In 2019 the AEJ UK moved its lunchtime meetings from Europe House, London home of the EU Commission and European Parliament and host for AEJ UK gatherings for many years, as Brexit complicated the EU’s diplomatic and political siutaion in London and informed most of the year’s AEJ meetings.
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Johnson wins – Friday 13th December 2019
The course for Brexit was set when UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson won his bet on the future of Britain in a snap election on […]
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Gambling on the future – election 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called his snap election for December 12 2019 – instead of leaving the European Union as he promised to do on […]
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View from Scotland
Three members of the Scottish Parliament, three different parties, three differing perspectives on Brexit’s impact north of the border.
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Bob Elphick 1930-2019
From AEJ member Michael Lake:Our long-standing colleague and great friend, Robert Elphick (Bob to his many friends) has just died, aged 89. We may mourn […]
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UK Supreme Court overturns suspension of Parliament – September 2019
Boris Johnson suspended Parliament in September 2019. But the UK Supreme Court – all 11 judges – ruled it was unlawful and the action null […]
Read moreMPs take control? – autumn 2019
Before the suspension of Parliament in September 2019, UK MPs were able to take control of the agenda and come together in a rare alliance […]
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Summer of elections – 2019
”Not another election” exclaimed Brenda in 2017 about Prime Minister Theresa May’s snap election call. Two years later the prime minister was forced to resign […]
Read moreBrexit deadlines – a shifting saga April 2019
The official deadline for the UK to leave the EU was October 31, Halloween, 2019. That was the date set by an early April summit […]
Read moreBrexit Day 2019 ….when?
Only two days before the original Brexit Day, March 29 2019, Parliament passed government legislation to delay Brexit. The vote to delay – 441 to […]
Read moreMay and Corbyn change positions – February 2019
At the end of February 2019 resignations from both the governing Conservatives and opposition Labour parties forced both Prime Minister Theresa May and Opposition Leader […]
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AEJ Guests 2018
In 2018 Brexit dominated AEJ UK lunchtime meetings just as it did for most of the year’s news agenda.
Read moreFake News undermines democracy …and confuses expert researchers
Two reports in 2018 tried to examine the difficult phenomenon of fake news. The AEJ issued a road map on how to respond after a […]
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AEJ joins call for justice for Jamal Khashoggi
The Association of European Journalists International joined the Journalist Support Committee (JSC) to call for justice and a full investigation into the death of Saudi […]
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AEJ UK Anniversaries
On the 50th anniversary of its formation in 1968 the AEJ UK hosted an open and substantial dialogue among figures from opposing sides of the Brexit debate.
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