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During another dramatic week in British politics, Parliament—facing an imminent five-week suspension as the clock ticks towards the October 31 Brexit deadline—seized control of the agenda, introduced legislation to prevent a no-deal Brexit, and blocked early elections.
Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May as prime minister of the United Kingdom and has promised to deliver Brexit “do or die” by Halloween.
A diplomat’s job is to represent his government’s position stoutly in public and to advise it with unstinting candor privately. Sir Kim Darroch has done both.
Brexit remains impossible to predict, with all options remaining on the table.
A week before the new Brexit deadline of April 12, there is still no deal.
Members of Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal with the European Union for a third time—despite May’s offer to resign if her deal was passed, which limited her defeat to double digits—and failed to agree on any alternative approach.
The Euoprean Union has granted Theresa May a deadline extension, but the path forward remains unclear.
With the clock running out, Parliament rejects Theresa May's deal a second time.
The former Republic of Macedonia recently changed its official name to the Northern Republic of Macedonia, giving the country a chance to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—a move that Greece had previously blocked.
The British Parliament's latest move is to pressure the prime minister by passing contradictory legislation.