CBI chief calls for second Brexit referendum if MPs can’t ‘get their act together’ April 11, 2019 Another EU referendum should be held if MPs are unable to “get their act together” and sign off a Brexit deal, the president of the CBI has insisted. Speaking after the EU granted a second delay to the UK’s withdrawal from the organisation, John Allan said going back to the public could well be the [...]
Theresa May told to resign over ‘abject surrender’ of Halloween Brexit delay April 11, 2019 Theresa May was accused of an “abject surrender” and told to resign by a furious veteran Conservative MP today after she agreed to another delay to Brexit. Read more: May vows to seek 'orderly' Brexit after Halloween extension Sir Bill Cash, one of parliament’s most long-standing anti-EU MPs, urged the PM to quit as she [...]
Theresa May vows to seek ‘orderly’ Brexit as she urges MPs to work together to strike a deal April 11, 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May has called on MPs to work together to break parliament’s Brexit deadlock after the Easter break. Read more: Spooky: Why sterling refuses to rise after Halloween Brexit delay The EU handed the UK a second extension to Article 50 yesterday to take the UK up to 31 October, averting a potential [...]
Pressure on May to resign will ‘increase dramatically’, says David Davis April 11, 2019 Pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to resign will “increase dramatically” following a Halloween Brexit extension secured last night, David Davis has said. “I think what is likely to happen is the pressure for her to go will go up,” the former Brexit secretary told the BBC’s Today programme. “Whether it will come to anything [...]
European Council president Donald Tusk warns UK ‘not to waste’ Halloween Brexit extension April 11, 2019 European Council president Donald Tusk has warned the UK “not to waste” the extra time to find a way forward with Brexit after the EU agreed to extend Article 50 to Halloween. “Please don’t waste this time,” Tusk told a news conference following eight hours of EU leaders’ talks which culminated in a delay until [...]
EU leaders offer May a Halloween Brexit extension April 11, 2019 EU leaders last night hammered out a proposal to offer Theresa May a Brexit extension until 31 October – Halloween – following a midnight summit in Brussels. European Council president Donald Tusk had favoured a year-long delay, but French President Emmanuel Macron insisted that a shorter extension would put pressure on the UK to finally [...]
Angela Merkel calls for Brexit delay of ‘several months’ April 10, 2019 Angela Merkel has seemingly rejected Theresa May’s call for short delay to Brexit as she talked up an an extension of “several months”. The German chancellor told her country’s lower parliament that she hoped the EU would back a plan that would see the Article 50 process extended beyond 30 June – the date which [...]
EU set to decide on UK Brexit delay as Tory MP threatens legal challenge over lengthy extension April 10, 2019 The EU is set to decide whether to accept the UK’s Brexit extension proposal today, as French president Emmanuel Macron was warned not to humiliate Theresa May. Read more: Voters would punish Tories for Brexit delay at MEP elections EU leaders are expected to reject the Prime Minister’s proposal for an extension until 30 June [...]
Poll: Voters would punish Tories for Brexit delay at European parliamentary elections April 10, 2019 The Tories would be hit hard in European parliamentary elections if they are held in the UK as part of another delay to Brexit, according to a poll released today. Read more: British voters want a rule-breaking leader to reform Westminster Voters would punish the Conservatives for failing to pull the UK out of the [...]
Cross-party Brexit talks abandoned until after EU summit, Downing Street confirm April 9, 2019 The Conservatives and Labour have abandon Brexit talks until Thursday after failing to reach an agreement, just a day before Theresa May asks the EU for another delay to the UK’s withdrawal. Leading MPs from both parties held talks for four hours on Tuesday in an attempt to find a compromise plan which could win [...]