Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly
London, UKReuters The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they said marked a new era for the country. In its biggest shift since losing its global empire, the United Kingdom slipped away at 2300 […]
UK flag lowered in Brussels as Britain cuts loose from EU
LondonReuters The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday with a mixture of joy, anger and indifference, casting off into the unknown in one of the biggest blows yet to Europe’s attempt to forge unity from the ruins of World War II. The EU’s most powerful leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President […]
Tears and cheers as EU lawmakers give final nod to Brexit
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The European Parliament gave final approval to Britain’s divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, paving the way for the country to quit the bloc on Friday after nearly half a century and delivering a major setback for European integration. After an emotional debate during which several speakers shed tears, EU lawmakers voted […]
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UK plans to green its fields in post-Brexit shakeup
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation In the biggest shakeup of British farming for 70 years, the government on Thursday proposed rewarding farmers who protect the environment, rather than just paying them to own land. The bill would “transform British farming, enabling a balance between food production and the environment,” Theresa Villiers, Britain’s farm minister, said in […]
Britain’s do-good businesses expect election certainty to create opportunities
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s new government could provide “the opportunity of a generation” for the nation’s ethical business sector by ending years of political and economic uncertainty that held it back, experts said following the election result. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party triumphed in a landslide election victory on Thursday with a […]
ESSAY: THREE BIG PRIORITIES FOR BORIS JOHNSON
With the election now behind him, MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at what UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s priorities should be…
“Brexit closure”: Johnson wins commanding victory in UK election
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Friday for “closure” over the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom, saying his election victory provided an overwhelming mandate to take Britain out of the European Union on 31st January. Johnson, the face of the victorious “Leave” campaign in the 2016 referendum, fought the election […]
United Kingdom might not exist in a decade, half of UK citizens think – poll
London, UKReuters The United Kingdom might not exist in its current form in a decade’s time, half of its citizens believe, an Ipsos MORI poll found. The 52 to 48 per cent vote in 2016 to leave the European Union has strained the bonds that tie England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland into the United […]
UK’s Johnson begins election battle, vowing Brexit and casting rival as “Stalin”
LondonReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially kicks off his election campaign on Wednesday with a promise to “get Brexit done” in contrast to his main rival, whom he compared to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Britons will go to the polls on 12th December after parliament agreed to an early election last week, seeking to […]