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Just a week after her government said seeking a short extension would be a wrong move, the prime minister has folded.
‘Games without frontiers, war without tears …’
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Five years after Crimea returned to Russia, the east-west stalemate over Ukraine is far from stable.
The UK will leave the EU on 29 March unless the UK government requests an extension to Article 50.
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UK parliamentary rules state that an amendment ‘which is the same, in substance’ as an issue that has already been voted on, cannot be proposed again in parliament.
Views on the border: Arlene Foster from Northern Ireland’s DUP meets Irish premier Leo Varadkar at a reception in Washington.
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The UK’s no-deal tariff plan was viewed in Dublin as a way to scare Brexiteers into supporting Theresa May’s deal.
He does love the sound of his own voice but that’s not why Bercow spoke out.
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The speaker has been accused of overreach by blocking a third meaningful vote, but why did Theresa May presume she could bend parliamentary rules?
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It looks like the prime minister will try for a third vote on her deal before asking the EU for a Brexit delay.
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Even if the UK decides it can withdraw from the Irish backstop unilaterally under international law, there will be consequences.
Outside the Houses of Parliament in London on March 14, 2019.
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Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
Theresa May heads to parliament for her third crunch vote in a week.
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A series of amendments failed, but the prime minister must now appeal for more time.
Theresa May’s sore throat nearly gave out on a second night of Brexit voting.
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MPs can’t actually prevent no deal with this vote, but that doesn’t make it meaningless.
A frictionless border.
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How to make sense of the UK government’s no-deal Brexit contingency plans to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
Other European cities have been quick to sense opportunities from Brexit.
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Always delicate balancing act, ensuring London maintains its appeal to tech start-ups will prove more difficult after Brexit.
It’ll be a while until what’s happened becomes clear. Enterprises and other governments can’t afford to wait.
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It’s not at all certain what’ll happen, so business is taking no chances.
Hands up if you’ve had enough of all this.
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A last minute meeting with the EU couldn’t save her universally detested deal. Now there’s less than three weeks to Brexit – and no one knows what to do.
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What do Theresa May’s last minute Brexit guarantees mean for the Irish border?
Taking a tough stance.
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America’s objectives for a trade agreement with Britain spell out a stark Brexit future.
Janvier 22, 2019, in Aix-La-Chapelle, France.
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As of March 1, the UN Security Council has been presided by two countries, France and Germany. It could be one of the few positive consequences of Brexit for the EU.
London lucks out.
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The current system favours London and the south east of England – and previous regeneration campaigns have failed to make much of a difference.
Brexit has been poorly handled by both major parties, and the only viable option now is to put a second vote to the people.
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As the UK careens towards a disastrous “no-deal” Brexit, the only sensible option is to put another vote to the people, now the implications of leaving the EU are clearer.
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British interests come first, but Leave voters don’t necessarily want to retreat from international obligations.