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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...
The UK Isn’t the First to Leave a European Union
Great Britain's vote to exit from the European Union (E.U.) may have come as a shock to politicians and voters and the world, but it's not the first time a member state has left the group. Greenland was the first and only one until now. In the early 1970s, an early version of the E.U. was created, called the European...
The new divide in the Western world
I do not recall a more event-filled 24 hours since the end of the Cold war. On Friday morning, Britan voted to withdraw from the European Union, a decades-old, deeply intertwined economic and political association. Then, Scotland's first minister proposed another vote to break away from Britain, ending the 300-year union...
US Markets Extend Slide as Brexit Fallout Continues
U.S. stocks continued their downward slide this morning, as investors reacted to more potential fallout from Britain's vote to withdraw from the European Union last week. The Dow Jones dropped 200 points shortly after the opening bell. All U.S. markets are currently trading in negative territory. David Blanchflower, an...
Nicola Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC that Holyrood could try to block the UK's exit from the EU. She was speaking following a referendum on Thursday which saw Britain vote by 52% to 48% to leave Europe. However, in Scotland the picture was different with 62% backing Remain and 38% wanting to go....
China warns Brexit will ‘cast shadow’ over global economy
China finance experts have warned that Britain's decision to leave the European Union will "cast a shadow over the global economy". Finance minister Lou Jiwei said the "repercussions and fallout" will emerge over the next five to 10 years. Huang Yiping, a member of China's central bank monetary...
Cameron’s friends blast ‘mendacious’ Leave campaign & hunt for a candidate to ‘stop Boris’
FRIENDS of David Cameron have furiously hit out at Brexit campaigners for leading a “mendacious” campaign against the Prime Minister. Allies of Mr Cameron accused Michael Gove and Boris Johnson of “corroding” trust in politics as Project Fear warnings are proving to be a “reality”. Colleagues...
No second gear? Matt Le Blanc ‘tells Top Gear bosses he’ll quit if Evans isn’t sacked’
MATT Le Blanc has vowed to quit Top Gear unless Chris Evans is kicked off the show, according to reports. The presenter has allegedly grown increasingly frustrated with his co-star’s attitude towards the team on the BBC show. And insiders said the former Friends star delivered an ultimatum to corporation bosses by...
Emotional Adele wows Glastonbury
Pop star Adele has conquered the Glastonbury festival with an emotional set, full of generosity and warmth. The crowd in front of the Pyramid Stage stretched as far as the eye could see, as she opened with a note-perfect rendition of Hello. The star changed one of the lyrics to say "I've been Glastonbury...
Spanish voters head back to polls in bid to break deadlock
Polls are due to reopen in Spain after the four main parties failed to break the political deadlock from December's inconclusive general election. Opinion polls have suggested that Sunday's election may still not overcome the stalemate. The conservative Popular Party (PP) is tipped to win, but to fall short of a...
Could London become an EU state? Calls for independence after capital votes to Bremain
THE GROWING chasm between prosperous London and the rest of the UK became even wider today as demands in the capital grew to become a breakaway state. The capital was shown to be monumentaly out-of-step wit the rest of Britain after largely voting Remain while the nation voted to Leave the EU. But today the disconnect was...
ANTI-BREXITERS swamp London as it emerges Parliament will have to consider SECOND vote
PROTESTERS calling for a rerun of the historic EU in/out referendum who swamped London's streets today and yesterday have already secured a Parliamentary debate over the issue. Thousands of demonstrators hit the capital's streets and those of Edinburgh today as part of the f**k Bexit rally, banners with slogans such as...