Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister, said on Sunday he would withhold an already agreed 39-billion-pound ($49.6 billion) Brexit payment until the European Union gives Britain better withdrawal terms. Continue reading
Whoever replaces Theresa May will inherit the same Brexit nightmare that defined her tenure as U.K. prime minister. Continue reading
British health minister Matt Hancock, ex-Brexit minister Dominic Raab and former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom on Saturday joined an increasingly crowded field to replace May. Continue reading
“We will vote against it if its brought to parliament,” Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster told Ireland’s RTE television, in her most direct comments on the issue to date. Continue reading
“There is a better solution … It is the Super Canada, zero tariff, zero quota, free trade deal at the heart of a deep and special partnership. It is right for both sides, and it is time to go for it,” wrote Boris Johnson. Continue reading
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Theresa May’s Brexit plan was like putting the country’s constitution in a “suicide vest” and handing the detonator to the European Union. Continue reading
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was granted a three-day furlough from Iranian prison, allowing her to meet with her four-year-old daughter. Continue reading
“It is not too late to save Brexit,” Johnson told parliament in his resignation speech on Wednesday Continue reading
Brexit divorce proceedings are still on track for the U.K. to withdraw from the EU next March, despite tough negotiations and turmoil in the prime minister’s cabinet. Continue reading
Boris Johnson has resigned as the U.K.’s foreign secretary, the prime minister’s office says. Continue reading