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The German Bundesrat, the upper chamber of the German parliament, has proposed banning Germans from denigrating both the European Union flag and its national anthem.

(AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she expects that Britain will find its own way after leaving the European Union and there are no grounds for arrogance toward the country.

Labour under the socialist Jeremy Corbyn has backed Britain effectively being turned into an open borders state, with the party planning to offer votes, healthcare, and benefits to an uncontrolled number of migrants.

“The last time we were in territory like this it was decided by civil war” — one thing I love about British constitutional historian and national treasure David Starkey is that he’s never knowingly understated, writes James Delingpole.

Boris Johnson addressed the “paralysed parliament” Wednesday evening, excoriating the members for not keeping their promise to deliver the outcome of the Brexit referendum while refusing to accept a general election to put the decision on how to proceed next to the public.

The Brexit Party has seen a rise in the polls, as a separate study found that Nigel Farage was influential enough to persuade three in ten Labour Leavers to vote for a Tory Brexiteer. A ComRes poll has found that

The UK government used the first business of the resumed Parliament Wednesday to goad members who have persistently voted against both Brexit and submitting themselves to the scrutiny of the British people, calling the house a “dead Parliament” and its members “cowardly”.  

Boris Johnson is to address the House of Commons after the Supreme Court ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful.

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has reportedly accused Supreme Court judges of a “constitutional coup” after they ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament “unlawful”.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson compared the over-three year delay to Brexit by Britain’s remain establishment to the ancient myth of the punishment of Prometheus, possibly comparing himself to a Greek hero ready to set the nation free in consequence. 

Outgoing President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said that he regrets not interfering in Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

The 11 justices of the Supreme Court are subject to little such scrutiny. Hitherto, Britain’s political and legal institutions have been run and regulated on the basis that their denizens will act in good faith, rather than – like the Supreme Court today – like activists for their preferred political cause.

Britain’s equivalent of the FBI, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has dropped its investigation into a network of pro-Brexit groups and individuals including Aaron Banks and Leave.EU, saying they could find “no evidence” of any crimes.

Addressing the United Nations in New York Tuesday in a speech which included wide-ranging comments on growing global trade, U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the “exceptional” new trade deal he was looking forward to concluding with the United Kingdom after it leaves the European Union.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that he will “roll out the red carpet” to American businesses, hinting at major reforms post-Brexit to taxation and regulations which would expand Britain’s global reach to investors and increase trade. Addressing American and

Labour Party members have voted to back a future Labour government renegotiating a soft Brexit treaty and then putting that deal against Remain in a second referendum.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has hit out at the Conservative government after the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament was unlawful, calling for the prime minister’s chief advisor to be sacked.

Let’s not waste time poring over the legal niceties of its decision. This is a coup by the judicial establishment, the vast majority of which happens to be comprised of shameless, doctrinaire Remainers.

The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons John Bercow has confirmed following the extraordinary ruling of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, that the House will resume sitting tomorrow, Wednesday.

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was acting unlawfully when he suspended Parliament in August for five weeks, a move which anti-Brexit campaigners claimed was intended to thwart their attempts to prevent Britain leaving the European Union.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused Nigel Farage’s offer of an electoral non-aggression pact between the Tories and the Brexit Party, despite backing from an overwhelming majority of both Tory and Brexit Party voters.

EXCLUSIVE — Brexit leader Nigel Farage has told Breitbart London extremists are winning the battle for the heart of the official UK opposition party.

Anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat MEPs have written to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, urging him not to do a Brexit deal with Prime Minister Boris Johnson — as they believe they can still stop it from happening.

John Humphrys, the veteran British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist who helmed its flagship Today programme for 33 years, exposed the publicly-funded broadcaster “institutional liberal bias” within days of his retirement.

LONDON (AP) – The European Union will insist that border controls be put up along the Irish border if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal and the British government will be responsible for that, a top EU official said.

The Port of Dover is “100 per cent ready” for a clean, no-deal Brexit, according to Doug Bannister, the port’s Chief Executive Officer.

Nigel Farage has called on the Conservative Party again to agree an election pact with his Brexit Party, warning that if the Tories refuse, they will be responsible for “saddling the country with a Corbyn administration”.

LONDON (AP) – Ireland’s deputy prime minister says the “mood music” over Brexit negotiations is improving but the sides remain far apart.

Something terrible has happened to the UK news cycle. Has there been a glitch in the space-time continuum? Is it like the final scene of Terminator II being played out in 3-D?

Iraq War architect and controversial former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has taken aim at Dominic Cummings, a one-time senior figure in the pro-Brexit campaign who now advises PM Boris Johnson in Downing Street, calling him a “quasi-anarchist”. 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by one of the country’s former leaders of obstructing Parliament by shutting down the legislature for five weeks, as a landmark Brexit case at the U.K. Supreme Court came to a head on Thursday.

British manufacturing has received a boost as Brexit-backing billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe confirmed his brand new 4×4 will be built at a plant in Wales.

Brexit Party MEPs have criticised Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament as a “huge mistake” because it has united Remainer MPs from different parties around the common cause of stopping Brexit.

John Longworth, the Director-General of the British Chambers of Commerce turned Brexit Party MEP, has hailed a guarantee from Britain’s biggest insulin supplier that there will be no shortages of the medication if the country makes a clean, no-deal break with the European Union at the end of October.

France and Finland have told the UK that talks will be “over” and the UK should prepare for no deal unless Boris Johnson submits alternatives to the withdrawal treaty — however, the European Parliament have said they are willing to support yet another Brexit delay.

The Electoral Commission has finally conceded that Remain campaigners broke electoral rules on joint spending during the EU referendum and issued fines.