On May 7, 2020, CNN posted an article with the headline, “The UK economy is heading for its worst crash in 300 years”. CNN stated a recent forecast from the Bank of England indicated it could happen. “The central bank said Thursday that the … [Read more...]
December 13, 2019 – UK Vote Affects Brexit
UK’s Parliament continued to not ratify the Brexit agreement, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally got his wish for a snap national election. UK’s citizens went to the polls on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Early that day, the New York … [Read more...]
September 4, 2019 — More Brexit Drama
The decision of the UK to leave the EU has already cost the job of two prime ministers in roughly 3 years, David Cameron and Theresa May. And mere days after Boris Johnson became number three, his tenure as UK’s prime minister was already in … [Read more...]
March 22, 2019 — Brexit or Brake It Part Three
The sand in the Brexit hour glass has almost run out. Or has it? A couple of years ago, UK’s parliament quickly agreed to invoke Article 50 for her to leave the EU. However, as has been said before, “the devil is in the details”. Many in both the … [Read more...]
November 29, 2018 – Brexit or Brake-it
Britain has about 4 months until her divorce is final from the EU. UK’s BBC News reminded its readers that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty gives the two sides two years to agree to the terms of the split. The official deadline is Friday, 29 March … [Read more...]
July 8, 2016 – Brexit and Politics
As the world has just witnessed, what a difference 3 short weeks can make. It all started with the revelation, on Friday the 24th of June, of the Brexit result. After that, virtually every day — or so it seemed — another British politician stepped … [Read more...]
June 26, 2016 – The EU-UK Divorce
Brexit (aka the EU-UK divorce) actually happened. America and the rest of the British Commonwealth were stunned; but Russia broke out the champagne. A good number of voters now say they were duped and want a do over. By Sunday the 26th … [Read more...]
June 23, 2016 – UK Referendum
Today Thursday, June 23, the UK’s EU referendum is occurring. Pollsters have been saying right up to the end that the race is very tight. According to BBC World News, a UK TV program, it has been such a heated issue that last week it caused … [Read more...]
May 01, 2016 – Europe
It shouldn’t be a surprise at all to EU euro-sceptics that others in the EU are pushing for a stronger Europe and have for many years. But you might not guess that from the headline a British newspaper ran in late April. It read, “Federal Europe … [Read more...]
February 19, 2016 – EU and the Brexit Matter
The EU has spoken. The result is UK’s prime minister got a deal to carry back to his nation. It’s up to the UK now, a banker told DW News on the 19th — not that it needed reminding, “At the end of the road, the UK will decide whether they want to … [Read more...]
