Ireland: Brexit Could Be Delayed Even Further
Britain could be trapped in the European Union (EU) for even longer than the four years and nine months since the vote to leave that has already been agreed, it has emerged Wednesday.
Britain could be trapped in the European Union (EU) for even longer than the four years and nine months since the vote to leave that has already been agreed, it has emerged Wednesday.
Nigel Farage has confirmed he could return as UKIP leader if Brexit is not “back on track” by March next year, issuing a warning to Remainer Tory MPs.
One of the ways in which those who would overturn the result of the European Referendum is to claim that the question, the simple Leave/Remain question, did not have within it the detail to mean anything substantive.
The United Kingdom will agree to follow all European Union rules after Brexit and keep the nation’s borders open for the duration of the transition period to 2022, with further bad news for fisheries and communities in Northern Ireland as a new agreement was reached in Brussels Monday.
Leaked European Union documents show the bloc moving to acquire widespread and unprecedented powers over the United Kingdom during the so-called transition period which would be used to punish the United Kingdom if it doesn’t act as instructed by its political masters in Brussels.
Voters find the main political parties positions on Brexit unclear, according to a new poll conducted for the Left Foot Forward political blog. The general public were left “in the dark” on the subject of their political representatives on Brexit,
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, the career bureaucrat who drafted Article 50, is being pushed hard by the mainstream media after repeating old claims that Brexit can be reversed.
The Government will need parliamentary approval to give Northern Ireland £1 billion in funding following a legal challenge from anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller.
Contents: Britain’s Labor party makes dramatic U-turn on Brexit policy proposals; UK’s Tory government struggles with Brexit policy positions; Ireland calls Theresa May’s Irish border proposal ‘delusional’
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says that many issues still need to be settled on the Brexit divorce proceedings between the European Union and Britain before a new relationship with London can be negotiated. The third round
Britain will seek to retain an open land border with the Republic of Ireland with no border posts, security, or even CCTV cameras after Brexit, even though this could potentially leave a totally unguarded back door to the Free Movement European Union area.
Stand tall; be firm; stand your ground; and follow through in the historic democratic decision your country took in June of 2016. Do not turn back.
The European Union and Britain kick off their first full session of their divorce proceedings with both sides bent on seeking a quick breakthrough on unraveling ties that have bound them for decades.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has stepped up his war on Brexit, declaring that it is “possible” and “absolutely necessary” that the United Kingdom does not leave the European Union.
The Government has published a bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, which handed away Britain’s sovereignty to Brussels – but Remainers have vowed to fight it to the bitter end.
BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s foreign minister says there may now be a chance of a “soft” British exit from the European Union that keeps the U.K. in the bloc’s single market, but is warning that Britain couldn’t pick and choose
The volume and complexity of legislation that will need to be debated and passed by Britain’s House of Commons have been cited as the justification for the government calling a two-year Parliament, to start sitting Wednesday.
Tax avoidance lawyer Jolyon Maugham has abandoned his attempt to have the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declare that Britain’s exit from the EU can be stopped despite the activation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Chief Minister of the British sovereign territory Gibraltar, the two and a half square mile outpost on the southern tip of Spain, has announced the Rock, as it is known, is to mark Brexit by replacing EU flags in the territory with Commonwealth ones.
Anticipating post-Brexit changes in market conditions, Swedish furniture giant IKEA has revealed it is considering producing more of the products sold in Britain in Britain. Presently only a small fraction of IKEA products sold in the UK are made in Britain
An extensive new report has found the BBC’s flagship morning news show was “strongly biased against Brexit” in the critical week when Britain triggered Article 50 and began its divorce from the European Union (EU).
As European Union leaders agreed negotiating guidelines over the weekend, they sent an unambiguous signal to London that they thought British Prime Minister Theresa May’s starting position for talks was out of line with their own, rejecting her demands and accusing
Questions have been raised over campaigner Gina Miller’s anti-Brexit election fund due to a loophole which could allow anonymous “foreign funding” of a campaign which aims to orchestrate tactical voting in Britain’s general election.
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Twenty-seven EU leaders will formally meet without Britain for the first time on Saturday to rubberstamp their guidelines for Brexit negotiations.
A general election tactical voting campaign set up by Brexit-opponent Gina Miller has crowd-funded more than £150,000 in just one day. The campaign will support parliamentary candidates who want to see the outcome of the Brexit negotiations put to a
Despite months of clear bilateral focus from the White House and the apparently death of the controversial Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan used a political speech in London to claim the deal was
The Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium, is strongly opposed to the European Union (EU) attempting to “punish” the UK in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, recognising the substantial damage it could inflict on EU exporters.
LONDON (AFP) – The outlook for London’s financial sector has improved since Brexit was triggered, insists the man charged with its policy, even as banks remain set to move some jobs abroad. Mark Boleat, who spoke on Thursday to AFP after British
Former European Union employee Peter Mandelson has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to pay the £50 billion “ransom” the bloc has demanded as the price of Brexit.
Guy Verhofstadt, who will represent the European Parliament in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, has said the younger generation in Britain will take the country back into EU.
Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has blasted the European Union for trying to force the United Kingdom to pay a £53 billion “ransom” before it will agree to trade talks.
Government central banks are jettisoning the euro over fears for the stability of the European Union (EU) – but continue to see the pound sterling as an attractive long-term investment.
The Gibraltar government have restated their position that they are not to be a bargaining chip in Britain’s Brexit negotiations, and are certain they wish to remain part of the Kingdom, as the row over Spain’s posturing over the rock continues to ruffle feathers.
All Americans must roundly condemn recent statements by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s top diplomat said Sunday that his government is urging the European Union to side with Madrid on the future of the British territory of Gibraltar, which lies at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula
The maroon passport currently held by British citizens will revert back to its original dark blue colour as Britain prepares to leave the European Union, the Home Office has confirmed. The classic dark blue design, which was replaced by burgundy-coloured passports in
LONDON (AFP) – British finance minister Philip Hammond will head a business delegation to India next week in an effort to boost international trade as Britain begins the process of leaving the European Union. Chancellor of the Exchequer Hammond will be joined
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar has given a series of interviews expressing disgust at the European Council accepting a Spanish veto over its EU relations in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, vowing that the Rock will be “even more British” after Brexit.
As the UK triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begins the process of exiting the European Union, infamous New Labour heavyweight Peter Mandelson has urged diehard Remain campaigners to “Resist, Renew and Reorganise”.
The European Union will seek to establish a Brexit deal with the United Kingdom which prevents its government from cutting taxes, scrapping burdensome regulations, or supporting industries through more liberal state aid.