Embrace simple taxes and openness to trade to make a long-term success of Brexit January 30, 2017 At her Lancaster House speech this month, Theresa May was good to her word. She set out her 12-point negotiating position for leaving the EU and it was explicit that Brexit does, in fact, mean Brexit. The lady is clearly not for turning. And if the Lancaster House speech was about withdrawing from the current [...]
British tech sector slams President Donald Trump’s migration block, echoing US counterparts January 30, 2017 British tech bosses have echoed their American counterparts by criticising President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to the US for people hailing from several majority Muslim nations. Just days after Prime Minister Theresa May met the President in a bid to reinvigorate the “special relationship”, she was forced to distance herself from his controversial order on [...]
British nationals will be exempt from Trump’s travel ban, foreign office says January 29, 2017 Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tonight said UK nationals will be exempt from US President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries. UK nationals who are travelling to the US from one of the seven countries, which include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, will not be barred entry even if [...]
Here’s how British citizens are affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban January 29, 2017 UPDATE: The Foreign Office has issued a clarification that UK nationals will be exempt from the travel ban. Read more. An executive order by President Donald Trump has provoked waves of protest at US airports, where those travelling from seven majority Muslim countries have been detained or turned back. Signed on Friday, the order has [...]
Mo Farah slams Trump’s travel ban as “deeply troubling” January 29, 2017 Star athlete and Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah has slammed Donald Trump's executive order banning entry into the US for nationals of seven majority Muslim countries, including those who hold dual citizenship. Farah said it was "deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home – [...]
“Shameful and cruel”: London mayor Sadiq Khan reacts to Trump’s ban January 29, 2017 The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven majority Muslim countries entering the US "shameful and cruel". Writing on Facebook on Sunday morning, he said: President Trump's ban on refugees and immigrants from certain countries is shameful and cruel. The USA has a proud history of welcoming [...]
Donald Trump’s travel ban provokes top tech bosses from Apple, Google, Uber, Twitter, Facebook and more to speak out on immigration January 29, 2017 The high profile bosses of several of the United States' biggest technology companies have spoken out after Donald Trump issued an executive order banning people from seven majority Muslim countries entering the US. Google founder Sergey Brin, himself a migrant from the former Soviet Union, attended a protest at San Francisco airport in a personal capacity, he told reporters. [...]
Theresa May distances herself from Trump’s immigration stance January 29, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain does not agree with harsh new immigration measures imposed by the US just a day after being pictured hand in hand with Donald Trump at a meeting between the leaders to discuss the "special relationship". A ban on travellers was imposed on Friday by executive order against those [...]
Another Brexit march is coming to London January 28, 2017 Another demonstration against the UK leaving the European Union is coming to London on 25 March, the final weekend before the government triggers Article 50. Unite for Europe is organising the protest because it thinks it "can change minds" and that "Brexit can be stopped". Read more: In pictures: Women march against Trump in London [...]
Trump and May discuss Nato, trade and Brexit during brief press conference January 27, 2017 Talks between Theresa May and Donald Trump were an "indication of the strength and importance of the special relationship between our two countries," May said at a joint press conference between the two leaders today. The pair said they planned to discuss Nato and a state visit by Trump to the UK later this year [...]