubles UK European election poll lead
Labour, on 21 per cent, has dropped seven points while the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats are in third place on 12 per cent, up to five points.
May 23, 2019 -
Theresa May plans ‘bold offer’ for Brexit deal support
May said she wanted MPs to consider the new deal "with fresh pairs of eyes - and to give it their support".
May 19, 2019 -
‘UK PM May could set her resignation date in coming days’: Graham Brady
The Prime Minister has that said she will step down when her Brexit deal is ratified by Parliament, but some MPs want a fixed date.
May 11, 2019 -
Theresa May urges Corbyn to agree on Brexit deal
May is now seeking Labour support to get an agreement through Parliament.
May 5, 2019 -
No Brexit this week
Close to three years after the Leave vote, the refusal of Parliament to honour the message of the referendum is indubitably a betrayal, most particularly for the ardent Leavers.
March 30, 2019 -
Theresa May agrees to quit if Conservative MPs pass Brexit deal in UK Parliament
Theresa May remains determined to bring her deal—scuppered twice before by MPs over the controversial Irish backstop clause—back for a third 'meaningful vote' in the House of Commons.
March 28, 2019 -
Brexit after the Commons defeat
She spent most of last year trying to persuade her cabinet to sign up to a compromise Brexit deal that came to be known as “Chequers”.
January 17, 2019