Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has slammed the British political establishment for three years of “betrayal” as the country marks the third anniversary of the Brexit vote — still inside the European Union.
EU loyalist Dominic Grieve has warned that he and other Remainer Tories could topple Boris Johnson if he backs a No Deal Brexit, as opposition MPs plot to end the next Tory leader’s premiership in a day.
Today is the third anniversary of the EU Referendum. Like all Brexiteers, I can remember exactly where I was when I heard the result. And more importantly, I remember exactly how it felt.
LONDON (AP) – The two finalists in the race to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party — and become the country’s new prime minister — made their first formal pitches to party members Saturday.
Britain’s political parties will soon be fighting another by-election (special election) after Welsh Conservative Chris Davies was unseated by his own constituents in a recall petition, the second successful use of the removal mechanism ever. Chris Davies, who represented the
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that European Union leaders are feeling “enormous hostility” towards the idea of a further delay to Brexit, increasing the possibility that the UK will leave the EU in a clean break on October 31st.
Alarm bells are ringing for some Brexiteers after Project Fear architect George Osborne appeared to endorse Boris Johnson’s candidacy for Tory leader.
Conservative members of parliament have voted for the fourth time to further reduce the list of candidates who will go forward to become the next party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with favourite Boris Johnson again leading the race.
Twenty-six Labour MPs in marginal and Brexit-supporting constituencies have written to party leader Jeremy Corbyn urging him to strike a deal with the next prime minister to secure Brexit by October 31st, warning that pushing for a second referendum would be “toxic to our bedrock” of supporters.
Foreign Aid minister Roderick ‘Rory’ Stewart, darling of the Remainer wing of the Tory Party and many media commentators, has been knocked out of the race to succeed Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister.
The Islamic cleric invited to appear on the BBC-hosted Tory leadership debate to grill Boris Johnson over past face veil remarks is an anti-Semitic Jeremy Corbyn supporter, reports suggest.
An at-times chaotic and indecisive BBC leadership debate and fluctuating bookmakers’ odds leave no certainty in the race to become the next British prime minister, other than Boris Johnson being very likely to be in the final two.
Nigel Farage has signalled a softening towards the prospect of an electoral alliance between his party and the governing Conservatives, but has maintained the Tories had failed to comprehend how badly damaging failing to deliver Brexit is to them.
Bookmaker’s favourite Boris Johnson has again come first in a poll of Conservative Members of Parliament choosing who they would have replace Theresa May.
The man who threw a milkshake at Nigel Farage during an election campaign walkabout in May has been spared a custodial sentence but has been ordered to pay £520 and perform 150 hours of unpaid work.
Barring a last-minute upset, former Mayor of London Boris Johnson is all but certain to make it to the final ballot to replace Theresa May, but the position of challenger remains up for grabs and would-be leader Michael Gove has made a final push to revitalise his flagging campaign.
A former candidate to lead Britain’s Conservative Party has thrown her support behind front-runner Boris Johnson.
An SNP MEP has apologised and agreed to pay legal costs after accusing the Brexit Party of being a “money laundering front” after the European Union elections.
Boris Johnson’s bid to become Britain’s next prime minister has been bolstered by fresh support from one of his former rivals.
A number of Conservative MPs have reportedly told party leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson that he must deliver Brexit by October 31st or face mass defection to Nigel Farage’s new party.
Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal by aligning with Remainers in the Tory Party including Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond.
The chance of the UK leaving the EU in a clean break, ditching Theresa May’s EU-approved withdrawal treaty, has increased, according to a poll of economists conducted by Reuters.
Britain’s top civil servant has said that the country is in “pretty good shape” for a no deal Brexit, just months after making a dire prediction about Britain’s future if a deal was not agreed.
Boris Johnson is serious about delivering Brexit but he’ll probably only be able to do this by calling an early General Election in October and by reaching an accommodation with The Brexit Party’s leader Nigel Farage.
European Commission finance chief Günther Oettinger has admitted that there is “not really a court” to force the UK to pay the EU the Brexit ‘divorce bill’.
A Boris Johnson supporter has claimed that the Leave campaigner could delay Brexit again if he becomes prime minister.
Reviving the campaign to prevent Britain making a clean break from the European Union after an attempt to use parliament to outlaw a full Brexit failed on Tuesday night, rebel members of the governing Conservative Party have said they would move to bring down the government altogether to stop Brexit.
Tory leadership contender Rory Stewart has sensationally issued a warning to the frontrunner Boris Johnson and other candidates against shutting down parliament as a last-resort measure to prevent Brexit being frustrated.
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are investigating a joke made by a British comedian about right-wing politicians having battery acid thrown at them after a complaint was made about incitement to violence.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are leading the pack to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after the governing Conservative Party held an internal poll of Parliamentarians Wednesday to whittle the list of ten runners down to seven candidates who will go through to a second round.
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has ruled out time-limiting the Irish backstop as a number of European leaders are telling prospective Tory Party leadership hopefuls that a new prime minister will not be able to change the withdrawal treaty.
Labour is attempting to thwart a no-deal Brexit by tabling a cross-party motion to take control of proceedings in the House of Commons. They intend to use that power to block any chance of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Boris Johnson launched his leadership campaign Wednesday by promising to deliver Brexit as a prelude to healing “divisions” in the country, but made clear he was absolutely opposed to taking Britain fully out of the European Union in a no-strings-attached “hard” withdrawal.
Front-runner Boris Johnson is officially launching his campaign to be Britain’s next prime minister, telling fellow Conservatives they must take the U.K. out of the European Union or see the party wiped out by angry voters.
“Do these people inhabit the same planet as their voters? Do they have any idea what a second betrayal will do to their party?”, said Nigel Farage as Tory leadership candidates talked up delaying Brexit again.
Conservative leadership contender Dominic Raab has vowed to create a cabinet of Brexiteers, refusing to give a government job to any member of Parliament who wouldn’t accept that Britain is leaving the European Union in October.
The French EU Minister has said that the EU is not prepared to re-open discussions on terms of the Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement.
Official figures show that average earnings in the U.K. increased in the three months to April while unemployment remained at its lowest level since the end of 1974.
Seeing their poll ratings plummet and being all but wiped out in the recent European Parliament elections, Britain’s governing Conservative Party is considering whether more of the same may be the answer to their troubles as they work to pick a new leader.
Tory leadership contender Dominic Raab has asserted his position as the one true believer in Brexit in the running to become the next British Prime Minister, taking a swipe at lead rival Boris Johnson’s perceived lack of conviction.
