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Brexit talks' fate hangs in balance at EU summit

14-10-2020 17:38 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared himself disappointed in the progress of post-Brexit trade talks Wednesday, but he will wait for news from an EU summit before deciding whether to pull the plug.

EU demands UK drop a planned law that breaches Brexit deal

10-09-2020 16:08 Britain left the political structures of the EU on January 31 and will make an economic break when an 11-month transition period ends on December 31.

Farewell to the EU, but not to Europe

01-02-2020 09:54 The decidedly conciliatory mood prevailing in the European Parliament, may have had something to do with the fact that, while Brexit has had a deleterious effect on British political life, its economic impact has so far been less damaging than predicted.

by James Neilson

PM Johnson hails ‘new beginning’ as UK leaves European Union

01-02-2020 09:43 Britain is leaving the European Union after 47 years of membership. That’s just the first stage of a journey that still has many twists in store.

Tough talks ahead as UK exit polls predict Boris Johnson victory

12-12-2019 23:07 Exit polls in Britain predict that Boris Johnson's Conservatives will continue in power with a majority government, after Thursday's general election.

UK political leaders chase undecided voters on eve of vote

11-12-2019 12:34 Though opinion polls have consistently shown Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in the lead, surveys suggest the margin may be narrowing before Thursday's contest.

UK will leave EU by end of October, London says

20-10-2019 10:15 A third delay to the Brexit deadline could be imminent, despite last week’s deal

UK PM Johnson says 'great new deal' reached with EU on Brexit

17-10-2019 08:22 All eyes in London will now turn to whether Johnson, who has vowed to take Britain out of the EU by the end of the month, has enough support to push through the agreement in the House of Commons.

UK PM Johnson ignores pleas to tone down charged rhetoric

28-09-2019 03:07 Another disastrous week for the British leader in Parliament ends with a referral to police, as he brushes off requests from MPs and his sister that he alter his language amid threats against lawmakers.

Blow for PM as UK's top court rules Parliament suspension was illegal

24-09-2019 10:07 Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the crucial countdown to the country's Brexit deadline was illegal.

UK election threat looms as Johnson fights Tory Brexit rebels

02-09-2019 12:32 Allies of Prime Minister Boris Johnson are considering a snap poll as he battles his opponents in Parliament who are trying to stop him taking the UK out of the EU without a deal on October 31.

Boris Johnson plays a brutal game of Brexit Truth or Dare

31-08-2019 01:15 Anti-democratic? Demagogic? British prime minister’s decision to suspend Parliament marks a sharp escalation of hostilities over Brexit.