YEAR IN REVIEW: 12 STORIES THAT HELPED SHAPE SIGHT’S 2019
Sight editor DAVID ADAMS selects 12 key stories that helped shape Sight’s 2019…
Explainer: What is a Queen’s Speech and why does it matter for Britain?
London, UK, Reuters Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will make a speech in parliament on Thursday, announcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s legislative agenda after his election win last week. What is Queen’s Speech?It is used by the government to lay out plans for the coming year and typically lists the main priorities and legislation the government aims […]
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 […]
Winning big, Johnson on course to deliver swift Brexit
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to take Britain out of the European Union in matter of weeks. For Johnson, whose 20-week tenure in power has been marked by chaotic scenes in parliament and stark division on the streets over Britain’s tortuous departure from […]
Britain Brexit bound as Johnson set for big parliamentary majority
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win an overwhelming victory in Britain’s election with a majority of 86 seats in parliament to deliver Brexit on 31st January, an exit poll showed on Thursday. The exit poll showed Johnson’s Conservatives would win a landslide of 368 seats, more than enough for a very […]
United Kingdom votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again
London, UKReuters Voters go to the polls on Thursday in an election that will pave the way for Brexit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson or propel Britain towards another referendum that could ultimately reverse the decision to leave the European Union. After failing to deliver Brexit by a 31st October deadline, Johnson called the 12th […]
UK ELECTION: CHIEF RABBI’S ATTACK ON ANTI-SEMITISM KEYS RECKONING OVER FAITH
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, writing for Religion News Service, reports from the UK…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressured on jail terms after London Bridge attack
London, UKReuters The London Bridge attack pushed law and order towards the top of the British political agenda on Saturday, with days to go before a snap election, after police said the assailant had previously been convicted of terrorism offences but freed early from prison. Usman Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest and wielding knives, […]