Only two days before the original Brexit Day, March 29 2019, Parliament passed government legislation to delay Brexit. The vote to delay – 441 to […]
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May 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 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 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 […]
Read moreLords fail to stop Brexit – early 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May got her withdrawal bill passed virtually unchanged in early 2018, winning every vote in the House of Commons, rejecting amendments proposed […]
Read moreMPs face rising levels of abuse and threats
A survey by the BBC in September 2017 confirmed growing levels of abuse and death threats to MPs. This issue was sadly highlighted by the […]
Read moreTheresa May’s election gamble backfires – June 2017
The newspaper headlines said it all on the morning after the 2017 UK election. Prime Minister Theresa May lost 13 seats and in the coming […]
Read moreThe Brexit voting saga – early 2017
On March 13 2017 the lower House of Commons voted 498 to 114 in a final vote to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to invoke […]
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Brexit dominates AEJ congress November 2016
Perhaps unsurprisingly the issue of Brexit was on every delegate’s mind at the AEJ’s 2016 Congress in Kilkenny in southeastern Ireland on 4 –6 November […]
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