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UK businesses can be successful after Brexit, says Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth, said on Wednesday he saw no reason why British businesses could not survive Brexit and the recent visit of President Donald Trump had shown him the issue would also not effect U.S. relations. The royal family is expected to remain neutral on political matters and has mostly avoided making any reference to Brexit, although the 93-year-old queen issued a delicately coded message to lawmakers in January, urging them to seek common ground....

Sajid Javid: ‘odd’ he was not invited to Trump banquet

Britain's interior minister Sajid Javid, one of the candidates to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said it was odd that he was not invited to a royal banquet with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this month. Javid, who is of Muslim heritage, was the only senior cabinet minister not invited to the event during Trump's state visit at which guests dined in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth. The prime minister, the foreign minister, the finance minister,...

Labour loses its bid to block no-deal Brexit

Labour and its cross-party alliance has lost its bid to block a no-deal Brexit by barring the next PM from suspending parliament. The numbrs of yes votes was 298 and the number of no votes was 309, a majority of 11. The motion had the backing of former Conservative minister Oliver Letwin and the leaders of the Scottish National party, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. Labour MP Gareth Snell said he "made a mistake" voting against withdrawal...

Boris blow – UK NOT ready for no-deal exit on October 31

As Boris Johnson makes his leadership race speech a leaked cabinet note indicates that the UK is not ready for a no-deal Brexit. Johnson told the crowd that the UK will leave on October 31st if there is no other option. However, the note says that it will take “six to eight months” to build up medical supplies, vital to the nation. The urgent warning says the pharmaceutical industry needs this period of help from the government “to ensure adequate arrangements are...

Video of Brexit Party MEP figuring out voting machine goes viral

A video of a Brexit Party MEP trying to vote with his finger rather than ID card has gone viral. Lance Forman, MEP for London, posted a video of him attempting to press the 'no' button on a voting machine yesterday. The Brexiteer said in the tweet: "Just practicing voting 'No'. From what I am finding it seems that legislation proposed by the unelected commission always passes. Have only been here a day, but it's very clear, there is no...

Microplastics found in water, food and air the equivalent of eating a “credit card a week”

Humans are ingesting the equivalent of one credit card per week from water, food and the air they breathe. A new WWF study called 'Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People' reports that people consume 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, on average, which is the equivalent of eating a teaspoon of plastic — or a credit card — every week. Carried out by Australia's University of Newcastle the research found that water, both bottled and tap, was the...

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