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by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three MPs quit Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Wednesday in protest at its “disastrous” hard line on Brexit, joining a rebellion in parliament that is redrawing the country’s political landscape just weeks before it leaves the EU. The resignations by the pro-European trio posed a fresh and embarrassing headache for Prime Minister Theresa May as she headed to Brussels for talks with European Commission […]
by James Pheby Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom –British Prime Minister Theresa May took the blame for the ruling Conservatives’ disastrous performance at last week’s elections, as she faced her party’s angry MPs on Monday, seeking to ward off any challenge to her leadership. “I got us into this mess, and I’m going to get us out,” May told Conservatives MPs during the meeting in Westminster. May’s Conservatives unexpectedly lost their majority in parliament […]
The pound plunged two percent Friday as Prime Minister Theresa May lost her majority in Britain’s general election, fuelling political uncertainty just days before the start of Brexit talks. May had called the snap vote in a bid to boost her party’s hold over Westminster and give her a stronger hand in talks with European Union leaders over the country’s detachment from the bloc. However, the leftist Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party slashed the ruling Conservatives’ […]
by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — David Cameron’s political epitaph was carved in stone when he resigned the morning after Britons voted to quit the European Union. Cameron had staged the referendum to try to unite his Conservative party, where right-wing eurosceptics were agitating to leave the 28-nation bloc. His expectation was that he would win the June 23 vote handily and then push ahead with social reforms to crown his second term […]
