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How the UK lost the Brexit battle
27/04/2019
The course of Brexit was set in the hours and days after the 2016 referendum. / It was at 6:22 a.m. on June 24, 2016 — 59 minutes before the official tally was unveiled — that the European Council sent its first “lines to take” to the national governments that make up the EU.
Lord Howard told Sky News that Theresa May would show the same "resolve" over Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher had with "another Spanish speaking country" over the Falklands.
Incoming PM tells parliament he will ‘bring back billions of euros’ of EU funds, as MPs prepare to confirm his candidacy.
Is the Brexit ideology running out of road?
16/10/2022
Many Conservative party members will be wondering where they go from here. / There is talk of damage limitation and trying to save as many seats as possible in the next election.
Welsh Government minister slams Boris Johnson as ‘sick, pompous narcissist’ after he compares Brexit to Ukraine
20/03/2022
A Welsh Government minister who has family in Ukraine has slammed Boris Johnson as a “sick, pompous narcissist” after he compared the struggle of the people of Ukraine against invasion to the UK’s vote for Brexit.
Britain will lose influence in international affairs after it leaves the EU, the outgoing president of the European council has said. Speaking at the College of Europe, Donald Tusk said Brexit would be the 'real end' of the British empire.
Poland's Prime Minister categorically rejects the idea that Poland may be heading towards leaving the European Union.
More than 100,000 Poles demonstrated on Sunday in support of European Union membership after a court ruling that parts of EU law are incompatible with the constitution raised concerns the country could eventually leave the bloc.
Scottish independence: 53% of voters back leaving UK if EU membership guaranteed, poll suggests
25/03/2021
Salmond row has ‘not made much difference’ to independence support, polling expert Sir John Curtice says.
Brexit: No light ahead of the tunnel
13/06/2020
On 7 October last year, there was a defining phone call between Boris Johnson and Angel Merkel.
Former European council president’s remarks will boost SNP’s campaign for second independence referendum.
‘If you ask me about our emotions, you will witness I think always empathy,’ says former European Council president.
Donald Tusk says it would still be better for both sides if UK stayed in EU
Donald Tusk tells Remainers to keep fighting Brexit - saying 'we're in extra time, it might go to penalties'
14/11/2019
Mr Tusk, who represents the leaders of the EU member states, added that Brexit amounts to the "real end of the British Empire".
European Commission president says ‘bulls***’ was responsible for Brexit.
Two of the EU's most influential characters have urged the bloc's 27 leaders to grant a UK request for a Brexit extension.
Irish PM and head of European parliament give their support to three-month extension.
Donald Tusk indicates that extension would be granted to prevent a no-deal.
Tusk receives UK's Brexit extension request
19/10/2019
The British government has sent the European Union a request to postpone the date of its departure from the bloc, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.
Boris Johnson has sent a request to the EU for a delay to Brexit - but without his signature.
Donald Tusk confirms letter has arrived – though reports suggest it was unsigned photocopy with a conflicting view in a second letter.
EU gives go-ahead to weekend meetings after PM appears to backtrack on customs stance.