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Brexit hits the rich: World’s wealthiest 400 lose £100bn in ONE DAY
BREXIT has resulted in the world's 400 richest people losing an eye-watering £100billion in just one day. But rich Britons only lost £4.18bn, according to financial software company Bloomberg. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index says the richest lost 3.2 per cent of their total net worth — now estimated at...
Brighton and Hove starts petition to ‘leave Britain and Remain in the EU’ after Brexit
ENRAGED Remain campaigners in Brighton and Hove have waged an online campaign for the city to gain independence from Britain and become “the Monaco of the UK”. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for a referendum for the East Sussex city to break away from the rest of the county in the wake of the...
Brexit: Cameron to face EU leaders after vote to leave
David Cameron is to meet European Union leaders for the first time since the UK voted to leave. The UK prime minister will discuss the implications of the Brexit vote and the way ahead at an EU summit in Brussels. German, French and Italian leaders said on Monday there could be no "formal or informal" talks on a...
Does Brexit leave the Kremlin smiling?
Amid the chaotic aftermath of the Brexit vote, with both the United Kingdom and Europe in turmoil, one world leader is widely seen as benefiting from the dramatic turn of events. "Brexit is a win for Putin," announced Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. Writing in The Washington Post, McFaul said:...
Over 1 million people sign petition calling for a second EU referendum
LONDON — A petition calling for the UK to hold a second referendum on membership in the European Union surpassed 1.3 million signatures on Saturday, in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the 28-member bloc. The demand to sign the parliamentary petition briefly caused the government website to crash on Friday. A House...
Now That Britain Wants out, EU Must Figure out How to Do It
Now that Britain has voted to leave the European Union, the bloc's first order of business is figuring out how to get rid of it. Surprisingly, that's a tall order. Britain seemingly has the luxury to pick and choose when to start the laborious, intricate process of disengagement from the 28-nation group, which is...
BREAKING: ‘Get out as soon as possible’ Jean-Claude Juncker gives Britain marching orders
THE European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has given Britain its marching orders after the British people voted to leave the European Union. Talking from Brussels after an emergency meeting with EU leaders, Mr Juncker told Britain the other 27 member states wanted to negotiate its exit plan “as soon as...
Pro-leave pranksters make crop circle showing ‘Britain beating EU’
PRO-leave visitors left their mark on the English countryside last night by making a massive crop circle — showing Britain beating the EU. The giant formation was discovered this morning in a wheat field in Avebury, Wiltshire, apparently showing an EU shark chasing and failing to catch British fishes. The huge formation...
Germany promised to recognise Hurst’s disputed 1966 World Cup goal if Britain remained
GERMANY’S most popular tabloid Bild had presented Britain with 11 farcical offers in an 11th hour bid for Britain to reject Brexit. Many newspapers across Europe had pleaded for Britain to reject the vote Leave campaign in the build up to the EU referendum. Bild, with a front page addressed ‘Dear Brits’,...
It’s ‘nonsense’ Britain is not independent: Desperate Cameron dismisses Brexit claims
DAVID Cameron has made a final impassioned plea for Britons to vote to remain in the European Union (EU) tomorrow. The Prime Minister called on voters to think of their children and grandchildren when going to the ballot box on Thursday for the EU Referendum. He said if we voted to leave the bloc jobs would have "less...
Outrage after French minister claims Brexit would give Britain ‘significance of Guernsey’
BRITAIN would become an isolated trading post with the "significance of Guernsey" if it left the European Union, according to a French minister. Emmanuel Macron, the economy minister for France, claimed a vote for Brexit would isolate the UK from its trading partners on Europe's borders. But his comments —...
Could British EU Exit Be Watershed for Global Economy?
A British exit from the European Union could cause global market swings for a while. But that would soon pass. If we're lucky, that is. Much darker scenarios for the global economy are also being discussed by economists as they try to gauge the risks of Thursday's referendum for the wider world. While economists say a...