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LONDON A week from today, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will leave the European Union on Jan. 31 at 11 p.m. After the most tumultuous period in post-war British politics, Brexit will finally happen. When it does, however, it will not be with a bang, but …

Crack open the English sparkling wine! Downing Street swaps champagne for home-grown British fizz as the Queen rubber-stamps Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill and it becomes law Parliament finally gave its formal backing to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal last night EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill has now been given Royal Assent by …

Donald Trump accuses the EU of making it ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to trade as he praises Boris Johnson’s ‘guts’ and says the UK is now in a ‘good position’ to secure a strong post-Brexit deal with the bloc Donald Trump today said the EU is ‘more difficult to do business with than …

A Derby Brexit Party councillor has welcomed the flying of the Union flag on the Council House on January 31, the day earmarked for Britain to leave the EU. Councillor Alan Graves claims he had personally asked for the flag to be flown because “it marks independence for Britain” and …

Die-hard Remainer academic is slammed for comparing Brexit celebrations planned for January 31 to ‘a re-enactment of Kristallnacht’ Dr Mark Berry compared Brexit celebrations to Nazi terror during Kristallnacht Comes after Khan gave green light to Leave Means Leave event in Westminster But confusion abounds as to whether Big Ben will ring …

Richard Wilson, chief executive officer of TIGA, revealed a positive outlook for British gaming in … [+] 2020. © 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP With under three weeks to go before the U.K. supposedly leaves the European Union on January 31, British businesses are meticulously studying the effects that Brexit could …

Commemorative 50p coin Millions of commemorative 50p coins are being minted and will be put into circulation from January 31  Millions are being minted and will be put into circulation from January 31. Made out of gold, silver and cupro-nickel, they’ll be inscribed ‘Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations.’ …

And so ends another quiet year in politics… 🙃 I ended 2018 by describing it as a year that ‘delivered some of the strangest, most bizarre, comical and concerning political moments of recent history.’ I think that maybe, just maybe, 2019 might have topped that. Ok, fair, we didn’t see the UK …

The Queen will reflect on the ‘bumpy’ year endured by both the Royal Family and the nation in her Christmas broadcast tomorrow. Addressing a turbulent 12 months in which Prince Andrew was forced to step down from public duties, she will say ‘small steps’ can overcome difficulties and division. Her …

As the post-mortems for the British Labour Party’s stunning defeat keep arriving, the most frequent explanation for its poor performance is its lack of a clear Brexit policy. Jeremy Corbyn’s personality, incompetence and anti-Semitism all are seen as lesser reasons for his failure to attract more voters. No doubt Brexit …