EU leaders want to minimise disruption and concentrate on other pressing issues. Forget the letters. The EU will almost certainly extend the Brexit deadline, even though UK prime minister Boris Johnson sent three contradictory missives to the bloc on Saturday evening, rather than simply asking for an extension, as required by the Benn Act. …
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LA Galaxy this mornkng won the first paly off game in MLS 2-1 away against Minnesota United. Now Galaxy will play rivals Los Angeles FC in the quarterfinals (division semifinal) on Friday morning. What a game. LA Galaxy vs LAFC, Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs. Carlos Vela.
We all know that English is the most spoken language in the world, but what language is second and third? What languages are the most commonly spoken around the world? Well, that can be a tricky question. While we have a pretty good idea of how many people speak the major languages of the …
Boris Johnson has repeatadly said it. Now not only Juncker says “deal or no-deal”, but also Macron and Varadkar have during today reprated the message, “…it is now deal or no-deal, there will be no approved delay”. Tomorrow we see history before our eyes. Will the UK Parliameny vote for the new deal presented …
The latest news says that 319 MPs are on board for the deal, with 312 against. This will be a thriller. Tomorrow we will know.
MPs are tlmorrow in the House of Commons to be faced with the choice of voting for Boris Johnson’s new deal with the EU, including the completely new Northern Ireland Protocol. here is the view of Shanker Singham on why MPs should vote for the new deal. You can read the full article here: …
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The deal involves significant ‘wins’ and serious concessions. Despite endless claims that it would refuse to renegotiate the binding part of Theresa May’s deal, the EU has finally engaged, and granted Boris Johnson some important changes. Here’s an overview of both the “wins” the PM secured as well as the concessions he made. Though the …
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It was all about Customs – now it is about mathematics. Yesterday the EU 27 agreed the new Brexit deal with United Kingdom. A victory for Prine Minister Boris Johnson. As his former oponent Jeremy Hunt write: “Fair play Boris. Many doubted it was possible to do this before Oct 31st, including me on …
My often brilliant pal Johan Norberg writes: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was instituted in 1987. Since then extreme poverty has declined from 35% to 9%. 1.1 billion fewer live in poverty today, despite an increase in the global population by 2.5 billion.
The president of the European Commission has insisted there can be no further delay to Brexit now that a new deal has be struck by the UK. “We have concluded a deal and so there is not an argument for further delay. It has to be done now,” Mr Juncker told reporters on the …
UK PM Boris Johnson has just declared that “a great new Brexit deal is done”! Mr Johnson and his team has been negotiating with EU officials ahead of a crunch summit to work out the details of his new proposals for Brexit, including solutions to the Irish border problem. Earlier this morning his plans …
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Boris Johnson is increasingly optimistic that a Brexit deal could be agreed before the end of the week as negotiators began work on a draft text in Brussels. EU leaders are primed to discuss a new deal on Wednesday when they meet for a three-day summit during which the Prime Minister hopes they will sign …
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The front page of the Guardian tomorrow.
Shanker Songham writes about the chance if getting a deal in The Telegraph. Only a very small circle of people know exactly what is being proposed by the UK in the Brexit negotiations – or, for that matter, what the EU has deemed acceptable – but some clear patterns are emerging. The discipline of both …
16 days to Brexit. Two fays to the EU Summit. Is there a new deal on the way? The talks are on-going and the two negotiating teams are working around the clock. I thinkt here is an opening, a landing zone. We will know within 24 hours. If so, and there are still a …
The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, also known as The Nobel and Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, is an award for outstanding contributions. The prize is this year awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, MIT, Esther Duflo, MIT and Michael Kremer, Harvard. This …
As negotiations continues for a last minute Brexot deal, the clock is ticking towards October 31st. On Thursday EU28 leaders meet for the last Council before the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. Is there time for a deal? Yes, there is still time but it is getting close. Sky News …
We are waiting for the masterpiece. Every report is saying that tHe best film director alive, Martin Scoreses, is back in his own garden and delivering his lifetime performance. He has a cast of De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci helping him. It is time for The Irishman. The film is based on the excellent …
“I stood stone-like at midnight, suspended in my masquerade, I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade” He was 24 years old, when he recorded his first song, Growing Up. These were the first words he ever sang in a studio. The rest is history, also my history. …
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