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Who might be the prime minister to inherit the Brexit mess if Theresa May quits?
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday offered to quit if her twice-defeated EU divorce deal passes, in a last-ditch attempt to persuade euroskeptics to back it. Here are some of those who could be in the frame to replace her: Michael Gove, 51: One of ...
Brexiteers bet U.K. can defy gravity in post-divorce trade
The U.K.'s hard-line Brexit backers are making their move. If they get their way on the U.K.'s new trade arrangements, they will face a test of gravity. Many of those plotting to oust Prime Minister Theresa May also favor reverting to basic World Trade Organization ...
Phone numbers and other personal details of senior ministers from Britain's Conservative party were made public by a security flaw in an app on Saturday, including those of top Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. Several top MPs reportedly received nuisance calls after their profiles ...
Theresa May wraps ‘suicide vest’ around U.K. over Brexit: Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal wraps "a suicide vest around the British constitution" and hands the detonator to the European Union, former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said in an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. His comments that drew strong criticism. Johnson pressed his ...
Britain's Boris Johnson splits from wife; tabloid blames infidelity
Britain's former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is tipped as a future prime minister, revealed Friday that he has separated from his wife and the couple are getting a divorce. The 54-year-old, who quit his role in July in opposition to the government's plan for ...
Two pioneers in the new politics
Britain's Boris Johnson and America's Alex Jones work to create and further the themes and dramas of contemporary populism.
Poll finds many Britons reject May's Brexit strategy; some turn to Boris Johnson, far-right
Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union are overwhelmingly opposed by the British public and more than a third of voters would support a new right-wing political party committed to quitting the bloc, according to a new poll. May's political vulnerability was ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May looked likely to survive any attempt to oust her over the government's Brexit strategy for now, and is leaning on the biggest opposition party to help get the plan through parliament and counter a mutiny by a group of ...
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government. May's office said in a terse statement that the prime minister had accepted Johnson's resignation and would name a replacement soon. Johnson, one of ...
Johnson uses colorful language to make point about May's latest Brexit plan
British Foreign Secretary (foreign minister) Boris Johnson strongly criticized Prime Minister Theresa May's latest Brexit proposal in typically colorful terms before agreeing with his colleagues to back the compromise Friday, reports said. Johnson, a leading supporter of a decisive break by Britain from the European ...
May asks for 'trust' with Cabinet at crunch time for Brexit issue
Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch week for her leadership and Brexit plan, with ministers and backbenchers in her Conservative Party feuding over Britain's future ties to the European Union. May issued a plea for unity in an opinion piece in the Sunday Times ...
