Monthly Archives: March 2023

LISBON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Britain's decision to suspend flights from Portugal because of concerns about a new coronavirus strain in Brazil is "absurd", Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said.Santos Silva told the state-owned news agency Lusa late on Thursday he had requested a meeting with British foreign minister Dominic Raab to clarify the […]

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Discover Thomson ReutersBy Andrew MacAskill, Zandi Shabalala, James Davey5 Min ReadLONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Britons marched through London on Saturday to demand a new Brexit referendum and celebrated as lawmakers in parliament voted to postpone Britain’s departure from the European Union.The protesters, some having traveled for hours from around the United Kingdom […]

Discover Thomson ReutersBy Andy Bruce5 Min ReadLONDON (Reuters) – Investors fearing a no-deal Brexit have sold the pound at a pace drawing comparisons with currency crises that marked Britain’s post-war history.Vast sums of reserves squandered, political careers ruined and knocks to national pride all took a heavy toll on British governments that tried and failed […]

Discover Thomson ReutersBy Gabriela Baczynska4 Min ReadBRUSSELS (Reuters) – British and European Union negotiators sealed a Brexit deal on Thursday, just a week before the United Kingdom finally leaves the orbit of the 27-nation bloc, its biggest trading partner.Here is what it means – in five basic questions.Brexit – or “British exit” – refers to […]

The Scottish referendum looks set to bring change to the UK Parliament. But Westminster has seen plenty of that over the past 900 years. Parliament started life as an English affair. It was not much of a Parliament – more of a talking shop for the king and rich men. The king asked their advice, […]

Research Fellow in Politics, University of York Mark A Hutchinson receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust as a research fellow as part of the project 'Rethinking Civil Society: History, Theory, Critique' at the University of York.University of York provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.View all partnersThe genealogy of the term British reveals […]

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What do England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland all have in common? They are all part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or UK, for short. By the 13th century, England had all but conquered Wales and Ireland, either ruling them directly, or through vassals. The two countries did not, however, […]

Irish president Michael D Higgins' four-day state visit to the UK, the first for an Irish head of state, is another milestone in Anglo-Irish relations. Over the years and centuries, it is a relationship that has been marked by insurrection, war and strained diplomacy despite geographical proximity and many cultural and familial ties.The Norman invasion […]