Posts tagged with "Britain"
‘You Can Tie My Hands, but I Will Not Delay Brexit’: UK PM Boris Johnson Tells British Parliament
With the future of Brexit mired in uncertainty, parliament was suspended until Oct 14, sparking tense scenes in the House of Commons where opposition lawmakers held signs reading ‘silenced’ and yelled ‘shame on you’ at Johnson’s ruling Conservatives.
File image of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came...
Brexit Leader Nigel Farage Campaigns For Donald Trump, Bashes Hillary Clinton
Brexit leader Nigel Farage addresses a Donald Trump rally.
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI: Nigel Farage, a key figure in the successful campaign to get Britain out of the European Union, lent his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying Trump represented the same type of anti-establishment movement that he masterminded in his own country.
Farage appeared with Trump before a cheering crowd of thousands at a rally in Jackson,Mississippi....
Theresa May Becomes British PM, With Task Of Leading Brexit
Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
LONDON: Theresa May replaced David Cameron as Britain’s prime minister on Wednesday, assuming responsibility for the monumental task of negotiating a complex divorce from the European Union.
Cameron stepped down after Britons rejected his entreaties and voted to leave the EU in a referendum last month, severely undermining European efforts to forge greater...
Barack Obama backtracks on his UK trade warning
President Barack Obama is backtracking on his warning that Britain would go to the “back of the queue” for a US trade deal, as he tries to contain the fallout of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
Post Brexit, Obama’s priority of locking in trade deals before leaving office now becomes a distant second.
The shift in tone illustrates how Britain’s vote has abruptly scrambled Obama’s reality. Where the president had tried to...
Brexit: Had immigration from Europe been in focus, Cameron would still be PM
Well, England just exited the Football Euro Cup. British politicians, political commentators, journalists, EU diplomats, investment bankers, credit rating agencies, Nobel Prize economists, the IMF and even the World Bank are shocked and up in arms against the result.
File image of David Cameron.
How could it happen despite arguing against it over the past few months? Most refuse to believe it actually happened. Surely, the rules of the game need...
