British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has more to worry about as another member of his governing Conservatives defected to an opposition party seeking to reverse Brexit on Saturday. Former universities minister Sam Gyimah was announced as a new member of the Liberal Democrats at its annual conference in Bournemouth, on the southern English coast. Gyimah […]
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Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, survived a vote of no confidence at the country’s parliament on Wednesday, outlasting another threat against her Conservative government. The vote of no confidence was tabled before the House of Commons by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, moments after May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly rejected by both the […]
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British Prime Minister Theresa May will retain her job at least till next year, after she won a confidence vote triggered by 48 Conservative rebel MPs, who hate the Brexit deal she worked out with EU in November. However, May won 200-117. After two hours of voting in Committee Room 14 in the House of […]
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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said she would delay a crucial vote on her Brexit deal scheduled for Tuesday, saying she had listened to the concerns of critics. May said she would seek “assurances” from other European leaders ahead of an EU summit later this week in a bid to try to win […]
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Britain’s transport minister Jo Johnson on Friday resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government in opposition to a looming Brexit deal and called for a second referendum on leaving the EU. “It has become increasingly clear to me that the withdrawal agreement, which is being finalised… even as I write, will be a terrible mistake,” […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party will fail to win a parliamentary majority in Britain’s election, according to an exit poll on Thursday, a result that would plunge domestic politics into turmoil and could delay Brexit talks. The exit poll predicted May’s party would not win a majority of the 650 seats in parliament to […]
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British Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, nine months after Britons narrowly voted to leave the European Union. She signed the Brexit letter on Tuesday and spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the future talks. The letter will be hand-delivered on Wednesday to EU Council President Donald Tusk in […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s richest man, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, have lost $3.4 billion to the decision of the UK voters to leave the European Union. According to Bloomberg Billionaires ranking, both men were the worst-hit billionaires in the United States, losing $1.8 billion and $1.6 billion respectively. In context, the amount lost […]
Continue ReadingWhat has the United Kingdom just done to itself, its people and the future of its youth? It is difficult to fully understand why a country in taking a decision about its future will decide on a false option that seems to negate long-term interests. And this, just because a total of 17.4 million people […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed his regret over the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron. Recall that Mr. Cameron announced Friday that he was stepping down after his country voted to leave the European Union. He will leave office in October. President Buhari said Nigeria has enjoyed remarkable goodwill, support and understanding under the […]
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