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Brexit Limbo At present Theresa May is in talks with Jeremy Corbyn in order to try and come up with a mutually acceptable deal to put to Brussels. The problem is May can’t even get a deal that is acceptable within her own party let alone Labour as well. Her deal has been rejected three times and Brussels are stone walling us on the Irish border. Brussels have reiterated there will be no changes to the deal on the table...

Photo: Marlon Maya from Unsplash (CC 0) Es ist doch eine Perversion des Friedens- und Freiheitsprojektes, wenn die Nichtmitglieder tributpflichtig werden, nur damit sie mit der Bevölkerung der EU Handel treiben dürfen. Der Brexit wird zunehmend zur Tragödie. Nichts drückt die aktuelle Stimmung auf der Insel so präzise aus, wie die lädierte, krächzende Stimme von Theresa May. Wenn sie im Unterhaus vor die Abgeordneten tritt und für ihre Vereinbarung mit der EU wirbt, dann schwankt man zwischen...

Novartis imports some 120 million packs of medicines into the UK each year. - Click to enlarge Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis says a no-deal Brexit could hurt patients and that it is stockpiling medicines in the UK to help ensure continuity of supply. In a press releaseexternal link on Friday, it said that after the British parliament’s rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, “the risk of UK...

But significant political challenges lie ahead before the 29 March deadline for Brexit. Sterling likely to be in the spotlight for several months. Theresa May’s cabinet has approved her divorce deal with the European Union (EU). A few cabinet secretaries have resigned, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab because the deal keeps the UK in a transitory ‘customs union’ with the EU, which in his view continues to give...

The pound plunged against the euro, the dollar, gold and all leading currencies today as Theresa May’s UK government appeared vulnerable to collapsing and political turmoil risked creating a hard Brexit. The pound has fallen 2.6% against gold in less than twenty four hours seeing gold rise from £923 to £947 per ounce in sterling terms. The pound slumped the most in more than 17 months as several U.K. ministers resigned...

In confirmation that Theresa May’s upcoming Florence speech this Friday is not only what many have called “the most important day for Brexit since the referendum”, but also the most opaque, the Telegraph reports that UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will resign as before the weekend if Theresa May veers towards a “Swiss-style” arrangement with the EU in her upcoming speech. The Foreign Secretary believes he will have...

  The “Third Way” “Stealth, intrigue, subversion, and the deception of never calling socialism by its right name” – George Bernard Shaw The Brexit referendum has revealed the existence of a deep polarization in British politics. Apart from the public faces of the opposing campaigns, there were however also undisclosed parties with a vested interest which few people have heard about. And yet, they have been...