Tag: Agreement (linguistics)

In his letter resigning as foreign secretary, he said the prime minister was leading the UK into a "semi-Brexit" with the "status of a colony". His resignation came hours after Brexit Secretary David Davis quit the cabinet. She said the deal agreed by the cabinet after their "productive discussions" at Chequers would "honour the result of the referendum" and allow the UK to "take back control of our borders, our law and our money". Boris Johnson's resignation letter in full The PM's response to Johnson In her letter accepting his resignation, the prime minister said she had allowed cabinet ministers "considerable latitude to express their individual views" on Brexit. The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, but the two sides have yet to agree how trade will work between the UK and the EU afterwards. Mrs May only has a majority in Parliament with the support of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, so any split raises questions about whether her plan could survive a Commons vote. Theresa May is sticking by her Brexit plan Speaking in a boisterous House of Commons, Mrs May defended the Brexit plan agreed on Friday, which would see the UK agreeing a "common rulebook" with the EU for trading in goods, but not services, after Brexit. Report Brussels fears UK turmoil may lead to no-deal Brexit What does it all mean for Brexit? One other element of Friday's agreement worth noting is that it pledged to speed up preparations for the UK to be ready to leave the EU without a Brexit deal in March next year. He backed Mr Johnson, saying the former foreign secretary had the chance to "save Brexit" by moving against the prime minister.

The conservative wing of the party, emboldened by President Donald Trump's approach, are pushing hardline measures, including limits on legal immigration and funding for a border wall, that they believe will turn out the base in November and re-elect Trump in 2020. Meanwhile, Trump continues to hammer the issue, tweeting Thursday, "Congress must pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws now. Many have also used his now-reversed policy that resulted in thousands of families being separated at the border as a further justification for pushing legislation. Conservative Freedom Caucus member Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, who voted against the compromise bill he helped negotiate, said the party was not staying true to Trump's campaign pledge with that bill. Moderates running in competitive districts, however, dismiss talk of "amnesty" in reference to DACA, saying they don't agree that the House majority rests on rejecting citizenship for undocumented immigrants and embracing hardline policies. "I don't know if the House majority is resting on just one issue, there's a lot of things going on, but I think solving the issue, securing the border, making sure the base is happy, but also addressing the issue of DACA is a good front. "It's dishonest and a lot of the people saying these things have a personal interest. Bannon, the President's former chief strategist, hammered the conservative message home in the lead-up to the House immigration bill vote. Bannon spoke to a gathering of conservatives on June 13 organized by Iowa Rep. Steve King, known for his outspoken anti-immigrant stance. As House Speaker Paul Ryan relayed Trump's support for an immigration compromise before most of his conference on a different floor of the Republican haunt just off the Capitol, Bannon whipped against the bills, King said.