British Prime Minister

• Boris Johnson loses 1st Brexit legislation vote since winning December election

  Johnson's Conservatives won a large majority in the lower chamber, the House of commons, at the Dec. 12 vote and lawmakers there quickly approved the legislation needed to ratify his exit deal with Brussels earlier this month.

  Politics

  Jan 20, 2020
• Scott Thompson: Forget Brexit, Boris Johnson should renegotiate a new EU

  Wouldn't it be easier to renegotiate a new, more modern European Union than strike a deal to exit the old? asks Scott Thompson

  Commentary

  Jul 25, 2019
• Advertisement
• U.K. leadership candidate Boris Johnson says he is serious about ‘no-deal’ Brexit threat

  The former London mayor is still the frontrunner in the race to succeed Theresa May but his lead had been dented by reports of a heated late-night row with his girlfriend.

  World

  Jun 24, 2019
• Advertisement
• U.K. PM candidate Boris Johnson balks at Brexit cost as leadership race heats up

  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.

  World

  Jun 9, 2019
• Boris Johnson slams Theresa May for ‘miserable’ Brexit deal in resignation speech

  "It is not too late to save Brexit," Johnson told parliament in his resignation speech on Wednesday

  Jul 18, 2018
• Donald Trump’s advice to Theresa May on Brexit: sue the European Union

  Theresa May told BBC television Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump advised her to sue the European Union as part of her Brexit strategy, a piece of advice she told the broadcaster she ignored.

  Politics

  Jul 15, 2018
• U.K. eyes joining NAFTA if post-Brexit EU trade deal falls through: report

  Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States,Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2017
• Canada-U.K. trade deal in the works, Trudeau and May say

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Theresa May said their two countries are working towards a new bilateral free trade deal.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2017
• Advertisement
• British PM Theresa May to visit Donald Trump following inauguration

  May's top staffers met Trump aides last month to finalize the spring visit.

  World

  Jan 6, 2017