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EU gears up for Brexit showdown with trade deal at stake

EU gears up for Brexit showdown with trade deal at stake

European Union member states are gearing up to consider suspending the bloc’s trade agreement with the UK if London takes concrete action to override parts of the Brexit deal, according to officials. EU ambassadors met Wednesday …

UK civil servants banned from saying 'Brexit'

UK civil servants banned from saying 'Brexit'

Civil servants have been told to stop saying 'Brexit' and to refer to the UK's departure from the European Union using the date of '31 December 2020,' Daily Mail reported.  A 'style guide' …

Army on standby to stock Britain's shelves

Army on standby to stock Britain's shelves

The British army is on standby to cope with Britain's food shortages caused by a lack of qualified truck drivers which has left many supermarket shelves bare in recent weeks.  Some 2,000 HGV drivers from the Royal Logistics …

EU formally signs post-Brexit trade deal with UK

EU formally signs post-Brexit trade deal with UK

The European Union’s top officials formally signed the long fought-over post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom on Wednesday. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles …

Boris Johnson: EU deal helps UK to open new chapter in history

Boris Johnson: EU deal helps UK to open new chapter in history

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail a new chapter in Britain's history today as his EU trade deal goes before Parliament. On the eve of the landmark vote, Tory Eurosceptics announced they would support the agreement, …

Marvel’s next superhero idea focuses on Brexit

Marvel’s next superhero idea focuses on Brexit

Marvel Comics is launching a new team of superheroes representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.  Their mission is to see if they can get along peaceably after Britain’s exit from the European Union, English …

Brexit marks beginning of EU collapse, Marine Le Pen says

Brexit marks beginning of EU collapse, Marine Le Pen says

Great Britain’s withdrawal from the EU marks the beginning of the formation of independent European states, the leader of the French National Rally Marine Le Pen said. “Brexit marks the beginning of the creation of the …

Brexit day: UK finally leaves the European Union

Brexit day: UK finally leaves the European Union

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed in a pre-recorded video address that the British government would use all the authority it has to make the United Kingdom a more equal and dynamic place after Brexit, Sputnik reports. On 31 Friday …

Boris Johnson to hail 'dawn of new era' on Brexit day

Boris Johnson to hail 'dawn of new era' on Brexit day

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail Brexit day as "the dawn of a new era" and pledge to unite Britain in an address to the nation later today. In a speech to be shown at 22:00 GMT - an hour …