At-a-glance: The UK's four Brexit options
Image copyright Getty Images With the UK on course to leave the European Union in March next year, the country faces four possible scenarios. Leave with a deal The UK and the EU both insist they want as amicable a divorce as possible, with a legal agreement setting out the kind of relationship they will have when the UK is no longer a member of the club. Prime Minister Theresa May wants to keep close ties with the EU in certain areas, such as trade in agricultural products and allowing skilled migrants access to jobs in the UK.
The rise of the Anglosphere: how the right dreamed up a new conservative world order
During what has been an unusually turbulent period in British politics, one of the most important and potentially enduring shifts in the mindset of those at the apex of the political system has received far less attention than it merits. This concerns the striking re-emergence on the political right of the dream of an entirely different geopolitical and economic future for the United Kingdom, one that claims to relocate it in the historical trajectory and distinctive values that once made Britain great. Among a growing number of conservative-inclined Eurosceptics, the long-standing ambition of an alliance made up of some of the leading English-speaking countries spread across the world has quietly moved from marginal curiosity to a position of respectability.
Brexit: EU sees 'positive elements' in UK's Chequers plan
Image copyright AFP/Getty The EU has cast doubt on claims its chief negotiator described the government's Brexit plan as "dead in the water". Labour MP Stephen Kinnock attributed the remarks - which he said were in French - to Michel Barnier after a meeting in Brussels.
Understanding Euroscepticism: How British hostility to the EU contrasts with opposition elsewhere in Europe
The UK’s referendum on EU membership may well be one of the main stories of 2016, with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently suggesting that it could be held as early as the summer. Montserrat Guibernau writes on how we can conceive of Euroscepticism in both the UK and other EU countries. She writes that understanding Euroscepticism requires an account of a range of different elements, including identity, attitudes toward globalisation, and responses to diversity within nation states. The UK and the EU are both changing. The UK stands as a world power and, as such, it continues to look for recognition while maintaining a distinct identity and status, which includes a special relationship with the United States.
Coronavirus: 27.1 million watch PM Boris Johnson's TV address
Image copyright Getty Images Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement on Monday announcing strict new coronavirus restrictions was watched by more than 27 million, according to overnight figures. His televised address was seen by 15.4 million viewers on BBC One, while 5.7 million tuned in to ITV and 1.6 million saw it on Channel 4. An additional 4.4 million watched on the BBC News Channel and Sky News.
Brexit: The people who are negotiating
The nature of Brexit will ultimately be decided by the governments of the 27 remaining EU nations and the UK. But the figures who negotiate the detail of the deal will be hugely important. Many would argue that Germany's Angela Merkel and the UK's Theresa May are the two most important people in the Brexit negotiations.
Brexit vote boosts case for inclusive growth
In the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, income inequality and poverty boosted ‘leave’ votes, in addition to geographical differences and larger shares of uneducated and older people in UK regions, according to my regression analysis. The actual presence of immigrants did not have a significant effect on the results. Disadvantaged people voted in smaller proportions. Turnout was also low among the young and residents of Scotland, Northern Ireland and London, who were more likely to vote ‘remain’. Did income inequality, poverty and unemployment contribute to ‘leave’ votes in the UK referendum on EU membership?
U.K. coronavirus lockdown: Boris Johnson says Britons "must stay at home"
London — The United Kingdom woke up Tuesday to a country-wide lockdown. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced strict new measures Monday night to close all but "essential" businesses and keep people largely confined to their homes. The move came after weeks of criticism that the government wasn't doing enough to fight the U.K.'
Brexit phrasebook: a guide to the talks' key terms
Acquis communautaire The entire body of European laws: all the treaties, regulations and directives passed by the EU’s institutions, plus all the rulings of the European court of justice (see below). Every member state has incorporated the acquis into their legal system. Article 50 The formal mechanism for exiting the EU: the clause in the 2007 Lisbon treaty that allows any member state “to withdraw from the union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements”.
How the United Kingdom voted on Thursday... and why - Lord Ashcroft Polls
By Lord Ashcroft The UK has voted to leave the European Union. On referendum day I surveyed 12,369 people after they had voted to help explain the result – who voted for which outcome, and what lay behind their decision.
The government's negotiating objectives for exiting the EU: PM speech
A little over 6 months ago, the British people voted for change. They voted to shape a brighter future for our country. They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world.
Sam Gyimah: second Brexit referendum best option for both sides
Sam Gyimah, the universities minister who resigned in protest at the prime minister’s Brexit plan and pledged to vote against it, has said a second referendum could be the most sensible path for both leave and remain supporters, and dismissed Theresa May’s agreement with Brussels as a “deal in name only”. The Conservative MP, who on Friday became the seventh minister to quit Theresa May’s government over Brexit, called for a vote to gauge the public’s mood if May loses the meaningful vote in parliament on 11 December. He said the deal May had brokered with the European Union would “cripple our interests for decades to come” and a second referendum could avert “chaos”. “There is a blocking minority in the House of Commons for almost every possible option which means that letting the people decide, now that we know more, might be the most sensible path for both leavers and remainers,” Gyimah told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Saturday. “Does the deal deliver 100% of what I wanted? No.
Brexit has raised support for the European Union: eupinions - OPINIONS, MOODS AND PREFERENCES OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS
The decision made by Britain to leave the EU and the political and economic consequences that will follow have made a measurable impact for citizens of other member states: their support of the European Union has grown. More Europeans wish to be a part of the European Union. Between March 2016 and August 2016 the support for being a member of the Union grew by five per cent, and is now at 62 % across Europe.
Amour et rêve américain : quand la comédie musicale s'empare des grands mythes (15 avril) - Vidéo Langues vivantes
Préparez-vous à chanter et danser avec Erwan et Lynda ! Les profs d'anglais vous propose un cours autour de la comédie musicale West side story, écrite en 1961 apr Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins et mis en musique par Leonard Bernstein Let's sing and dance ! Retrouvez en PDF le support de cours et les 2 extraits étudiés (America et Tonight). Anita Once an immigrant, always an immigrant!
