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Candidates seek to woo right-wing before vote

Editorial Bureau July 18, 2022

London(UK)- The candidates to become the next British prime minister burnished their right-wing credentials Sunday as they looked to remain in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Many of the five remaining hopefuls highlighted issues linked to Brexit and immigration as they attempted to woo

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Candidates hopefuls battle for support as nominations close

Editorial Bureau July 12, 2022

London(UK)- Candidates to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was racing Tuesday to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. Nominations officially opened Tuesday morning and will close at 6 p.m. (1700GMT). Candidates need support from at least 20 Conservative lawmakers to be on the

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Germany, Ireland slam UK move toward overriding Brexit deal

Editorial Bureau July 4, 2022

London (UK)- Germany and Ireland have condemned the U.K government’s move towards unilaterally rewriting parts of the post-Brexit deal with the European Union. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Irish counterpart Simon Coveney said there was “no legal or political justification” for overriding the agreed trade rules in Northern Ireland. Writing in the British

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EU chief tells UK it’s ‘high time we get Brexit done’

Editorial Bureau June 30, 2022

London (UK)- European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said it was “high time we got Brexit done” as he fired the latest salvo against Boris Johnson’s government over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Sefcovic told an audience in London that UK legislation designed to tear up parts of the protocol, which governs Northern Ireland’s

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UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

Editorial Bureau June 27, 2022

London(UK)-UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite, Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc. Legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern Ireland is scheduled to get its first major House of […]

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N Ireland party leader pans Pelosi for warning on Brexit terms

Editorial Bureau May 21, 2022

London (UK)- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the Irish island. The trans-Atlantic sparring follows British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s

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There would be“a necessity to act”- Says Boris Johnson

Editorial Bureau May 16, 2022

On Monday, Boris Johnson renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union. On Monday, in London (U.K.)- Prime Minister Boris Johnson renewed British threats to breach a Brexit agreement with the European Union. He blamed it for a political crisis in Northern Ireland that impeded the formation of a new government. […]

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Boris Johnson calls for an end to Northern Ireland political deadlock

Editorial Bureau May 16, 2022

UK’s Johnson urges end to N Ireland deadlock, which prevents the formation of a regional administration, spares with EU. London (U K)- British Prime minister Boris Johnson is heading to Northern Ireland to end a political deadlock which prevents the formation of a regional administration. Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if […]

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UK delays post-Brexit border checks until end of 2023

Editorial Bureau April 29, 2022

LONDON — Britain announced Thursday that it is postponing until the end of 2023 some checks on imports from the European Union that are required under post-Brexit trade rules, citing economic disruption caused by the war in Ukraine. It’s the fourth time the U.K. has delayed checks it agreed to as part of its divorce […]

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UK PM under fire for Ukraine, Brexit comparisons

Editorial Bureau March 21, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under fire on Sunday, including from his own MPs, after saying that Brexit showed that Britons shared the same “instinct” for freedom as Ukrainians. In a speech to his Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, northern England, on Saturday, Johnson said it was “the instinct of the people of […]