Brexit - Page 19

May 24, 2019

Theresa May to resign as British prime minister: Timeline of Brexit and events that led to her demise

A timeline of key events in how Brexit unfolded and how the political crisis led up to Theresa May's ouster as British prime minister: May 7, 2015: British voters elect a majority Conservative government.

May 24, 2019

UK PM Theresa May announces resignation amid fury over Brexit handling

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she will resign her premiership -- ending her months-long struggle to keep her job despite seething anger from her own Conservative Party over her handling of Brexit.

May 22, 2019

Nigel Farage blasted by rivals as they face thrashing from Brexit Party at European elections

Desperate Tory and Labour chiefs attacked Nigel Farage in a last-ditch bid to stop him trouncing them at the euro elections, as the nation goes to the polls tomorrow.

May 22, 2019

Nigel Farage apparently refuses to leave Brexit bus after seeing people carrying milkshakes

Nigel Farage reportedly refused to get off his Brexit Party bus today because people gathered around it were carrying milkshakes.

May 22, 2019

House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom quits in protest of Theresa May's Brexit plan

Theresa May was desperately clinging on to power tonight after House of Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom dramatically quit in protest at her Brexit plan.

May 18, 2019

Police won't let Scottish McDonald's sell milkshakes near Brexit rally

A viral video campaign has "shaken" up fast food sales in Scotland this week. Police ordered a McDonald's in Scotland to stop selling milkshakes ahead of an Brexit Party event in Edinburgh on Friday, due to fears people would dunk them on Brexit leader, Nigel Farage.

May 17, 2019

Cross-party Brexit talks break down, making May’s departure increasingly inevitable

Talks between the U.K. government and opposition Labour Party MPs on how to resolve Brexit broke down on Friday -- almost certainly dooming Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, and her hopes of staying on as prime minister beyond June. Talks between the U.K. government and opposition Labour Party MPs on how to resolve Brexit broke down on Friday -- almost certainly dooming Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, and her hopes of staying on as prime minister beyond June.

May 14, 2019

Theresa May’s Tories face huge defeat in EU elections; Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party surges

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party is facing electoral annihilation in the upcoming European elections, with polls suggesting the governing party could finish as low as fifth place -- as Nigel Farage’s recently formed Brexit Party could emerge the big winner.

May 3, 2019

Theresa May heckled by her own party members after local election shellacking thanks to Brexit impasse

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May was heckled by her own party Friday, the morning after a drubbing in local elections that saw her Conservative Party take heavy losses amid an ongoing impasse over Britain's departure from the European Union.

April 24, 2019

Scottish leader announces plans for new independence referendum in wake of Brexit chaos

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence before 2021, less than five years after Scots rejected the last push to separate from the United Kingdom.