by Chris Rogers | 30 Jun 2017 | European Union, Whitehouse News
Chuka puts Labour in a spin Following the general election result, morale within the Labour Party was high. But three weeks on, the internal fault lines over Brexit are re-emerging. During last night’s vote on the Queen Speech, 50 of the Party’s MPs chose to defy the...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jun 2017 | European Union, Whitehouse News
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by Chris Rogers | 23 Jun 2017 | European Union
Ready, set, go! On Monday, nearly a year after the UK’s referendum on EU membership, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier launched the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU. The aim of the opening round of talks was to come to an...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jun 2017 | European Union
Ready, steady, go? “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”. So said Vladamir Lenin, when describing the Bolshevik Revolution which took place exactly 100 years ago. Looking back on the past seven days, the dramatic...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jun 2017 | European Union, Politics
“A mess” was the conclusion of the Dutch state broadcaster NOS. From “going down as the next ‘Iron Lady’” to “more a porcelain lady” was the assessment of Theresa May from one Greek commentator. European reactions to Britain’s general election were blunt, withering,...
