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Undated:
Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the United Kingdom A Scottish golf
course expansion demonstrates how flimsy Trump’s attempts to remove conflicts of
interest have been at a time when the United States has major foreign policy
concerns with the United Kingdom, including fighting terrorism and the U.K.’s
exit from the European Union.
https://www.americanprogress.org/series/trumps-conflicts-of-interest/view/
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On Twitter:
They will soon be calling me MR.
BREXIT!
August 18
@realDonaldTrump
November 9:
Trump predicted 'Brexit plus plus plus,' and he was
right ... A new "Special Relationship" between Britain and
the US has emerged: the relationship between Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-farage-us-election-brexit/index.html
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March 17: The White House has apologized to
the British government after alleging that a UK intelligence agency spied on
President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama.
National security adviser H.R. McMaster spoke with his British counterpart on
Thursday about press secretary Sean Spicer’s comment from the White House podium
about a Fox News report that said British intelligence helped wiretap Trump
Tower during the 2016 campaign, a White House official said Friday.
McMaster also told his counterpart that “their concerns were understood and
heard and it would be relayed to the White House.”
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/03/17/on-foreign-policy-trumps-apologies-are-not-enough/
March 17: The White House is trying to clean
up its mess after UK intel slaps down wiretapping allegations
https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/5958kk/britains-spy-agency-gchq-denies-wiretapping-trump
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March 18: One of Judge [Andrew] Napolitano's
British spying sources was the same man who started hoax that Michelle Obama
used racial slur against white people in 2008 ...
The [March 17] incident sparked a diplomatic row, since it infuriated the
British government and intelligence officials who felt that Trump's top
spokesperson was essentially accusing the UK of violating the Five Eyes
Agreement.
'Under the Five Eyes convention, we never spy on our main allies, and that
includes the United States.
'This allegation is so off the scale crazy, it's very hard to understand.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4326152/UK-spying-Trump-source-invented-Michelle-Obama-hoax.html
March 18:
Donald
Trump remained unrepentant amid a diplomatic row with Britain on Friday, hours
after US officials made a formal apology for accusing GCHQ of helping Barack
Obama spy on the then presidential candidate.
Sean Spicer, the president's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday
evening –
initially made by an analyst on Fox News – that GCHQ was used by Mr Obama to
spy on Trump Tower in the lead-up to last November's election.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/
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March 18:
White House apologizes to British government over [Trump] spying
claims
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/18/c_136137869.htm
March 18: Donald Trump fuels diplomatic row
with Britain after apology from US officials over GCHQ wiretapping claims ...
In a press
conference with Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, on Friday afternoon, Mr
Trump said his White House should not be blamed for quoting a Fox News analyst.
"We said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who
was the one responsible for saying that on television," he said.
"You shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/
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March 18: A former CIA officer responsible
for previously peddling false allegations played a prime part in the fake claim
that Barack Obama secretly asked GCHQ to wiretap Donald Trump, The
Independent has learned.
Larry C Johnson, who made bogus charges that
Michelle Obama
made a racist speech against white people and that former Secretary of State
John Kerry had raped women while serving in Vietnam, has emerged as one of the
key figures behind what has become an international diplomatic confrontation
between the US and UK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gchq-michelle-obama-john-kerry-hoax-a7636996.html
March 18: A prudent president, facing
multiple battles on legislative and other priorities that are crucial to his
first-year success, would find ways to avoid needless controversy. Not President
Trump. He’s doing exactly the opposite, and the credibility gap continues to
grow.
Trump will not let go of his claim that former president Barack Obama tapped his
phones at Trump Tower during the election, despite no supporting evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-will-it-take-for-the-president-to-retract-his-tweets-about-obama/2017/03/18/a01b1ca0-0bf2-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.622f49cf788a
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March 18: [Trump] also doubled down on his unproven wiretapping allegation with a reference to
2013 reports that the US listened in on Mrs Merkel's phone calls.
Rick Ledgett, the number two at the US National Security Agency (NSA), said the
claims were "arrant nonsense".
"Of course they wouldn't do it. It would be epically stupid," he told the
BBC.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/
March 18: The whole fiasco could have been
avoided if the Trump administration did not use Fox News rather than U.S.
intelligence agencies as its sole source of intelligence.
https://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/18/sean-spicers-british-spying-accusations-russia-fox-news.html
March 20:
Trump’s Worst Enemy Is His Own Big, Lying Mouth ...
The FBI, NSA, Germany, Britain, Australia: Is there
anybody America's dissembler-in-chief can't alienate?
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/20/trumps-worst-enemy-is-his-own-big-lying-mouth/
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June 24: Donald Trump on EU: 'Brexit is a
good thing'
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-36617669/donald-trump-on-eu-brexit-is-a-good-thing
July 17: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has
reiterated his opposition to US President Donald Trump being afforded an
elaborate state visit when he comes to the UK next year.
"State visits are different from a normal visit and at a time when the President
of the USA has policies that many in our country disagree with, I am not sure it
is appropriate for our government to roll out the red carpet," Khan told CNN in
an interview Monday.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/sadiq-khan-trump-uk-visit/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
October 25: Michael Bloomberg says Brexit is
‘single stupidest’ thing a country has ever done … besides Trump
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"It is really hard to understand why a country that was doing so well wanted to
ruin it," he added. "My former wife was a Brit, my daughters have British
passports, so we love England – it's the father of our country, I suppose. But
what they are doing is not good and there is no easy ways to get out of it
because if they don't pay a penalty, everyone else would drop out. So they can't
get as good of a deal as they had before," he said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/25/michael-bloomberg-says-brexit-is-single-stupidest-thing-a-country-has-ever-done-besides-trump.html
November 29:
President Trump touched off another racially charged
furor on Wednesday by sharing videos from a fringe British
ultranationalist group purportedly showing Muslims committing acts of violence,
a move that was swiftly condemned by Britain's prime minister ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/us/politics/trump-anti-muslim-videos-jayda-fransen.html
November 30:
Donald
Trump has hit back at
Theresa May’s
criticism of his decision to retweet far-right group Britain First.
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The US President tweeted: “Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the
destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United
Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”
Mr Trump appeared to have tagged the wrong user in his message, however. He
later
re-posted the tweet, tagging @theresa_may instead.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-britain-first-latest-updates-tweet-theresa-may-radical-islamic-terrorism-a8083571.html
November 30:
The angry tirade,
crowning one of the most wayward days yet of Trump’s presidency, earned a
swift putdown from the US senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, who met May at Downing
Street last week to discuss terrorism threats to both countries.
He tweeted: “PM
@theresa_may is one of the great world leaders, I have incredible love and
respect for her and for the way she leads the United Kingdom, especially in the
face of turbulence.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/29/donald-trump-theresa-may-tweet-uk-us
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November 30: Trump’s UK visit canceled amid
outrage over far-right tweets ... American diplomats called off President
Trump's "working visit" to the UK less than 48 hours after he drew international
ire over retweeting the leader of a British far-right group, according to a
report.
Trump was scheduled to travel to London in January for the inauguration of a new
American embassy. But those plans were dropped Thursday, a senior U.S. diplomat
told
the Telegraph.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-uk-visit-cancelled-outrage-far-right-tweets-article-1.3668804
November 29: It was wrong for US President
Donald Trump to retweet videos posted by far-right group Britain First, Downing
Street has said.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn called the retweets "abhorrent" and
"dangerous" ... Mr Corbyn tweeted: "I hope our government
will condemn far-right retweets by Donald Trump. They are abhorrent, dangerous
and a threat to our society."
Veteran Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames said Mr Trump had finally proved he is
"wholly unsuited" to the role of president.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42172032
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December 19: A Downing Street offical said
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke Tuesday
morning for the first time since she condemned the American leader’s Twitter
habits.
“They discussed the different positions we took on the recognition of Jerusalem
as the Israeli capital, and agreed on the importance of the US bringing forward
new proposals for peace and the international community supporting these
efforts,” the spokesman said.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said he wants nothing to do
with any new Trump-led peace effort, since the US president recognized Jerusalem
as Israel’s capital on December 6.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-and-uks-may-discuss-jerusalem-peace-plans/
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December 19: Twitter has suspended accounts
belonging to the
far-right
group Britain First and its leaders Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding, just weeks
after US President
Donald Trump shared tweets posted by Fransen on his personal account.
Accounts and posts made by the group were deleted on Monday as part of the
social media network's updated policy to combat "hateful conduct and abuse" on
the platform.
Trump was
slammed in late November after he retweeted three anti-Muslim posts by
Fransen.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/twitter-suspends-britain-group-retweeted-trump-171219075110047.html
December 19: Trump speaks to UK's Theresa
May about Jerusalem decision
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-speaks-to-uks-theresa-may-about-jerusalem-decision-brexit/article/2643931
December 21: The U.S. government's foreign
policy and the UK's decision to leave the EU have damaged the influence the two
allies wield these days in NATO and in the European Union, according to
observers, as Russia and China become more assertive on the global stage.
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/572699219/britains-brexit-and-trump-america-allies-influence-threatened-on-world-stage
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December 26:
British government fears Prince Harry will incur Trump’s wrath
with Obama wedding invite
https://nypost.com/2017/12/26/british-government-sweats-trump-react-to-prince-harrys-obama-wedding-invite/
December 28: Meet ‘Posh George’: The Shady
Money Man Tangled Up With Brexit, Russia, and Trump
Why did Nigel Farage take a dark web fraudster to the Republican convention? And
what did this young money-laundering maven tell the feds when they busted him?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-posh-george-the-shady-money-man-tangled-up-with-brexit-russia-and-trump
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January 7:
Trump may deny the UK a Brexit trade deal if he's snubbed from Prince
Harry's wedding
US president Donald Trump really wants to go to Prince Harry's wedding to
actress Meghan Markle.
So much so, he's apparently threatening to withhold a vital post-Brexit trade
deal with the UK if he doesn't receive an invitation to the royal nuptials.
That's according to Michael Wolff, author of the explosive new "Fire & Fury:
Inside the White House" book, which digs into the Trump administration.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-brexit-deal-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-2018-1
January 12:
They love him in Saudi Arabia. Britain? Not so much.
President Trump has shared warm photo-ops with autocrats from Riyadh to Beijing
and Manila. But the century-old special bond with Britain, America's most
celebrated world partnership, is more frigid than it's been in decades. And now
Trump has canceled an upcoming visit to London amid expectations that he would
draw massive protests.
http://beta.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-uk-20180112-story.html
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January 12:
The US President was due to visit the UK in February 2018 - but cancelled over
what he called a 'bad deal' with the new US embassy
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2909108/donald-trump-state-visit-cancelled-embassy-2018-uk-britain/
January 12:
US president Donald Trump has confirmed he will not travel to the UK to
open the new American embassy next month, blaming the decision to relocate the
building to an "off location".
Hitting out at former US leader Barack Obama, Mr Trump wrote on Twitter early on
Friday that he thought the
embassy's move from Grosvenor Square in the prestigious Mayfair district of
central London to Nine Elms, south of the Thames, in a 1.2 billion dollar (£886
million) project was a "bad deal".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/11/donald-trumps-february-working-visit-britain-cancelled/
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January 12:
It is true that the final sale of the imposing Chancery Building in
central London and the contract to build a new structure south of the River
Thames were signed off under the Obama administration.
But the original decision to move the embassy from its prime location in
the plush Mayfair district to a regeneration site in Battersea was made by the
administration of a Republican President, George W. Bush.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/europe/us-embassy-london-trump-obama-bush-intl/index.html
January 13:
President Trump’s decision to cancel his visit to London was for
“personal reasons” after a series of perceived slights, British officials said
last night.
Mr Trump had been expected to open the new American embassy in the capital but
has scrapped the visit after clashing with the mayor of London and Theresa May.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donald-trump-london-visit-row-president-took-offence-at-slights-from-the-british-qhgl2v80s
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January 13:
Donald Trump’s deteriorating relationship with Britain is likely to kill off any
lingering cabinet hopes of a swift post-Brexit trade deal with the United
States, a former British ambassador to Washington has warned.
Sir Nigel Sheinwald said that a series of controversial interventions by the US
president in British issues meant that the remote prospect of a quick
transatlantic deal, heralded by pro-Brexit cabinet members, should now be “put
out of our minds” for good.
His intervention comes as a new poll highlights the British public’s opposition
to Trump in the wake of his decision to cancel a trip to the UK, with fewer than
a fifth of voters (18%) believing he is a friend of Britain.
Almost three-quarters of voters (72%) also believe that the US president is a
risk to international stability, according to a new Opinium poll for the
Observer. A similar proportion (71%) believe he is untrustworthy. Two in
five voters believe that Trump should not be visiting Britain at all.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/13/trump-tension-risk-quick-us-uk-trade-deal
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January 14:
U.S. President Donald Trump is an “asteroid of awfulness,” as well as a
“racist,” British Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry told the
BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday.
“He is an asteroid of awfulness that has fallen on this world,” Thornberry said.
“I think that he is a danger and I think that he is a racist.”
Thornberry’s comments follow reports that Trump referred to Haiti, El Salvador
and African nations as “shithole
countries” and expressed an interest in welcoming immigrants from Norway
instead.
https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-is-a-racist-asteroid-of-awfulness-says-senior-british-mp/
January 14:
Downing Street sources last night confirmed an official invitation for a
State visit had already been accepted and was expected to happen this year,
though they remained tight-lipped about when.
A source said: “Any discussion about a working visit was absolutely separate to
the State visit, an invitation for which has been both given and accepted.”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/904338/donald-trump-state-visit-us-embassy-theresa-may-queen-elizabeth
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February 5: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people
are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working.
Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care.
No thanks," Trump wrote.
Trump drew swift condemnation from Britain's Health Secretary Jeremy
Hunt, who has been under fire for the government's handling of a winter health
crisis that prompted a protest march in London at the weekend.
Tweeting back at the President, Hunt said he was "proud" of Britain's universal
coverage, which allows patients free healthcare at the point of access.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-nhs-healthcare-tweet/index.html
On Twitter:
I may disagree with claims made on that march but not ONE of them wants
to live in a system where 28m people have no cover. NHS may have challenges but
I’m proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage - where all
get care no matter the size of their bank balance
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/960486144818450432 …
February 5
@Jeremy_Hunt
[Britain's Health Secretary]
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February 5:
Asked about Trump's comments, a spokesperson for UK Prime Minister
Theresa May said she was "proud" of Britain's health care system.
"The prime minister is proud of having an NHS that is free at the point of
delivery," the spokesperson said, adding that NHS funding is "at a record high"
and was prioritized in the fall budget with an extra £2.8 billion (about $3.9
billion.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-nhs-healthcare-tweet/index.html
March 8:
Twenty-one people have received some form of treatment in connection with the
attempted assassination of a former Russian spy and his daughter with a nerve
agent in England, though only three remain in a hospital, a police official told
Britain's Sky News on Thursday.
The three are former
Russian spy Sergei Skripal; his daughter, Yulia; and Detective Sgt. Nick Bailey,
said Kier Pritchard, temporary chief constable of Wiltshire police.
... Skripal and his daughter were in a "very serious
condition" but that the policeman was "talking and engaging."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/russian-spy-sergei-skripal-nerve-agent-attack-intl/index.html
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March 9:
180 U.K. troops sent to city where ex-Russian spy
Sergei Skripal was poisoned
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/100-u-k-troops-sent-city-where-ex-russian-spy-n855126
July 13: Donald Trump Meets the Press
in Britain—and the Press Is Very Puzzled
The British media tries to figure out the American president
“It was like watching a news conference by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,”
John Rentoul, the chief political commentator for The Independent,
told the BBC ... "
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/donald-trump-theresa-may-brexit/565154/
July 13: Does Trump’s Sun
interview signal the end of diplomacy?
On page after page, the US president lobs lurid insults at Theresa May. But it
may turn out that he’s done her a favour
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... Donald Trump, straight-talking disruptor-in-chief, grants an
interview to the Sun, a newspaper in so many ways the US president’s natural
forum. The interviewer’s 10-minute slot stretches to 28; the interviewee is
clearly enjoying himself, and the resulting headlines – “May has wrecked Brexit”,
“US trade deal is off” – appear slap-bang in the middle of the prime minister’s
grand opening effort to convince him of the contrary.
The insults continued for page after lurid page, including dismissive comments
about the prime minister’s new plan for Brexit (“I think the deal is not what
the people voted on”); about Theresa May’s conduct of the negotiations (“I
actually told Theresa May how to do it, but she didn’t listen to me … she wanted
to go a different route”); and – dear, oh dear – about the “very talented guy”,
Boris Johnson, who “would be “a great prime minister”, whom he was
“surprised and saddened” to see leaving government.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/13/donald-trump-sun-diplomacy-theresa-may-insults
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July 19:
Shortly after concluding his official visit to Britain, US President
Donald Trump told the media that the queen of England had reviewed the royal
guard on the occasion for the first time in the last several decades.
"We met with the Queen who is absolutely a terrific person, where she reviewed
her honor guard for the first time in 70 years, they tell me," Trump said.
As many media outlets and social media users pointed out, however, the queen has
reviewed her honor guard on many occasions during the last 70 years, often
during visits from prominent foreign officials.
https://sputniknews.com/viral/201807181066480724-trump-queen-guard-review/
July 31:
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation
campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with
manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election
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November 6: The imminent departure from the
bloc of Britain, long opposed to EU military collaboration, has revived
discussion of defense cooperation — as have concerns that President Donald Trump
may be less willing than his predecessors to come to Europe’s defense in the
face of a newly assertive Russia.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-army/after-macron-eu-executive-echoes-eu-army-call-idUSKCN1NB24Q
December 4: Britain can unilaterally stop
Brexit process, EU lawyers say
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/04/uk/brexit-uk-eu-legal-position-gbr-intl/index.html
December 19:
Britain said on Wednesday that Islamic State remained a threat even though it
held no territory, commenting after U.S. President Donald Trump said the
militant group had been defeated in Syria.
“Much remains to be done and we must not lose sight of the threat they pose.
Even without territory, Daesh (Islamic State) will remain a threat,” the Foreign
Office said in a statement after the United States began withdrawing troops from
Syria.
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“As the United States has made clear, these developments in Syria do not signal
the end of the Global Coalition or its campaign. We will continue to work with
members of the Coalition on achieving this.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-syria-britain-response/in-response-to-trump-britain-says-islamic-state-remains-a-threat-idUSKCN1OI2NO
December 22:
Two arrested in Gatwick Airport drone scare that delayed flights
"The military measures we have in place at the airport have provided us with
reassurance necessary to re-open our airfield," airport officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-arrests-gatwick-airport-drone-scare-delayed-flights-n951161
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January 13:
[Brexit quick summary] In December, the House of Commons held five
days of debate over the agreement secured by May and European officials that
covered the terms of the
British
withdrawal from the European Union -- but when it looked certain that her
plan would fail to get passed by MPs, she postponed the vote.
The U.K. voted in June 2016 to leave the EU by a majority of 52 to 48 percent.
But the question on the ballot did not specify what relationship Britons wanted
with the bloc, and so the last two years have been fraught with negotiation and
politicking.
May’s premiership has taken a battering, although she survived a vote of no
confidence in December after rebels in her Conservative Party plotted to
overthrow her through a party mechanism for triggering a leadership contest.
They failed, but in order to get MPs to back her, May promised she would not
fight the next general
election as leader.
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But things are far from resolved in Westminster. A previous vote in the Commons
means that Parliament must have a vote on the deal with the EU. Having postponed
it in December, with hopes that spending Christmas with constituents and having
more time to reflect might mean that MPs would back her deal, May is now
fighting once again for Parliament to accept her plan.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/brexit-key-issues/story?id=59402693
January 15: Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal
has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in
history.
MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of
Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the
government, which could trigger a general election.
The confidence vote is expected to be held at about 1900 GMT on Wednesday.
The defeat is a huge blow for Mrs May, who has spent more than two years
hammering out a deal with the EU.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46885828
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January 16: Brexit vote: Why the landslide defeat of
Theresa May's deal matters to the U.S.
The U.K. is the fourth largest export destination for American goods and
services. If there is no Brexit deal, a weakened British pound would make U.S.
goods more costly to buy in the U.K.
The U.S. farming and manufacturing sectors could be hit hardest, with the
biggest exports including aircraft and machinery, as well as wine and beer, tree
nuts, and live animals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brexit-deal-no-confidence-vote-theresa-may-why-it-matters-us-today-2019-01-16/
May 24:
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on
7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.
In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and
it was a matter of "deep regret" that she had been unable to do so.
Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership
contest took place.
The party said it hoped a new leader could be in place by the end of July.
It means Mrs May will still be prime minister when US President Donald Trump
makes his state visit to the UK at the start of June.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48395905
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