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Why wasn't 2015 the 'brexit election'?
Now that Britain is on its way out of the European Union, Brexit is a major issue at a general election.
The then Labour leader Ed Miliband made a big speech at the start of the campaign, in the City of London, about how a British exit from the EU would harm the economy. -
SAY NO.Believe in Britain
For the first time since november 2014 more british people want to leave the EU than remain a member.This coincides with the European refugee crisis and problems in Calais over the summer, but we can't be sure if this has caused the shift in mood. British people have been wary of accepting more refugees.The research puts the 'In' camp at 38%, down 6% since June, and 'Out' at 40%, up 6%. Until around the time of the European Parliament elections in 2014. -
Brexit is good news for Russia but headache for NATO.
“Putin has been trying to force divisions in the West, but he actually hasn’t been succeeding that well. This is a benefit to him without him having to do anything.“Without Britain, there won’t be anybody in the EU to defend sanctions against us so zealously,” Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, wrote on Twitter. -
Brexit:What happens now?
At exactly 06:00 BST on 24 June it was confirmed that the UK had voted to leave the European Union. The first thing to stress is that the UK will not leave immediately. The UK is still a member of the EU and will probably remain so for several years. But the vote has already triggered an extraordinary chain of events.
What will happen next is difficult to predict. A long, hard road of negotiations between the UK and EU beckons although it is unclear when this process will begin. -
Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’
In one of the most significant constitutional cases in decades, Britain’s Supreme Court began a hearing on Monday to determine whether Parliament should vote before the government begins formal steps to quit the European Union.The outcome of the case could affect the timetable laid down by Prime Minister Theresa May, who wants to start withdrawal negotiations by the end of March. Mrs May wanted to use prerogative powers to avoid a vote in Parliament. -
May's threat to Europe
Theresa May warned European leaders that the UK is prepared to crash out of the EU if she cannot negotiate a reasonable exit deal in a speech where her tough talking rhetoric prompted key figures in Brussels to say that the country was on track for a “hard Brexit”.Although May said "I am confident that this scenario need never arise – while I am sure a positive agreement can be reached – I am equally clear that no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain,” she said. -
Theresa May urges EU to retain trade terms for two years after Brexit
Theresa May has said there should be a transition period of "about" two years after Brexit, during which trade should continue on current terms.
EU migrants will still be able to live and work in the UK but they will have to register with the authorities, under her proposals.
And the UK will pay into the EU budget so member states are not left out of pocket.
She hopes this offer, made in a speech in Italy, will unblock Brexit talks. -
Irish Border Post-Brexit
Britain is committed to avoiding any physical infrastructure at the border with EU member Ireland after Brexit, but a solution can only be found in the context of a future relationship, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday.
