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Theresa May repeatedly refused to deny that she believed the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former South African leader Nelson Mandela was “a terrorist” during a tense televised interview. Speaking to Channel Four’s Michael Crick during her visit to South Africa, May was asked repeatedly to outline her historical position on African National Congress (ANC) leader Mandela, […]
Gareth Fuller – WPA Pool/Getty Images Theresa May has demanded Boris Johnson for comparing women wearing burqas to bank robbers and letter boxes. The former Foreign Secretary has been accused of Islamophobia over the remarks, which he made in a newspaper column. Johnson has so far refused to back down, and May said on Tuesday […]
Thomson Reuters Theresa May refuses to condemn Boris Johnson after the former foreign secretary compared Muslim women who wear the burqa to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers.” Johnson wrote in a newspaper column: “It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes.” A spokesperson for Prime Minister May refused […]
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Lack of progress in Brexit negotiations putting UK public at “at serious and unnecessary risk,” according to MPs. The report said there is a “serious risk” that crucial aspects of security co-operation will end after Brexit because both sides are refusing to budge on their “political red lines.” It said Theresa May […]
Theresa May welcomed Donald Trump, 72, and his wife Melania Trump, 48, for a lavish dinner at Blenheim Palace tonight. All attendees looked suitably glamorous in black tie and floor-length gowns. Dressed in red, Theresa also looked the part – but her choice of outfit set Twitter alight thanks to the incredibly high slit at […]
With Brussels increasingly impatient for a deal on Brexit and a NATO summit planned for Thursday, UK Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a domestic crisis of confidence — and humiliation on the world stage. Adding to her troubles, May must play host to US President Donald Trump on Friday amid what are expected to […]
REUTERS/Toby Melville NEW: Members of both Westminster and European Parliaments join the UK energy industry in urging Theresa May to clarify her post-Brexit environmental policy. As things stand, over 1,400 industrial sites across the UK participate in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) — the EU’s programme for tackling harmful carbon emissions. British businesses across a […]
Downing Street has published the details of a “backstop” proposal to avoid a hard Irish border after Brexit. The “backstop” is an emergency measure which would ensure no hard border emerges between Northern Ireland and Ireland. Brexit secretary David Davis had two long meetings with the prime minister this morning after allies made it clear […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Theresa May urged to “act decisively” against President Trump amid escalating trade war. Trump is going ahead with plans to slap large tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico. Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker have all spoken out against the move. However, May has decided […]
Exclusive: Sir Peter Westmacott, Britain’s ambassador to the United States until 2016, tells Business Insider that it will be “extremely difficult” for the UK to negotiate a free-trade deal with the United States. Brexit-supporting MPs have consistently trumpeted the prospect of a UK-US trade deal as a means of compensating for the economic hit from […]
