The battle to be Britain's next prime minister enters its final straight on Wednesday (Jul 17) with both candidates hardening their positions on Brexit, putting the future government on a collision course with Brussels. Boris Johnson (left) and Jeremy Hunt (right) are now both referring to Britain's departure with no overall deal in place as a realistic prospect. (Photo: AFP) Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson, the favourite to replace Theresa May, and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, are now both referring to Britain's departure with no overall deal in place as a realistic prospect. The business community and many lawmakers fear dire economic consequences from a no-deal Brexit which would lead to immediate trade tariffs for certain sectors including the automotive industry. Johnson and Hunt are taking part in a final question-and-answer session later on Wednesday before the result of the vote by Conservative Party members is announced on Jul 23 and the new prime minister is … [Read more...] about No deal Brexit looms as race for new British PM wraps up
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Spotlight: British PM to consider next steps as MPs fail to break Brexit deadlock – Xinhua
With Britain scheduled to leave the European Union on April 12, May is expected to convene a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (April 2). Her mission will be to seek a way of breaking the impasse between warring politicians. May is expected, trying for a fourth time, to get her under-fire Brexit deal through parliament later this week. Her deal, also known as the Withdrawal Agreement, has been rejected in the House of Commons for three times since January. Members of Parliament spent hours Monday debating a list of four Brexit options, ending in a series of votes which resulted in all of them being rejected. It was the second time within days that the British parliament had taken the unusual step of taking control of business in the Commons, a task usually managed by the ruling government. The first round of unbinding "indicative vote" was conducted on March 27, in which none of MPs' eight proposed options secured a majority, but among them, the proposed options about a customs union with the … [Read more...] about Spotlight: British PM to consider next steps as MPs fail to break Brexit deadlock – Xinhua
British PM May suffers severe blow on Brexit as ministers quit
British PM May suffers severe blow on Brexit as ministers quitThe Saigon Times Daily Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab gestures during a press briefing after a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium August 31, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON (REUTERS) - British Prime Minister Theresa May was dealt a severe blow on Thursday when her Brexit secretary and another minister quit, striking at the heart of a draft divorce deal with the EU she is battling to sell to her party, parliament and the country. Just over 12 hours after May announced that her team of top ministers had agreed to the terms of the draft agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey quit, saying they could not support it. Their departure, and the resignation of a junior minister, shakes May's divided government. Raab is the second Brexit secretary to quit over May's plans to leave the European Union, the … [Read more...] about British PM May suffers severe blow on Brexit as ministers quit
British PM eyes Brexit endgame, but not at any cost
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday (Nov 12) her government was working "extremely hard" to save a Brexit deal that continued slipping out of grasp despite frantic negotiations with the European Union. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, pictured in October of 2018, exiting 10 Downing Street in London, said that negotiators were working through the night to get a Brexit deal with the EU but vowed it would not be "an agreement at any cost". (Photo: AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas) May spoke to leaders of London's City financial district with anxiety mounting over the doomsday possibility of Britain crashing out of the 27-nation bloc in March without an agreement. The British prime minister hopes to seal divorce terms that can maintain frictionless trade - and assure there is no panic on the markets - by the end of November. But the latest in a series of crunch meetings between top negotiators in Brussels on Sunday broke up without a breakthrough a few hours after … [Read more...] about British PM eyes Brexit endgame, but not at any cost
EU demands more Brexit progress despite British PM’s plea
Viet Nam News BRUSSELS — EU leaders warned on Wednesday there must be more progress in Brexit negotiations, despite hearing a personal plea by British Prime Minister Theresa May, who said she was open to a longer transition phase to unblock the talks. European leaders had hoped to hold a special summit in November to seal the divorce, but on Wednesday they refused to sign off on the plan, taking the bloc a step closer to the potentially catastrophic scenario of Britain crashing out in March without a deal. May had earlier addressed her fellow leaders, indicating that she could accept extending the post-Brexit transition phase to take the heat out of the deadlocked issue of the Irish border, officials said. But she failed to respond to a call by EU President Donald Tusk for "concrete proposals" of her own to move the talks forward. When the other 27 European Union leaders met without her over dinner on Wednesday evening, they concluded that "not enough progress has been … [Read more...] about EU demands more Brexit progress despite British PM’s plea