Gary Gibbon
“Tiggerish and irrepressible”: the UK’s new ambassador to the EU
One diplomat said he preferred to describe Sir Tim as “very tiggerish, irrepressible, not things you’d naturally associate with Ivan (Rogers).”
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Brexit: reducing net migration
Theresa May last night told EU leaders that she wants to reach a deal on the status of EU citizens living here in the UK early in the Brexit negotiations. One of the main issues up for discussion in any Brexit deal will be freedom of movement. David Cameron failed in his pledge to reduce…
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Brexit could face new legal challenge
Brexit could face a new legal challenge from a think tank which claims the UK could stay inside the single market, even if it leaves the European Union.
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Theresa May: firms need “some certainty” about Brexit
Coming soon: Brexit – the day after. A cliff hanger in every sense of the word. As business leaders warn Theresa May about the prospect of a “cliff edge” of sudden and overnight change when Britain leaves the European Union, the Prime Minister has been trying to calm nerves.
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Brexit: businesses clamouring for plan
Business leaders are clamouring for certainty and a post-Brexit plan. Are they going to get it? Our Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy has been talking to some leading figures.
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Prime Minister’s first call with President-elect Trump
Theresa May got to speak to President-elect Donald Trump this afternoon. With markets still rising since his election, the economic signs are looking good. But can it last?
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Gary Gibbon
How would the world handle President Trump?
Britain’s intelligence agencies will be keeping a wary eye on the U.S’s strategic direction under President Trump.
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Gary Gibbon
Can Zac Goldsmith hold back Lib Dems?
The Lib Dem leaflets are already printed. They will argue that a Lib Dem vote is the only way to truly pressurise the Government on Heathrow.
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Gary Gibbon
Heathrow: a political odyssey as parties shift position
Brexit changed the dynamics of this argument for some ministers. You have to look mad keen for business opportunities, you can’t afford to play into a narrative that Britain is turning inwards.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May’s ‘prestigious’ slot for speech to EU leaders
A bumper UK/EU free trade deal has always been at the heart of Brexiteers’ assumptions about why life on the outside might be better for the UK.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May gets 15 minutes on Brexit
President Hollande gave the sharpest words of the day on Brexit. The French President said: ” I have said it very clearly; Madame Theresa May wants a hard Brexit, then talks will be hard too.”
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Gary Gibbon
Nicola Sturgeon: border checks ‘lack all credibility’
Nicola Sturgeon feels that Theresa May has gifted her a priceless argument for the second Scottish independence referendum whenever it comes.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May puts herself at the head of the angry mob
The message is that great change must come, dictated by the roar of the Brexit vote. She has determined what the roar meant.
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Gary Gibbon
PM to invoke Article 50 before end of March – but then what?
Theresa May has given herself a little more leeway on starting the Brexit negotiations with the EU partners. She’s also asked the rest of the EU for a bit more help.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May’s first address at the ‘superbowl of espionage’
We are awaiting Theresa May’s first address to the UN. The UN’s mind is elsewhere. The attack on a humanitarian convoy in Syria has dominated the coverage here. Also President Obama’s farewell.
