“So at long last we know Britain’s negotiating strategy” for leaving the European Union, says Robert Shrimsley in the Financial Times. As Prime Minister Theresa May has been repeating for the past six months, “Brexit means Brexit”. The way ahead is now clear. Britain is leaving the single market....
Theresa May’s speech confirms that Brexit means being all out of the EU rather than half-way out. However, the British government is less than half way down the road to that destination, because it has not yet started to specify how it will apply the Prime Minister’s principles. Once the government gives formal...
LEADING UK banks have been given a welcome boost by a European Union financial test while others key institutes in the eurozone have been savaged. The Bank of England welcomed the results of the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) stress test which laid bare the full scale of Europe’s banking crisis. Barclays,...
Unpredictable Trump may ease sanctions against Russia Clinton is more predictable even though she is likely to initially maintain the tough line against Russia, Moscow-based expert tells New Europe US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reportedly said on July 27 he would look into lifting sanctions...
'The European Union seems to be falling in love with itself and needs to be reformed. We wanted to be the best in the world. But it seems many regions in world are far ahead of us.” These may sound like the sentiments of an ardent Brexiteer; but they are, in fact, the words of the Slovakian prime minister, Robert...
Brexit: Hope for UK nationals living abroad after EU vote? Britain’s decision to leave the EU has left many of its citizens wondering what their future holds. The situation is particularly worrying for the thousands of British citizens living abroad. Years of freedom of movement have coloured the European map with...
DESPITE Scotland voting to Remain in the European Union, just 3.5 per cent of Scots want a second referendum on Brexit. A new map reveals how few people want to go to the polls again despite reports of Leave voters suffering ‘Bregret’ in the wake of the historic referendum. Just 3.5 per cent of Scots have...
A NEW Daily Express online poll has revealed that 98 per cent of respondents — 3,548 people — want the historic Brexit vote to be enacted now instead of Britain being embroiled in months or years of talks with Brussels bureaucrats. It comes amid alarm over comments by Theresa May to Tory MEPs saying that there...
A CONTROVERSIAL trade partnership between the European Union (EU) and the United States could benefit Britain, according to a Brussels official. David O’Sullivan, the EU ambassador to the US, has extended the olive branch to the UK by saying Britain will reap the rewards of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
BORIS JOHNSON is confident Britain will strike a deal with Europe that combines free trade with slashing immigration. The Foreign Secretary said he had detected a “quite striking” change of mood in European capitals “as understanding starts to break in and people see what this is all about”. Mr...
BRITAIN has been boosted by a host of positive economic reports putting paid to scaremongers who promised a financial crisis if we left the EU. The Bank of England admitted it saw “no evidence” of a sharp economic slowdown and the pound gained in strength as a result. Positive job figures showing unemployment...
HOUSE prices and mortgage lending continue to rise on the back of the Brexit vote as the UK property market goes from strength to strength. Banks and building societies recorded their strongest figures for the month of June for eight years as they handed over £20.7bn of home loans. That is a 16 per cent increase compared...