Osborne: UK economy in a position of strength
Source: BBC George Osborne has said the UK is ready to face the future “from a position of strength” and indicated there will be no immediate emergency Budget. The chancellor […]
EU referendum: Jeremy Corbyn vows to fight for leadership and reshape cabinet
Source: BBC Jeremy Corbyn will stand in any new leadership election, and reshape his shadow cabinet over the next 24 hours, the Labour leader has said. He urged people “to come together to heal the divisions” after the EU vote. A string of Labour shadow cabinet members have quit, with […]
Jo Cox: A worldly inspiration
Jun 25,2016 -JORDAN TIMES = Mahmoud N. Zidan Perhaps the assassination of Jo Cox, the British MP, outside a library is symbolic after all. The purpose of Cox’s suspected murder, Thomas Mair, behind killing her after a surgery session with her constituents cannot be missed: silencing her v oice […]
BREXIT EXPOSES THE FLAWS OF REFERENDUM DEMOCRACY
Most voters in most countries are ignorant of even the most basic political facts, let alone the social scientific theories needed to make sense of these facts. BY JASON BRENNAN ON 6/25/16 AT 10:00 AM Britain Votes Brexit: What Happens Now? This article first appeared on the Princeton University Press […]
Brexit: Boris Johnson launches pitch to be the Prime Minister that leads Britain out of Europe
Former Mayor of London says ‘no need for haste’ in initiating Article 50 and beginning process of negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU Oliver Wright Political Editor @oliver_wright 1678 comments Boris Johnson has […]
This Is How Brexit Could Be Good For the World
Source: Time By Jeffrey E. Garten Jeffrey E. Garten is the author of From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives. Though it will take a long […]
Can the European Union Survive Britain’s Vote to Leave?
Source: Time By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson/Brussels As the results of a referendum which will change the face of Europe slowly emerged overnight on June 24, the first reactions came from eurosceptic parties elsewhere on the continent, who gleefully celebrated Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. “Today Brexit, tomorrow Frexit,” proclaimed a […]
Ahmadiyya Spiritual Head Said it in 1996. It is about Britain and European Union
By Zubair Khan Note by Editor. In March 1996, in a question answer session, Late Mirza Tahir Ahmad r.a. the 4th spiritual head of Ahmadiyya when asked about ECC narrated following details. The fact is that behind the working of the mind which conceived of this plan or minds which […]
Brexit not ‘an amicable divorce’: Juncker
The European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker says there is no reason to wait until David Cameron is replaced in October to begin negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union.Speaking to Germany’s ARD television station, Mr Juncker added that he wants to start negotiating the UK’s reformed relationship with Europe ‘immediately’.’Britons […]
Older people are under threat from lonelinessur
theguardian: by Katherine Whitehorn — Feeling isolated is not only soul destryong, it’s also a risk factor for early death ‘We must help local authorities realise that being lonely is not normal or necessary’: Katharine Whitehorn. Photograph: Caro/Alamy Macbeth may have spoken of “that which should accompany old age/ As […]
Cornwall votes for Brexit and then pleads to keep EU funding
Cornwall recieves millions of pounds in EU subsidies every year Will Worley @willrworley 165 comments The Cornish council has issued a plea for “protection” following the United Kingdom’s vote to […]
Brexit: What happens now?
Source: BBC The UK has voted to leave the EU – a process that has come to be known as Brexit. Here is what is likely to happen next. Dawn […]
David Cameron resigns: Prime Minister announces he will step down after UK votes for Brexit
‘The country requires fresh leadership to take it in that direction’ Oliver Wright Political Editor @oliver_wright 145 comments David Cameron has announced he is quitting as Prime Minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union after a nearly half a century. SEE VIDEO HERE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-resigns-resignation-brexit-eu-referendum-result-live-latest-prime-minister-general-a7099936.html In a statement outside […]
Breaking News. Brexit: UK votes to leave EU in historic referendum
Source. BBC.Com The UK has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. Leave won by 52% to 48% with England and Wales voting strongly […]
First results in UK’s historic referendum on EU membership
Source: BBC The first results in the UK’s referendum on whether to remain in the European Union are coming in. Leave won in Sunderland by 22%, while Newcastle voted for […]
Voting nears end in UK referendum on EU
Source: BBC Voting is taking place in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. A record 46,499,537 people are entitled […]
EU referendum: The obscure law that stopped French Remainers handing out croissants to UK voters
‘If you don’t stamp on the croissant, the next they’re handing out banquets’ Will Worley @willrworley Pro-Remain campaigners have been forced to abandon plans to give out campaign croissants due […]
Sadiq Khan breaks 19-hour Ramadan fast on stage during Wembley EU referendum debate
Source: Independent By Harry Cockburn The Summer Solstice meant Mr Khan had to fast until 9.24pm The lunar calendar is unlikely to have been a consideration in the planning of […]
Muslims ‘are Britain’s top charity givers’
Source: The Times By Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent June 2013 Muslims are among Britain’s most generous givers, topping a poll of religious groups that donate to charity, according to new […]
Ex-Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi ‘quits’ Brexit campaign
Ex-Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi ‘quits’ Brexit campaign over claims of ‘lies and xenophobia’ – but Leave insist she never signed up in the first place Baroness Warsi’s high-profile ‘defection’ was greeted with bafflement Leave supporters could not remember her ever campaigning in their side Farage poster claiming migration was pushing continent to […]