BREXIT and beyond ....: JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: Apr 2015

Saturday 30 April 2016

JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: Apr 2015 - Apr 2016

Brexit Headlines

COMMENTARY / WORLDAPR 25, 2016

BY MICHAEL J. BOSKIN

If British voters are to make the right choice about remaining in the EU, they will have to cut through the hyperbolic claims being made by leaders on both sides.

COMMENTARY / WORLD APR 25, 2016

Why we say the United Kingdom is better off out

BY NIGEL GRIFFITHS

In today's fast-moving age, size is irrelevant. What matters is having the right set of

policies in place to ensure growth and investment.

WORLD / POLITICSAPR 24, 2016

History of Nordic EU referendums holds lessons for British vote

With Britain's noisy campaign over a possible Brexit polarizing voters, tight referendums over EU membership two decades ago in Norway and Sweden offer lessons how campaigns that stay positive and focus on ordinary people can swing voters at the last minute. In the space of ...

WORLD / POLITICSAPR 23, 2016

Obama meets British royals, backs Cameron against Brexit

President Barack Obama plunged into a whirlwind of royal socializing Friday that began over a birthday lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and ended at a dinner hosted by the trio of young royals who represent the future of the British monarchy. Obama, accompanied by his ...

COMMENTARY / WORLD APR 13, 2016

Migrants, the euro and 'Brexit': the EU at risk

BY GWYNNE DYER

Three major crises could be enough to end the EU as we now know it.

COMMENTARY / WORLDAPR 5, 2016

A vote for 'Brexit' would be a vote for irrelevance

BY DAMBISA MOYO

EU membership allows the U.K., a relatively small country with limited economic and political powers, to punch above its weight.

COMMENTARY / WORLDMAR 18, 2016

U.S. stance on Britain and the EU is hypocritical

BY CLIVE CROOK

U.S. President Barack Obama might at least pay the British the courtesy of understanding their distinctively American ideas about sovereignty.

COMMENTARY / WORLDFEB 24, 2016

Petulance: the English way

BY GWYNNE DYER

British Prime Minister Cameron has dropped the ball on the "Brexit" issue, and the consequences for both Britain and Europe may be quite serious.

COMMENTARY / WORLDFEB 23, 2016

The Anglosphere illusion

BY GARETH EVANS

If Britain steps away from Europe, thinking it can compensate by creating an influential new international grouping of its own, it will find itself very lonely indeed.

WORLD / POLITICSFEB 22, 2016

London mayor joins 'leave' ranks, backs 'Brexit' to Cameron's dismay

A new battle for Britain erupted Sunday, with London Mayor Boris Johnson saying he would join the campaign to encourage Britain to leave the European Union. The move posed a direct challenge to Prime Minister David Cameron, who has launched a major push to ...