Tag: BREXIT
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Good Brexit is possible – Theresa May
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said a good Brexit that would be of national interests is possible. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports May stated this while addressing the House of Commons following the publication of a draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. “A good Brexit, in the national…
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Britain’s work and pensions minister McVey quits over Brexit deal
Britain Work and Pensions Minister, Esther McVey, quit Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, the second senior minister to resign on Thursday over a Brexit deal agreed between London and Brussels. “The deal you put before the Cabinet yesterday does not honour the result of the referendum”, McVey wrote in a letter to May, joining Brexit…
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Dominic Raab resignation: Brexit Secretary’s letter to Theresa May
Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dominic Raab wrote May on Thursday saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”. The letter reads: “It has been an honour to serve…
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Breaking: Britain’s Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab resigns
Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dominic Raab wrote May on Thursday saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”. Today, I have resigned as Brexit Secretary. I cannot in…
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Former British PM advises party to vote down May’s possible Brexit deal
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday said he would advise Labour Party lawmakers to vote down a Brexit divorce deal that Theresa May is trying to clinch with the EU. Nearly six months before the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, there is little clarity about how the world’s fifth largest economy and…
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Merkel welcomes Brexit progress, says devil is in detail
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on Wednesday welcomed progress in negotiations on a Brexit deal and said she wanted a close relationship with Britain after it leaves the European Union, especially on security matters. “I hope there is progress, apparently there is progress, but sometimes the devil is in the detail so everything is only worked…
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40 UK lawmakers willing to vote down Brexit deal
At least 40 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party are willing to vote down her possible Brexit deal if it leaves European Union (EU), a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday. A lawmaker, Steve Baker told BBC radio that there are possibilities for the 40 lawmakers to vote down the Brexit if it leaves…
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Gov’t reshuffle: May holds productive cabinet meeting
UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday said she had a “productive cabinet meeting” following the departure of Brexit Minister David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. “Productive Cabinet meeting this morning, looking ahead to a busy week and sending our best wishes to @England for tomorrow!’’ May tweeted. Johnson and Davis resigned over the…
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Vote again on Brexit, Liverpool manager urges
Britain should vote again on whether or not to leave the European Union Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp told The Guardian on Monday. The 50-year-old — whose side face AS Roma at Anfield on Tuesday in their Champions League semi-final first leg clash — says the British people were sold short in the original campaign…
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Merkel: Europe ‘can no longer rely on allies’ after Trump and Brexit
Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to “fight for its own destiny”. It follows the G7’s failure to commit…