During his tour, Johnson is set to announce a $371 million new funding package as he tries to goad leaders to accept his no-deal strategy. On Monday, with Boris Johnson making his first official visit to Scotland as Prime Minister,… Read More ›
Northern Ireland
Will defend Brexit’s Irish backstop: Ursula von der Leyen
The stance taken by Ursula von der Leyen, a nominee for the next president of the European Commission, is likely to increase the chances of a hard Brexit. Ursula von der Leyen, the nominee for the next president of the… Read More ›
Irish border will significantly impact future trade deals: Democratic Congressman Richard Neal
How will Theresa May keep EU-member Ireland’s border with Northern Ireland open after Brexit without any physical infrastructure on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland? This question is proving to be the most excruciating issue in Britain’s sour grapes… Read More ›
Brexit can be reversed: Jeremy Hunt
In the event May’s deal is voted down on Tuesday, as is very likely, parliament will vote on Wednesday whether it should leave without a deal; if that measure is also voted down, parliament will then take up the issue… Read More ›
British lawmakers push for 9 month Brexit extension
May’s counter to this development needs to be weighed in, since irrespective of grant of an exception to extend Brexit, there is no change in the decision itself – No Brexit, No deal or deal. An attempt by British lawmakers… Read More ›
Number of Britons applying for Irish passports ride dramatically ahead of fast approaching Brexit
Anybody born in Northern Ireland, or who has an Irish parent or grandparents, is entitled to an Irish passport. In 2018, the number of British citizens applying for Irish passports has risen by 22% – a rise of more than… Read More ›
Theresa May rallies business houses to support her draft Brexit deal
May’s deal focusses on a key issue, the immigration system, which was a significant factor in the Brexit referendum. Facing dissenters from within her own party, British Prime Minister Theresa May has scrambled to win support from business leaders for… Read More ›
Brexit Minister’s resignation deals a body blow to the British Pound
Following the resignation of Britain’s Brexit minister Dominic Raab, the forex, derivatives and money markets are seeing a bloodbath. Following the resignation of Britain’s Brexit minister Dominic Raab in protest of Prime Minister’s draft Brexit deal, the pound nose dived… Read More ›
The EU and Britain clinch draft Brexit agreement
Theresa May’s government will now have to go through the guantlet of the British parliament, bridge opposing views of the country’s lawmakers and sell the Brexit deal to a deeply divided country. In a momentous development, Britain has clinched a… Read More ›
Britain and EU negotiators agree to a deal on all Irish issues
This remarkable development, is likely to be read as a sign of progress in the ongoing Brexit negotiations, said to be the toughest and the most complicated the world has ever seen since WW2. In a development that underscores a… Read More ›