Tag: Theresa May
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Trump may visit U.K. May 2019 after country’s departure in March
U.S. President Donald Trump may visit Britain in May 2019 after the country’s departure in March from the European Union, the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, said on Monday. Asked whether a state visit, promised by Prime Minister Theresa May last year, could be rescheduled to coincide with a commemoration of the end of…
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Theresa May wins confidence vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May will retain her job at least till next year, after she won a confidence vote triggered by 48 Conservative rebel MPs, who hate the Brexit deal she worked out with EU in November. She won 200-117. After two hours of voting in Committee Room 14 in the House of Commons,…
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I will be Prime Minister to take Britain out of EU – May
Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the Prime Minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to ensure certainty for the future. May sealed a deal with EU leaders last Sunday that would see Britain leave the bloc on March 29 with continued close…
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Brexit deal: May expresses optimism following EU leaders’ approval [Video]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed optimism following the approval of her Brexit deal by twenty-seven leaders of the European Union (EU). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Brexit deal seeks to end free movement once and fall, with a new skills-based immigration system. The deal also seeks a free trade area with the EU for…
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Brexit: European Council President says EU, UK will remain friends
President of the European Council (EC), Donald Tusk, has said the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) will remain friends, following endorsement of the Brexit deal by EC. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Tusk stated this in his remarks after the special meeting of the EC that endorsed the deal on Sunday. The EC President,…
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Former Prime Minister says Theresa May’s Brexit deal is dodo
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the Brexit deal, approved by the European Council on Sunday, is a dodo. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the former Prime Minister stated this while speaking on Marr on Sunday morning. “The problem is, the deal’s a dodo,” Blair stated, while stressing that he has respect for Prime Minister…
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Brexit: I am going to see this through -Theresa May
Theresa May has dismissed speculation she could be ousted as prime minister over her Brexit agreement, saying: “I am going to see this through.” Despite a series of ministers resigning and talk of a no-confidence vote, she vowed to get the deal signed off in Brussels and to put it to MPs. “The course I…
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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…