Richard Branson has congratulated Prime Minister Theresa May for “standing up” to the “extreme right-wing” of her party by stopping a clean Brexit, saying he would “dearly love” a second referendum.
Former Cabinet minister Owen Paterson has said that repeated Brexit delays and the end of ‘No Deal’ planning shows Theresa May’s government “was never going to countenance no deal”, in an article describing the process up to now as a “stitch-up”.
The Conservative government has stopped its planning for a no-deal, clean exit from the EU with “immediate effect,” following Prime Minister Theresa May forcing the country into another Brexit delay up to until Halloween.
The Government minister who was responsible for No Deal planning at the Brexit Department says that Britain is “officially ready” for a clean break with the European Union.
According to a Sky Data poll released Friday, 43 per cent of people would be angry if the UK took part in European Parliament elections as a result of Prime Minister Theresa May forcing a long extension of Article 50.
Every region in the England and Wales, apart from London, supports leaving the European Union without a deal over Remaining, according to a poll.
Members of Parliament have voted to pass a Bill that will force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek an extension of Article 50 and stop a no deal by one vote.
The deputy mayor of Calais has said that he is ready for a clean, no deal Brexit, saying, “If everyone does their jobs properly, there won’t be any problems.”
LONDON (AP) – Prime Minister Theresa May says she will not lead Britain out of the European Union without a deal unless Parliament agrees to it — effectively taking that option off the table.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lizz Truss MP has backed a No Deal Brexit over a long extension to the Article 50 negotiations with the European Union — pushing Brexit day far into the future, and possibly preparing the way for its ultimate cancellation — indicating she does not believe the more lurid scare stories peddled by Project Fear.
Remainer Tory ministers are holding Brexit hostage by threatening to resign over a vote that could force the UK into a long Brexit delay and possibly into a second referendum.
The chief executive of popular fashion retailer Next has said there is “no evidence” the Brexit vote has hit consumer spending, and even indicated that the company will be able to make savings which is can pass on to customers in the event of No Deal.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has said if parliamentarians reject May’s deal again, it will guide everybody to a no-deal, for sure.”
Government ministers are preparing to launch No Deal exit plans on Monday if the EU27 reject a Brexit delay.
Nigel Farage has condemned Theresa May for her handling of Brexit, after the prime minister blamed Parliament for Brexit Day being cancelled because MPs refused to make a choice — the choice of accepting her unpopular Withdrawal Agreement.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk has said that the EU may grant a “short extension” to Article 50 — but only on condition the House of Commons passes Prime Minister Theresa May’s unpopular Withdrawal Agreement.
Conservative Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith has warned his Cabinet colleagues against betraying party promises to the electorate to deliver Brexit by March 29th.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has told the UK to “finalise preparations for no deal” after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is set to ask the bloc to delay Brexit.
A poll has found that Britons are more comfortable with the “brief uncertainty” of a clean-break Brexit than are happy with a Brexit extension, and a clear majority think the European Union is punishing the United Kingdom for wanting to leave.
A majority of Britons are against Members of Parliament voting for an extension of Article 50 in the House of Common tonight, according to a YouGov poll.
Brexiteers have reacted with anger after the House of Commons voted to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal, whilst the Tory Party is in disarray after Prime Minister Theresa May lost control of her own motion.
David Campbell-Bannerman has called for the Government to forget about the “absurd” vote to take no-deal off the table, and use World Trade Organization (WTO) Article 24 to continue trading with the EU tariff-free until a good deal is made.
While Prime Minister Theresa May has opened the possibility of ruling out making a clean break of the EU and of extending Brexit, Eurocrats are telling Britain to get ready for a no deal exit on March 29th.
Nigel Farage and Donald Trump discussed the U.S. giving its backing to a clean, “No Deal” Brexit at recent CPAC conference in Maryland.
Brexiteer and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has called on the government to whip Tory MPs into keeping open the option of a clean Brexit and to reject a delay to Brexit in House of Commons votes this week.
Government sources believe that Prime Minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement could lose by 100 votes, whilst the unelected peers in the House of Lords have voted in favour off Brexit Britain staying in a customs union with the EU.
Mark Carney has revised predictions on the economic ‘disruption’ of a no-deal Brexit by a half, after the Bank of England governor had been criticised for his “misleading” November predictions.
Dominic Raab has warned that any suggestion of delaying Brexit “weakens” London’s negotiating powers in Brussels, but that to accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s soft-Brexit withdrawal agreement would risk a “democratic cliff edge” in the UK.
While anti-Brexiteers have been at pains to emphasise the potential risks of a No Deal exit from the European Union and draw tenuous links between the global downturn in diesel car sales and Britain’s pending departure from the bloc in recent weeks, British industry has been enjoyed a series of important but little-reported success stories.
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage has warned that if Parliament votes to extend Article 50, Brexit will be delayed “again and again.”
