UK
UK
The United Kingdom. Or Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and the northern bits of Ireland. Plus maybe some other areas like Jersey and Guernsey (cows!). It's all so confusing.
Monday 1 April 2019
Nearly three years of uncertainty since the June 2016 referendum has forced companies to plan for the worst
Saturday 23 March 2019
Meanwhile, a record-breaking online petition on Parliament's website calling for Brexit to be cancelled by revoking Article 50 has attracted more than 4.18 million signatures.
Thursday 21 March 2019
...after EU leaders were apparently spooked by another lackluster performance by the British Prime Minister Theresa May.
“Two years on, M.P.s have been unable to agree on a way to agree on a way to implement the U.K.’s withdrawal”
Monday 18 March 2019
"he wakes me up every morning miaowing to death because he wants to go out, and then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, and then gives me evil looks when I put him out."
Thursday 14 March 2019
May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.
Wednesday 13 March 2019
‘There is no alternative but to hope for the best but prepare for the worst,’ says Foreign Minister Stef Blok.
Saturday 2 March 2019
Saturday 23 February 2019
They added that if a parliamentary compromise is not found soon, there won't be enough time to agree a deal and pass legislation before March 29, the date when Britain is set to exit the bloc.
Saturday 16 February 2019
Thursday 7 February 2019
But the British economy is paying a price as Brexit uncertainty contributes to a growing gloom.
Friday 1 February 2019
Brexit has shown the world a British parliament and a political class that resembles a ship of fools without a captain.
Tuesday 29 January 2019
The UK Parliament voted to send the British prime minister back to Brussels to seek concessions — even though the European Union has already refused.
...lawmakers narrowly failed to approve an amendment giving Parliament the power to instruct her to seek a delay to avoid a disorderly, and possibly chaotic, exit
Thursday 24 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 34
The European Union punished four Russians this week in connection with the Skripal poisoning, but the U.S. hasn't moved forward with its own penalties.
Thursday 17 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 27
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said a no-deal Brexit looks "less and less unlikely" and has launched a contingency plan to prepare for it.
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 26
...winning a no confidence vote by 325 to 306.
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 25
May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.
For Britain, the big vote is finally here.
Thursday 10 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 20
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 19
It means the government will have to come up with revised plans within three days if Mrs May's EU withdrawal deal is rejected by MPs next week.
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 11
Asked specifically about Trump's earlier comment that May's deal is too favorable for the EU and would make a U.S.— U.K. trade deal unlikely, Johnson added: "It doesn't look like it would be possible."
Thursday 27 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 6
Wednesday 19 December 2018
...most banking, insurance and other financial firms in Britain would be cut off from the European Union if there is no divorce deal.
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Corbyn accused May on Monday of leading the UK into a "national crisis" as she ignored pleas to abandon her widely criticized Brexit deal.
Monday 17 December 2018
MPs will vote on the UK's Brexit deal in the week beginning 14 January
Wednesday 12 December 2018
The vote: 200-117 - Mrs. May now has breathing room.
The lawmakers in her party are barred from challenging her for one year, which strengthens her position.
To survive as prime minister, May must get the votes of 158 members of Parliament.
According to the BBC, 174 lawmakers from her party "have publicly said they will vote for her, with 34 publicly against."
Monday 10 December 2018
The legal decision is significant because means Britain could prevent a no-deal Brexit from happening if it wanted, even if Theresa May's deal is voted down by MPs next week.
Sunday 25 November 2018
The documents are said to detail Zuckerberg's direct knowledge of, and participation in, the privacy loophole that Cambridge Analytica exploited.
‘I am totally convinced that this is the only deal possible’
May must still get approval for the deal [...] from an outspokenly unhappy British Parliament.
Thursday 15 November 2018
McVey and Raab's resignations followed a gruelling five-hour Cabinet meeting on Wednesday in which the prime minister tried to persuade sceptical ministers to support the deal she has negotiated the European Union.
May is a single-issue prime minister, and the harsh verdict on her deal seriously imperils her leadership.
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Most Labour MPs are set to vote against it, as well as Conservative MPs from the pro-Brexit and pro-EU wings of the party, and possibly the 10 MPs from the Democratic Unionist Party which props up her government.
Thursday 1 November 2018
On Thursday, the police were investigating if Mr. Banks broke the law while promoting Britain’s departure, known as Brexit.
Thursday 27 September 2018
Russia's foreign ministry called the findings "a new portion of fake news."
Friday 21 September 2018
May said Friday that negotiations with the European Union were "at an impasse" after a disastrous summit at which her Brexit plan was largely rejected.
Thursday 20 September 2018
The main sticking point continues to be how to handle the border between Northern Ireland, which will remain part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, which will continue to be part of the EU.
Monday 17 September 2018
The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29 and yet little is clear
Friday 14 September 2018
Thursday 13 September 2018
They did not offer any explanation for how the London hotel room they had stayed in came to have traces of Novichok
Wednesday 12 September 2018
"I call on them to appear before the media and tell their story," Putin said
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Investigators released a cache of evidence in the case, including security camera images that captured the progress of two husky men from an Aeroflot flight to the scene of the crime, near the victim’s home, and from there back to Moscow.
British authorities posted on Wednesday detailed surveillance camera images and other information tracking the two men moving through busy Gatwick Airport, crowded London train and subway stations and the streets of Salisbury — all while allegedly carrying the military-grade poison.
Wednesday 29 August 2018
Stone-throwing, insults and dangerous manoeuvres on the high seas: French and British fishermen clashed in the English Channel over a hoard of scallops
Tuesday 28 August 2018
Nunes [...] sought unsuccessfully to meet chiefs of Britain’s three intelligence agencies on a recent visit to London
Thursday 23 August 2018
Raab announced that the government would today be publishing the first batch of "technical notices" explaining how the U.K. will mitigate the risks that may come with a no deal scenario.
Tuesday 14 August 2018
The risk of a no-deal Brexit has been increasing and the European Union commission needs to change its attitude if a deal is to be reached, British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday.
Thursday 9 August 2018
...and said the reason for the new restrictions — allegations it poisoned a former spy and his daughter in Britain — were far-fetched.
Wednesday 8 August 2018
The sanctions again highlighted the gap between President Trump’s conciliatory language toward Russia and the tough position taken by many in Congress and within the administration itself.
Wednesday 18 July 2018
No, the Queen did not ‘brooch-troll’ the U.S. President—a reminder that people across the political spectrum are all too eager to not let facts get in the way of a good story
Tuesday 17 July 2018
...the U.K. prime minister averted defeat on key legislation that would have rewritten her negotiating priorities and could have been the killer blow to her fragile leadership.
...reviewing the guard is something she's been photographed doing many times over the years.
With May reportedly on the verge of a vote of no confidence in her leadership, government whips will today seek to break up parliament five days early in a last-ditch attempt to avert a challenge.
Sunday 15 July 2018
All he really needs to make his meeting with Mr. Trump a success is for it to take place without any major friction
He will arrive in Helsinki after presiding over the final game of the World Cup [...] and will meet an American president who has spent the last week berating his NATO allies and undercutting his host in Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May.
QE also does hundreds and hundreds of appearances, and maybe 95% or higher, she wears a brooch. And the brooch is ALWAYS significant.
Arrival day was the one that got the most attention. That day, she wore the brooch the Obamas gave her on their last visit to England.
And for the day of the tea, QE wore an innocuous 'nice but not holy shit, considering what's in the vaults' diamond brooch she inherited from her mother.
Jewel watchers nearly died, because it is the brooch worn in the famous "Three Queens in Mourning" photo, worn by the Queen Mum:
QE rolled up to tea with the tRUmps wearing the brooch her mother wore to her father's STATE FUNERAL.
"He told me I should sue the EU - not go into negotiations."
Saturday 14 July 2018
Scottish police say they are trying to trace a paraglider who flew a Greenpeace protest banner over the golf resort that Mr. Trump is staying at.
Friday 13 July 2018
“I didn't criticize the prime minister,” he said. He went on to suggest a recording would vindicate him.
The recording exists. And it completely and utterly contradicts Trump's claim.
"Super callous fragile racist sexist Nazi POTUS"
Tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out in London alone.
Trump insisted Friday morning that he did not criticize British prime minister Theresa May in an interview with The Sun, even though the tabloid recorded his comments, which were very obviously critical of May.
He claims that he is more popular among Republicans than Abraham Lincoln.
“I would have done it much differently. I actually told Theresa May how to do it but she didn’t agree, she didn’t listen to me.”
Thursday 12 July 2018
"They were specifically looking for one in the flight path that Donald Trump will take when he comes to the UK this week”
The demonstrations will culminate in a march on Friday — with the baby balloon flying overhead — that is expected to be one of the nation’s largest rallies since the 2003 protests against the American- and British-led invasion of Iraq.
The black-tie dinner, with 150 invited guests, is expected to focus on post-Brexit trade
Tuesday 10 July 2018
Asked if May should remain in power, Trump said, “That’s up to the people,” and he complimented her top rival, Boris Johnson.
Numerous demonstrations are being planned for July 12 to 14, 2018, surrounding the visit of the President of the United States to the United Kingdom.
Monday 9 July 2018
Ever since May bungled the 2017 election, losing a majority in parliament, there has been speculation over how long she would hold the top job.
He’s the third and most prominent minister to resign in 24 hours over May’s handling of Brexit
Sunday 8 July 2018
...bringing new urgency to a four-month-old diplomatic standoff in which Britain has accused Russia of sending the poison to a small city in southern England in a botched attempt to kill a former spy.
Thursday 5 July 2018
London Mayor Sadiq Khan gave his approval Thursday for the so-called “Trump baby” blimp to fly over the Houses of Parliament on the morning of July 13, when the president is scheduled to be in the capital.
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Two British citizens have been critically sickened by the same nerve agent, Novichok, that was used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter four months ago
Thursday 28 June 2018
Their efforts to simultaneously cultivate ties to Russian officials and Trump’s campaign have captured the interest of investigators in the United Kingdom and the United States
Friday 22 June 2018
As the plot in the United States is slowly exposed, a remarkably similar one in the United Kingdom is quickly surfacing.
Saturday 5 May 2018
“Knives, knives, knives, knives,” he said, mimicking a stabbing motion as he defended gun ownership in the United States.
Thursday 26 April 2018
Trump will visit the U.K. for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May on July 13
Saturday 14 April 2018
Friday 13 April 2018
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, accused Russia of lying and covering up for its ally, the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday presented what it said was new evidence showing that Britain had staged the chemical attack.
The strikes risked pulling the United States deeper into the complex, multi-sided war in Syria from which Mr. Trump only last week said he wanted to withdraw.
Trump announced "precision strikes" against chemical weapons targets in Syria in a televised address on Friday night, announcing a joint operation is underway with armed forces from France and the United Kingdom.
During a press briefing on Friday, Mr Lavrov said he had "irrefutable evidence" that the attack was staged as part of a "Russophobic campaign" led by one country, which he did not name.
Thursday 12 April 2018
the OPCW said they confirmed “the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identify of the toxic chemical that was used in Salisbury and severely injured three people.”
The OPCW also did not say who manufactured the nerve agent or where or when it was created, however, they noted that it was of “high purity” with “the almost complete absence of impurities.”
Wednesday 4 April 2018
The international chemical weapons watchdog on Wednesday rejected Russia's call for a joint investigation with Britain of the nerve-agent poisonings of an ex-spy and his daughter in England.
Sunday 1 April 2018
For an assassin to leave poison on Mr. Skripal’s door handle would require considerable knowledge of the underlying chemistry
Wednesday 28 March 2018
“Specialists have identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent, to date, as being on the front door of the address.”
Monday 26 March 2018
Poland, Italy, Denmark, France and Germany were among 14 European Union member nations announcing plans to expel Russians from their countries in solidarity with Britain, which previously expelled 23 Russian diplomats after the poisoning. Canada also said it would expel four.
Saturday 24 March 2018
Around 18 investigators were seen entering the company’s London headquarters after obtaining a warrant to search its database and servers Friday night
Friday 23 March 2018
The newfound unity among European Union leaders on the matter and the appointment of fierce Russia hawk John Bolton as President Donald Trump's national security advisor are potential precursors of collective Western action against Russia.
Sunday 18 March 2018
Facebook on Sunday faced a backlash about how it protects user data, as American and British lawmakers demanded that it explain how a political data firm with links to President Trump’s 2016 campaign was able to harvest private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without the social network’s alerting users.
Saturday 17 March 2018
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday that “23 diplomatic personnel from the British Embassy in Moscow have been declared persona non grata” and have one week to leave.
Thursday 15 March 2018
The statement said the use of novichok “constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the second world war”
The expulsions will happen “soon,” ... It was not clear how many U.K. diplomats would be involved.
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian exile who had links to compatriots who died in mysterious circumstances in the UK, has been found dead in his London home
Britain called an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to formally accuse Russia of trying to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil with a military-grade nerve agent.
...the single biggest expulsion in 30 years
Tuesday 13 March 2018
"As soon as we get the facts straight, if we agree with them, we will condemn Russia or whoever it may be."
Britons are taking in the disquieting information that a Novichok nerve agent, a weapon invented for use against NATO troops, was released in the quiet town of Salisbury, its target a former Russian spy named Sergei V. Skripal.
"The death is currently being treated as an unexplained," police said, adding that the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command is leading the investigation as a precaution.
Monday 12 March 2018
Tillerson on Monday called the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain “an egregious act” and added, “It appears that it clearly came from Russia.”
May gave the Russian government a day to offer a response, without which she said the attack would be regarded as an action “by the Russian state against the United Kingdom” and would lead to consequences.
Friday 9 March 2018
About 180 troops including some with chemical expertise had been sent to the city to remove ambulances and other vehicles involved in the incident and other objects
“The public should not be alarmed”
Twenty-one people were taken to hospital following the incident but apart from the Skripals only Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, the first police officer on the scene, is still being treated. He remains in a serious condition although he is now able to talk
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Metropolitan Police counterterrorism chief Mark Rowley said Wednesday the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on Sunday is being treated as attempted murder.
Monday 5 March 2018
Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter were exposed to what police said was an unknown substance in the city of Salisbury.
Monday 5 February 2018
The President claimed that a demonstration on Saturday, where thousands marched on Downing Street calling on the Government to give the NHS the funding it needs, was an argument against the US adopting a similar system.
Friday 12 January 2018
President Trump said he has called off a planned ceremonial visit to Britain because he didn’t want to be associated with what he called a bad real estate deal in which the U.S. Embassy is being relocated from central London to “an off location.”
The George W. Bush administration had decided more than a decade ago to relocate the embassy from offices on prime land in the tony neighborhood of Mayfair in central London to a plot on the banks of the Thames in the south of the city. Security concerns drove the move
Thursday 11 January 2018
Tuesday 26 December 2017
The ship traffic came days after the head of the British military warned in an interview of the threat of Russian submarine activity near the sensitive undersea data cables that carry Internet traffic between North America and Europe.
Friday 8 December 2017
The bargain amounted to a capitulation by May on issues dear to the European Union: preserving peace and open borders in Northern Ireland, guaranteeing rights for the 3 million E.U. citizens living in Britain, and living up to British funding commitments in Europe for years to come.
Thursday 30 November 2017
“He needs to think before he tweets. We - Theresa May and I - are so different. Our profiles are completely different. She runs the country, I’m a mum from Bognor.”
Wednesday 29 November 2017
"Whether it's a real video, the threat is real," Sanders told reporters Wednesday
Thursday 16 November 2017
The disclosures came just two days after Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain delivered a speech accusing Russia of using cyberattacks and online propaganda to “undermine free societies” and “sow discord in the West.”
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Downgrade comes after threats of mass protests by opponents
Friday 15 September 2017
Asked directly about the President's tweet, Ms May said: "I never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation."
A homemade bomb sent a scorching cloud of smoke and flames through a London subway car Friday, injuring at least 22 rush-hour commuters and sending people scrambling for safety in what police called a terrorist incident.
Monday 3 July 2017
‘We’re asking Britain to be on standby to take to the streets with just hours’ notice if necessary’
Friday 23 June 2017
...the future of Brexit has been thrown into question by Prime Minister Theresa May's failed gamble on a snap general election.
Monday 19 June 2017
Britain and the European Union opened difficult negotiations Monday that will end the country’s 43-year membership in the economic and political alliance
Sunday 18 June 2017
A van drove into a group of pedestrians early Monday near a mosque in London, killing one person, and injuring 10
Sunday 11 June 2017
The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold for some time.
Saturday 10 June 2017
Theresa May’s chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, resigned following the Conservative Party’s disappointing results in the U.K. general elections.
Friday 9 June 2017
With considerable enthusiasm, some in Europe interpreted the election results as a decisive rejection of a hard Brexit by British voters.
Rather than clarity, Britain is staring at an even more complicated predicament, troubled by questions about what sort of government will emerge and whether the shape of the withdrawal negotiations will be altered.
The ruling Conservative Party (nicknamed the Tories) thought it was going to increase its numbers in Parliament, but has instead lost seats - and its slim majority
Thursday 8 June 2017
...polls show the race has unexpectedly tightened over the past few weeks, leading to a much closer battle than anyone expected.
Monday 5 June 2017
Trump's entire policy agenda depends on thinking terrorism is a huge, world-swallowing "big deal" — and Khan's pleas for calm vigilance are a threat to that mindset.
“When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate. You stand with them in times of adversity but you call them out when they are wrong. There are many things about which Donald Trump is wrong.”
Trump doubled down on his incorrect characterization of comments by London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Sunday 4 June 2017
...the mayor “has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks.”
The low-tech but high-profile attack will raise questions about how British security services failed to stop yet another mass-casualty strike after years of thwarting such attempts.
Saturday 3 June 2017
Three attackers drove a white van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday night and stabbed people at nearby Borough Market, killing at least seven people and injuring 48
...the three attackers, who were later found to be wearing fake explosive vests, were shot and killed.
Many people blasted Trump for making an international tragedy about himself
Saturday’s attack was the third in a series of recent similar incidents, including a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester May 22 and an attack that claimed five victims and injured dozens outside the British parliament in central London on March 22.
Thursday 25 May 2017
UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.
Tuesday 23 May 2017
The leaks come at a time when trust between the US intelligence services and others has been strained by the behavior of President Donald Trump, who shared classified details with Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting earlier this month.
“I won’t call them monsters, because they would like that term. They would think that’s a great name. I will call them, from now on, losers. They’re losers. And we’ll have more of them. But they’re losers. Just remember that.”
A lone attacker blew himself up at a pop concert filled with teenagers killing 22 in an apparent effort to harm as many young people as possible
Monday 22 May 2017
"The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena. We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated causing this atrocity."
Tuesday 18 April 2017
Conservatives hold a double-digit lead over Labour, which, if it holds up, would translate into a working majority in Parliament of over 100 seats, compared with only 17 seats now.
Wednesday 29 March 2017
I hereby notify the European Council in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union of the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the European Union
Wednesday 22 March 2017
A knife-wielding assailant driving a sport utility vehicle mowed down panicked pedestrians and stabbed a police officer outside Parliament on Wednesday in a deadly assault
Monday 20 March 2017
Mrs. May now moves on to what promises to be a hideously complex process of disentangling Britain from more than four decades of European integration
Friday 17 March 2017
Thursday 16 March 2017
"Right now we should be working together, not pulling apart," May told British television.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
The debate was triggered after a petition to block Mr Trump’s state visit reached almost two million signatories.
Thursday 16 February 2017
Mr. Johnson was heard to ask: “Are we still being recorded?” To which Mr. Tillerson, whose two-week tenure has not included a single news conference, press availability or routine briefing, replied, “They never give up.”
Wednesday 15 February 2017
The Western European intelligence operations began in August, after the British government obtained information that people acting on behalf of Russia were in contact with members of the Trump campaign.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
The petition attracted over 1.8 million signatures, easily crossing the 100,000 signature threshold required for it to be debated in Parliament.
Monday 13 February 2017
That will mean that it can be held while Parliament is in recess – and MPs are not around to embarrass the President by objecting to him.
Sunday 12 February 2017
Local politicians and activists in Birmingham reacted with anger to suggestions that the trip could be relocated to their city – and pledged to flood the streets with protesters to greet the “hateful” President.
Monday 6 February 2017
Mr Trump’s visit is fast emerging as a political minefield.
Tuesday 31 January 2017
The petition states: “Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US government, but he should not be invited to make an official state visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen.”
Saturday 28 January 2017
There goes that relationship.
Friday 27 January 2017
The wrong Teresa: Teresa May is a soft porn actress
Saturday 21 January 2017