JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: 1 Jul - 31 Jul 2019

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WORLD / POLITICSJUL 31, 2019

Boris Johnson aims to meet notorious Brexit bus pledge with health care boost

Boris Johnson plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on hospitals and health care technology, as the U.K.'s new prime minister seeks to deliver on his own most contentious political promise. Back in the 2016 referendum, Johnson's pro-Brexit campaign emblazoned a slogan on the ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 30, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson says EU must bend on Brexit, but Scottish leader warns strategy doomed to fail

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday urged EU leaders to drop their opposition to renegotiating Brexit, as the pound slumped on growing concerns about a no-deal departure. Johnson, who took office last week, wants to change the exit terms struck by his predecessor, Theresa ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 29, 2019

Johnson forms war Cabinet to force through Brexit by Oct. 31 as no-deal prospect rises, Times reports

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed a war Cabinet of six senior ministers to plan for exiting the European Union by Oct. 31, as a key adviser said leaving without a deal had become a very real prospect, the Sunday Times reported. Johnson's most senior ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 29, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson heads to Scotland as Edinburgh leader attacks no-deal Brexit

Britain's Boris Johnson will make his first visit to Scotland as prime minister on Monday, his office said, as his Conservative Party's leader there said she would refuse to support a no-deal Brexit. Johnson took office on Wednesday with a pledge to deliver Britain's exit ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 28, 2019

Ireland raises stakes in Brexit showdown

With the prospect of a no-deal Brexit becoming ever more likely under British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the remaining EU member state with most to lose — Ireland — is hardening its rhetoric. Ireland has a land border with Britain that it wants to keep ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUL 28, 2019

Boris Johnson faces a millennial Brexit wildcard

BY THERESE RAPHAEL

After seeing off Theresa May, Britain's new prime minister may find there's another female party leader he can't ignore.

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 27, 2019

Irish prime minister says no-deal Brexit could lead to united Ireland

A no-deal Brexit could lead to a united Ireland as more people in Northern Ireland "come to question the union" with Britain, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said. His comments came after new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the current Brexit deal is ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 27, 2019

New U.K. Prime Minister Johnson to set out domestic agenda amid election talk

New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to set out his domestic agenda in a speech in Manchester on Saturday, after trying to dampen speculation he could call an early election. Johnson will focus on health, education and infrastructure, after EU leaders rebuffed his calls ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 27, 2019

U.K. arch-conservative leader's new office rules: No metric system, 'very' or 'got'

The new leader of Britain's House of Commons has a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette rules for his staff. A memo for employees in Jacob Rees-Mogg's office directs them to avoid using words such as "very," "hopefully" and "got," and to address men with ...

EDITORIALS

Boris moves to 10 Downing Street  JUL 26, 2019

Britain's new prime minister faces a set of crises as acute as any with which his 

predecessors have had to deal.

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 26, 2019

I'll make Britain great again: Johnson echoes Trump over Brexit

Boris Johnson promised on Thursday that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on Earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of U.S. President Donald Trump in a debut speech as prime minister before Parliament. Johnson, who was hailed by the U.S. president as Britain's Trump, has ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 25, 2019

Boris Johnson purges Cabinet, vows 'a better deal' on Brexit

Boris Johnson executed a brutal clearing-out of more than half of his predecessor's top team, installing Brexit supporters in key roles as the new prime minister signaled his intent to deliver an exit in 98 days. Eighteen of the 29 ministers in Theresa May's Cabinet ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 25, 2019

New U.K. leader Boris Johnson chides 'gloomsters' and vows bold new Brexit deal tough tack with EU

Boris Johnson promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with "no ifs or buts" and warned that if the European Union refused to negotiate then there would be a no-deal Brexit. Johnson, who ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUL 24, 2019

A new government but no new solutions

BY DAVID HOWELL

Continued turmoil can be avoided only if new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson comes out with a 'no deal deal' on Brexit.

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUL 24, 2019

Boris Johnson gets his wish at last

BY THERESE RAPHAEL

The Conservative Party has said yes, but will the United Kingdom give him a chance?

NATIONAL / POLITICSJUL 24, 2019

Abe urges incoming British leader Boris Johnson to avoid no-deal Brexit

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, to avoid a no-deal exit from the European Union. The request was included in a message, sent on Tuesday to congratulate the former foreign secretary on being elected leader of Britain's ruling Conservative ...

BUSINESS / ECONOMYJUL 24, 2019

IMF downgrades world growth, warns of 'precarious' 2020

Global trade tensions, continued uncertainty and rising prospects for a no-deal Brexit are sapping the strength of the world economy, which faces a "precarious" 2020, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Trade conflicts are undercutting investment and weakening manufacturing, and the IMF urged countries ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 23, 2019

Boris Johnson wins party leadership race, will become U.K.'s next prime minister

Boris Johnson has won the race to be leader of the U.K.'s Conservative Party and will be the country's prime minister as London seeks to finally reach a divorce deal with Brussels. Johnson, a populist former mayor of London and the face of the 2016 ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 23, 2019

From Brexit to Iran tension, myriad challenges await Boris Johnson

BY ALICE RITCHIE AND JAMES PHEBY

Boris Johnson won the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Tuesday, but will soon face a confrontation over Brexit with Brussels and members of his own party as well as a tense diplomatic standoff with Iran. The former London mayor easily beat his ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 22, 2019

Boris Johnson says technology can enable trade deal that breaks Brexit deadlock

Boris Johnson, favored to become Britain's new prime minister, said on Sunday the country could reach a free trade deal to leave the European Union that would remove the need for one of the more problematic parts of a previous agreement. In his weekly column ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 22, 2019

Britain's bookish 'Spreadsheet Phil' Hammond turns unlikely resistance chief

Philip Hammond's decision to resign as Britain's finance minister should Boris Johnson become prime minister thrusts him into the front-lines of a brewing internal revolt against the likely incoming leader. The 63-year-old Oxford University graduate is one of Britain's most respected ministers among European leaders ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 21, 2019

Demonstrators launch 'Boris blimp' during pro-EU rally near British Parliament

Opponents of Britain's exit from the EU hoisted a "Boris blimp" portraying the U.K.'s likely next prime minister as a crying child as they demonstrated outside Parliament on Saturday. Boris Johnson, a former London mayor, has been one of the figureheads of the movement to ...

WORLD / POLITICS | ANALYSISJUL 21, 2019

Britain braces for maverick Boris Johnson being appointed prime minister

Supporters of Boris Johnson, who looks certain to become the next British prime minister, hail his optimistic vision for post-Brexit Britain and insist he will have a team to take care of the details. "If he's got good people around him, he'll be fine," said ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 21, 2019

Ex-Russian arms tycoon quietly wields influence in British leadership race

BY CATHERINE BELTON

A former Russian arms tycoon who had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin is a major donor to Britain's ruling Conservative Party and counts himself a friend of the man expected to be the country's next prime minister. Alexander Temerko, who forged close ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 18, 2019

No-deal Brexit looms as race for new British prime minister wraps up

The battle to become Britain's next prime minister enters the home stretch on Wednesday with both candidates hardening their positions on Brexit, putting the future government on a collision course with Brussels. Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson, the favorite to replace Theresa May, and Foreign Secretary ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 10, 2019

Britain's U.S. ambassador resigns after Trump spat

Britain's ambassador to Washington resigned Wednesday after being targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump following the leak of highly critical diplomatic cables. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had offered her full support to Kim Darroch after he was revealed to have described the Trump administration ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 10, 2019

U.K. Parliament flexes muscle as Boris Johnson doubles down on no-deal Brexit

BY ROBERT HUTTON AND JESSICA SHANKLEMAN

Members of Britain's Parliament delivered a sharp warning to the country's next prime minister: They will not allow him to pursue a no-deal Brexit without a fight. In a dramatic result Tuesday evening, MPs narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the U.K.'s future leader ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 9, 2019

U.K. Labour's trade union backers support second referendum on Brexit deal

British trade union leaders linked to the opposition Labour Party have agreed to back a second referendum on any Brexit deal reached by the next Conservative prime minister or a no-deal exit, according to a copy of the agreement seen by Reuters. Labour leader Jeremy ...

BUSINESSJUL 9, 2019

Dismissed Deutsche Bank staff exit as overhaul bites and stock dives

From Asia to the United States, disconsolate staff at Deutsche Bank dealt Monday with news of massive layoffs with some already heading to the exits to drown their sorrows. The German giant's share price fell to a low of €6.66 ($7.47) before closing down 5.4 ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUL 6, 2019

Britain's Boris Johnson set for crushing victory over Hunt, poll suggests

Boris Johnson looks set for a landslide victory over rival Jeremy Hunt in the race to become Britain's next prime minister. According to a YouGov poll published in the Times newspaper, Johnson is backed by 74 percent of Conservative Party members with Hunt languishing on ...

WORLD / POLITICS  JUN 30, 2019

Jeremy Hunt sets early October deadline for no-deal Brexit decision

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt would decide to take Britain out of the 

European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 if it becomes clear at the beginning 

of that month that there is no prospect of getting an agreement through 

Parliament. Battling the favorite ...