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.
Read moreNo deal on Brexit? – September 2018
How likely was no deal with the EU on Brexit? Prime Minister Theresa said the only choice was between her Chequers plan or no deal […]
Read moreBrexit meets fake news – July 2018
In July 2018 there were a series of reports that raised questions about the role of fake news in the campaign for Brexit. A UK […]
Read moreBrexit Checkers – July 2018
In early July 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May forged an agreement from her cabinet on Brexit – an agreement that fell apart starting two days […]
Read moreDennis Kiley 1933-2018
Denis Kiley’s “full and outrageous life” was celebrated on July 13 2018 after his death from advanced prostate cancer on June 29. Exiled nearly 60 […]
Read moreUK Parliament passes EU repeal law – June 2018
The UK Parliament approved the Conservative government’s EU withdrawal bill in June 2018, paving the way to Brexit by converting all applicable EU laws into […]
Read moreUK and EU Brexit transition deal – March 2018
Britain and the European Union agreed on most of the terms for the Brexit transition period in a deal announced on March 19 2018 showing […]
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