The dream is dead: Johnson triumph breaks UK ‘remainer’ hearts
After all the arguments and all the mass marches, opponents of Brexit faced a stark truth on Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election landslide:...
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World leaders react to Boris Johnson’s British election victory
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party secured a majority in a landslide election victory, results showed on Friday. Following is reaction from leaders around...
UK voters leave as large queues reported in some constituencies
Members of the public have been reported leaving before casting their votes due to long queues outside some polling stations. Waits of more than half...
Johnson, Corbyn wage Brexit battle in final debate before election
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit on Friday in the last televised debate before next week’s election that...
PM Johnson to tell business chiefs he will end uncertainty
By Kylie MacLellan and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell business leaders on Monday that his pledge...
No more preferential treatment for EU migrants after Brexit (Updated)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives said on Sunday they would end preferential treatment for European Union migrants from January 2021 if they win an...
Allegations of electoral fraud ‘could be political corruption of highest order’
Claims the Tories offered peerages to senior Brexit Party figures could amount to “political corruption of the highest order”, the Labour Party chairman warned, as...
Britain to become ‘second rate’ in the world after Brexit, says Tusk
Britain will lose influence in international affairs and become a “second-rate player” after it leaves the European Union, European Council President Donald Tusk said on...
PM insists voting Tory ‘only way’ to deliver Brexit
Boris Johnson has insisted voting Conservative is the ‘only way’ to get Brexit done after Nigel Farage refused to bow down to pressure to pull...
Farage will not run in UK election
Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s upstart Brexit Party, said he would not stand in the next month’s election, choosing instead to campaign countywide against...
Johnson says my deal is only way to get Brexit done
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his failure to deliver Brexit last week as he had promised was a “matter of deep regret”, but his...
Brexit Party’s Farage set to fight every seat in poll battle against Johnson
Nigel Farage opened his election campaign on Friday by telling Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his Brexit Party will contest every seat in Britain unless...
Farage to call for Brexit alliance with Tories as he launches election campaign
Nigel Farage will call for a “Brexit alliance” with the Conservatives as he sets out his stall for the General Election campaign. The Brexit Party...
Britain set for Dec. 12 election to break the Brexit deadlock
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early...
British PM Johnson win’s preliminary approval for December election
By Guy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper and William James Prime Minister Boris Johnson won parliament’s preliminary approval on Tuesday to hold Britain’s first December election in...
Labour backs early election in bid to break Brexit logjam
Britain was heading towards its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an...
EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December 12 election
The European Union agreed a three-month flexible Brexit delay on Monday but the British parliament rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to end the political...
Sterling treads water before UK lawmakers vote on election
By Olga Cotaga Sterling edged higher against a broadly struggling dollar on Monday as traders awaited the outcome of a vote in British Parliament on...
EU agrees Brexit delay to Jan.31, eyes formal approval on Tuesday (update)
BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until Jan.31, said the bloc’s chairman, Donald Tusk. “The EU27 has...
Stop holding UK “hostage”, govt says as it steps up pressure on parliament
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives stepped up pressure on lawmakers on Sunday to back the prime minister’s bid to hold an early election and break Britain’s Brexit...
