Brexit

@nytimesworld 1 year ago

British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a key component of a long-awaited deal on Northern Ireland trade rules, an emphatic victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he tries to resolve one of the most vexing legacies of Brexit. https://nyti.ms/3lyUQ1S

@nytimesworld 3 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been trying to quell a rebellion among lawmakers from his Conservative Party as the British Parliament prepared to vote on Brexit legislation that the government acknowledges would violate international law https://nyti.ms/2ZBJxHS

@WSJ 4 years ago

On Friday, the U.K.’s 73 lawmakers in the chamber will be out of a job, some triumphant and others defeated. Nigel Farage, a key architect of Brexit, says, “The irony is none of this would ever have happened if we hadn’t come to this place.” https://on.wsj.com/2uJN3n1

@WSJ 4 years ago

Lawmakers approved the Brexit divorce deal, ensuring that the U.K. will leave the European Union at the end of the month https://on.wsj.com/2TP5qSc

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

As U.K. lawmakers consider Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal, irate unionists in Northern Ireland are planning how to resist the agreement https://nyti.ms/32L6pnN

@WSJ 4 years ago

Shortly after endorsing Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, U.K. lawmakers voted against a proposed timetable to push it through Parliament by the end of the month https://on.wsj.com/32NQFRj

@WSJ 4 years ago

Breaking: U.K. lawmakers endorse Johnson’s Brexit deal, giving it critical momentum. But disagreements over the timetable still could disrupt the plan. https://on.wsj.com/2N7x6wo

@WSJ 4 years ago

U.K. government officials fear a rebel group of 21 lawmakers ejected from the ruling Conservative Party could try to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after most forced him to ask the EU for a delay https://on.wsj.com/32uNzBu

@WSJ 4 years ago

Watch: British lawmakers approved a measure that may force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline, a prospect he rejected. https://on.wsj.com/31yvlxn

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

As lawmakers argued back and forth inside the House of Commons, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered outside to demand a final say on Brexit https://nyti.ms/2o53ZBC

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

The showdown over Boris Johnson's Brexit plan led lawmakers to pass an amendment that aims to force a delay on a definitive vote in Parliament https://nyti.ms/2MVP1pW

@WSJ 4 years ago

U.K. lawmakers pass an amendment delaying a decisive vote in Parliament, likely forcing the government to request a Brexit extension https://on.wsj.com/2Mtu5r3

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Huge crowds of protesters were streaming along the streets of London on Saturday in a march against the new Brexit deal as British lawmakers were debating the agreement https://nyti.ms/31s0SRJ

@WSJ 4 years ago

British lawmakers look set to delay a decisive Brexit vote, likely forcing Boris Johnson to request a further delay before the U.K. leaves the EU https://on.wsj.com/2P7Tskh

@WSJ 4 years ago

As Boris Johnson tries to sell lawmakers on his Brexit deal, U.K. bookmakers try to anticipate what happens next https://on.wsj.com/2oJrMY9

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Lawmakers in Britain are debating Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with impassioned speeches, shouts and jeers. The first vote is set for this afternoon. https://nyti.ms/35JCT41

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

The fate of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan is down to the wire as British lawmakers prepare to debate and vote in Parliament https://nyti.ms/2J3RZax

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in theory needs around 30 lawmakers to change sides for Parliament to pass his Brexit deal on Saturday. Here are three groups of lawmakers he needs to win over. https://nyti.ms/2nYbeeq

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Most British lawmakers are entrenched on one side or the other of the Brexit debate, so Parliament's vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's deal may be decided by three critical groups https://nyti.ms/2BmOiZl

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

How could a party with just 10 lawmakers in the British Parliament hold the key to Brexit? https://nyti.ms/2psnRPs

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Boris Johnson has alarmed many Britons — including some of his own lawmakers — with his harsh Brexit rhetoric. But activists in his party support his hard line, forgive his missteps and believe he can win a general election. https://nyti.ms/2oAjbql

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday. Three judges said sending lawmakers home at the height of the Brexit crisis was “unlawful because it had the purpose of stymying Parliament.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/world/europe/uk-brexit-parliament-prorogue.html

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson intends to send lawmakers away for five weeks, despite the chaos over Brexit. But before it finishes its work, Parliament is expected to wreck his plan for a snap general election next month. https://nyti.ms/2UN88Wz

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

British lawmakers are drawing the battle lines for their next big fight: whether, and when, to hold a general election. Boris Johnson wants it right away, but his opponents would like to draw it out, securing an extension to the Brexit deadline first https://nyti.ms/2zVJVUo

@WSJ 5 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to expel lawmakers underscores how Brexit has reshaped the U.K.'s political landscape https://on.wsj.com/2zUdJAK

@WSJ 5 years ago

U.K. lawmakers voted to seek another Brexit delay, dealing a blow to Boris Johnson’s pledge to leave the EU at the end of October https://on.wsj.com/2zMuSwn

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

After his defeat in his first parliamentary vote on Brexit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced more setbacks, as opposition lawmakers promised to complicate his plan for the swift general election that many believe he wanted all along https://nyti.ms/2zNFcEr

@WSJ 5 years ago

Lawmakers are set to delay Brexit and reject Boris Johnson's call for a general election, further raising the political temperature in the U.K. https://on.wsj.com/32s3IXI

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Opposition and rebel lawmakers have wrested the legislative agenda from Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain. What happens next with Brexit? Here's what you need to know. https://nyti.ms/2zQKQW5

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

A faction of UK lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own party are threatening to defy his warning that rebels will be expelled from the party if they pursue a legislative effort to block a no-deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/2zJV9eL

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Boris Johnson hardball tactics were met, for once, with equal resistance as lawmakers rebelled and ruled out a no deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/32l7DWi

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Boris Johnson hardball tactics were met, for once, with equal resistance as lawmakers rebelled and ruled out a no deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/2zPz26K

@WSJ 5 years ago

Breaking: Lawmakers defied Boris Johnson in a vote aimed at barring a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31, a move officials say would lead him to call for a snap election https://on.wsj.com/32kzdTA

@WSJ 5 years ago

Breaking: Lawmakers defied Boris Johnson in a vote aimed at barring a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31, a move officials say would lead him to call for a snap election https://on.wsj.com/2zK9nfw

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

UK lawmakers are preparing for one of the most critical showdowns of the three-year Brexit battle, with Parliament expected to try to stop the government from leaving the EU without an agreement https://nyti.ms/2zN9M0U

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Opposition and rebel lawmakers in Britain are trying to wrest the legislative agenda from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and introduce a measure to bar a no-deal Brexit. Here’s what you need to know as Britain braces for another day of political turmoil. https://nyti.ms/32qhp9L

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to purge lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they back a measure to forbid a no-deal Brexit. That could leave him powerless to control Parliament, necessitating a general election. https://nyti.ms/2zMxslO

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Throngs gathered in cities and towns across Britain and in other countries to challenge Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for several weeks to foil lawmakers seeking to block his Brexit plans https://nyti.ms/32kquRg

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Boris Johnson could conceivably upset a litany of constitutional norms by ordering the queen to veto anti-Brexit laws, refusing to resign if Parliament ousts him or inventing new national holidays to make sure lawmakers cannot sit. https://nyti.ms/2zQGped

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

With lawmakers, and the public, starkly divided over Brexit, Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament put the queen squarely in the middle of a heated issue https://nyti.ms/2zuR1it

@WSJ 5 years ago

The pound drops after the U.K.’s Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament, which would make it harder for rebel lawmakers to block a no-deal Brexit https://on.wsj.com/2zw7xyB