We’re Only a Few More Tory Defections from a General Election
Credit to Author: Gavin Haynes| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:10:14 +0000
Here are the odds on who those defectors might be.
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EU flags come down in Brexit Britain
Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:48:42 +0000
At a flag-making workshop in northern England, orders for Union Jacks are flying off the production line while the EU’s blue-and-yellow standard is proving less and less popular.
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Read moreMay delay: UK PM asks lawmakers for more time on Brexit
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:16:38 +0000
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May was urging restive lawmakers Tuesday to “hold their nerve” and give her more time to rework a divorce agreement with the European Union.
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Read moreHas Brexit Ruined Democracy?
Credit to Author: Tom Whyman| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:10:37 +0000
Making sense of the fact that every possible side of the Brexit debate is claiming to speak for ‘democracy’.
Read moreNo-deal Brexit ‘could cost 600,000 jobs worldwide’: study
Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:39:55 +0000
A British departure from the European Union without a deal could put 600,000 jobs around the world at risk, a study published Monday found.
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Read moreUK economy to grow at weakest since financial crisis
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:44:38 +0000
LONDON — The British economy is set to grow this year by its weakest rate since the global financial crisis as uncertainties over Britain’s exit from the European Union ratchet higher, the Bank of England warned Thursday.
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Read moreEU chief ponders ‘special place in hell’ for some Brexiters
Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:31:22 +0000
European Council President Donald Tusk took a swipe Wednesday at some Brexit-backers in Britain, wondering aloud what “special place in hell” might be reserved for those who had no idea how to deliver the country’s exit from the European Union.
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Read moreBrexit seen threatening 700,000 tourism jobs
Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:13:59 +0000
A leading global tourism body estimates that around 700,000 jobs in travel and tourism could be lost across Europe if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal.
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Read moreFears grow: 1/3 of UK firms consider move abroad over Brexit
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:37:58 +0000
Nearly a third of U.K. firms may shift their operations abroad because of Britain’s pending departure from the European Union, a survey of 1,200 company directors suggested Friday, as the political stalemate over a Brexit deal heightened jitters among businesses.
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Read moreSour surprise for sweets: Brexit may raise German candy cost
Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:20:19 +0000
German candy retailers are worried that exporting sweets to the UK will become as slow Brexit, causing supply shortages and price increases.
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