Leaders of the British universal healthcare provider the National Health Service have told Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the transition period — delaying the UK’s exit from EU institutions — because leaving in the New Year would push the allegedly coronavirus-hit NHS “over the edge”.
The EU’s trade negotiator Michel Barnier has launched a fresh offer to extend the transition period by two years in response to requests from British Opposition MPs including Scottish separatist Ian Blackford, who has recently put pressure on the prime minister to sack Dominic Cummings over alleged lockdown breaches.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has confirmed that Boris Johnson’s government is “committed” to the EU negotiations timeline, adding the reminder that “we’ve left the European Union”.
Civil servants speaking to the establishment media have claimed that Boris Johnson’s government is preparing to extend the Brexit transition period beyond December 31st, 2020, due to disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer have tabled an amendment to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill that would force a two-year delay if the UK does not agree on a new trade deal with the EU.
The EU is expected to delay a decision on whether to grant an extension of Article 50 amidst recent election uncertainty, whilst France remains an obstacle to a long Brexit delay.
European leaders are expected to grant parliament’s request for a Brexit extension on Friday, breaking the pledge Prime Minister Boris Johnson made to Britons to take the UK out of the EU on October 31st.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk had told European leaders to grant the UK an extension to Article 50 to stop a no-deal Brexit.
French President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that the European Union will not grant a further extension to Article 50 if British MPs vote down the new proposed exit deal.
The Conservatives will only win a majority in the House of Commons at the next election if Boris Johnson delivers Brexit on October 31st.
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that European Union leaders are feeling “enormous hostility” towards the idea of a further delay to Brexit, increasing the possibility that the UK will leave the EU in a clean break on October 31st.
Germany has said that it will veto another Brexit delay unless the UK holds a general election or second referendum.
Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan has said the prime minister should have cancelled Brexit by revoking Article 50 after Theresa May returned from Brussels with a second delay.
Former Conservative Party leader and Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith MP condemned “arrogant” Parliament for abusing the sovereignty lent to it by the British people to ram through legislation aimed at stopping Brexit.
According to a Sky Data poll released Friday, 43 per cent of people would be angry if the UK took part in European Parliament elections as a result of Prime Minister Theresa May forcing a long extension of Article 50.
Nigel Farage has condemned Theresa May for her handling of Brexit, after the prime minister blamed Parliament for Brexit Day being cancelled because MPs refused to make a choice — the choice of accepting her unpopular Withdrawal Agreement.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk has said that the EU may grant a “short extension” to Article 50 — but only on condition the House of Commons passes Prime Minister Theresa May’s unpopular Withdrawal Agreement.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has told the UK to “finalise preparations for no deal” after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is set to ask the bloc to delay Brexit.
Senior EU officials have reportedly said they would only accept a long delay to Brexit if the UK uses the time to decide between cancelling Brexit, agreeing a softer exit — staying in the Single Market and Customs Union — or calling a second referendum.
A majority of Britons are against Members of Parliament voting for an extension of Article 50 in the House of Common tonight, according to a YouGov poll.
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage has warned that if Parliament votes to extend Article 50, Brexit will be delayed “again and again.”
Prime Minister Theresa May has paved the way for Europhile MPs to stop the UK leaving the EU in a clean break and to delay the Brexit date.
Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly set to rule out a clean, no-deal exit from the EU to stop mass resignations from remainer ministers.
The clearest indication yet that the government is planning to once again break its own word to the British people and delay Brexit beyond the official March 29th date has come with the apparently overheard speech of top Brexit bureaucrat Olly Robbins, where he loudly discussed the options for Brexit in a hotel bar.
