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Analysis: Boris Johnson's Brexit choices are making Britain's fuel and food shortages worse
Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic.
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Biden warns UK on Brexit: No trade deal unless you respect N.Irish peace pact
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement as it withdraws from the European Union or there would be no separate U.S. trade deal.
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UK took its 'eye off the ball' on Russian meddling, long-awaited report finds
The UK took its "eye off the ball" in relation to Russia's attempts to meddle in British politics and deliberately "glossed over" allegations of a Kremlin-sponsored influence campaign during the Brexit referendum, an influential group of UK lawmakers say.
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Brexit: The UK is rushing to leave the EU as others queue up to join
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on Albania's bid to join the European Union at a time when the UK rushes to leave.
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Brexit uncertainty looms as IT leaders worry about transferring data from EU to UK
UK enterprises are increasingly concerned over whether they will be able to transfer data when the UK leaves the European Union, according to research by 4sl.
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Brexit, exams, trying for a baby: How to cope when life is in limbo
Living with uncertainty can be excruciating, whether it’s climate change, the next Brexit blow or wondering what’s making your partner late. Fortunately there are ways to build resilience.
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Brexit is stalling Britain from taking vital action on climate crisis, says expert
Britain has one of the world’s best capabilities for dealing with the climate crisis but is failing to make use of it. That is the stark view of leading expert Baroness Brown, a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change. “We have the ingredients to do good things in response to climate change but are not making use of them,” she warned last week.
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Boris Johnson 'could be jailed for refusing to seek Brexit delay'
PM could be found in contempt of court, warn legal experts, as Corbyn says Johnson ‘not above the law’
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Brexit will force Scot from German mayor's post
Iain Macnab will lose his job as Burgermeister of a German town as he will no longer be a EU citizen.
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Theresa May to resign as prime minister
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she had been unable to do so. Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest takes place.
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Milkshakes and Other Disagreeable Anointings
The recent spate of milkshake protests against the far right began in Warrington on 2 May. By James Butler.
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Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters -- and linking the same players and tactics to the 2016 US presidential election -- Cadwalladr calls out the "gods of Silicon Valley" for being on the wrong side of history and asks: Are free and fair elections a thing of the past?
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At last, Brexit explained in two words: Basil Fawlty
It’s all there in the 70s sitcom Fawlty Towers – the rage, the insularity, the status anxiety, says columnist Alex Clark
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Compromise? Time ticking down for Britain to come to Brexit agreement
Britain’s government held out the possibility of compromise with the opposition Labour Party on Sunday to try to win support in parliament for leaving the European Union with a deal, just days before the latest Brexit date.
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Bad Questions Lead to Bad Democracy
In a previous post, I discussed the essential role that questions play in the political landscape of contemporary democracy. The ability to ask questions, and to ask good ones at that, facilitates participation in political discussion and debate, allows us to gather information that speaks to our concerns, and those of our communities, and enables informed decision-making, about, for example, which box to tick on one’s ballot paper. Here I want to make the case stronger by looking at...
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Brexit: The bigger picture--Revitalizing UK exports in the new world of trade
Companies can boost UK trade and navigate global shifts by focusing on fast-growing services and digital trade, redoubling efforts in emerging markets, and digitizing their supply chains.
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Amoral and venal: Britain’s governing class has lost all sense of duty
The debacle that followed the Brexit referendum has its roots in moneyed nihilism at the top of the Conservative party, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty.
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Anti-Brexit marchers flood London as May faces calls to resign from own party
Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands on Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.
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Brexit: What the fuck is going on?
Jonathan Pie
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France’s EU minister names her cat 'Brexit' because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but just stands there when I open the door’
Nathalie Loiseau is France's lead minister in charge of Brexit
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