Boris Johnson crashed out of the Tory leadership today after being sensationally “knifed” by key ally Michael Gove. The former Mayor of London abandoned his dream of becoming Prime Minister at 11.53am, seven minutes before the deadline for nominations. After setting out what would have been his manifesto for the Tory leadership, he said: “That is the agenda for the ...
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Brexit: LSE expert says EU referendum was a ‘draw’ and UK exit will not happen
Britain may not leave the EU because no prime minister will want to preside over the break-up of the UK which would follow such a move, according to an expert on the UK constitution. Dr Jo Murkens, an associate professor of law at the London School of Economics, said the EU referendum could be interpreted as a 2-2 draw because ...
Read More »Sadiq Khan in talks with No 10 over London EU single market deal
Sadiq Khan today held urgent talks with the Government’s Brexit czar about London remaining in the single market. The Mayor met Tory Oliver Letwin, in charge of negotiations with the EU, to discuss keeping the doors open for London-based firms. City Hall insiders said “nothing was off the table” at the Downing Street talks to protect the capital’s status as a financial ...
Read More »Brexit and the ramifications
By Syed Badrul Ahsan The people of Britain have made their choice over their future in Europe. They have voted, by a margin of 52 per cent to 48, to leave the European Union forty three years after coming into it in 1973. The irony ought not to be missed. Forty three years ago, it was a Conservative Prime ...
Read More »Brexit, Article 50 & new Immigration Rules
By – Barrister M. A. Muid Khan Prologue “We not only have a parliamentary democracy, but on questions about the arrangements for how we’ve governed there are times when it is right to ask the people themselves and that is what we have done…The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be ...
Read More »Brexit, multilateral trade and Bangladesh
The United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to quit the European Union, known as Brexit, has spurred a new wave of debate on its impact on multilateral trading regime. Immediately after the referendum on June 23, 2016, when the majority wanted Britain to leave the EU, policymakers, experts and businesses across the world are getting increasingly engaged in the debate. Analysis of ...
Read More »Europe without Britain prone to accommodation with Russia
A Europe, minus Britain will be more prone to seeking accommodation with Russia. Will EU now consolidate itself in the growing concert of a multipolar world? Or will it begin to splinter? Saeed Naqvi asks BY THEIR Brexit vote, the people have administered a punch on the chin of the British establishment, leaving it rattled and dazed. Britons have now ...
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By Fatem Miah The truth is that, the establishment of Britain proposed to exit from EU not the working class Brits those voted out. A deeper analysis of the situation shows that the UK leaving the EU right now which might turn out to be favourable for the United States. In the given situation, when right-wing forces in almost all ...
Read More »Is there anything for Bangladesh to learn from the UK’s recent referendum onits EU membership and its aftermath?
Mr David Cameron was not bound to hold EU referendum. He did this because he felt as his party and country leader being prime minister of the UK that Britishpeople wish to have their says on rapidly changing EU matters. By understanding feelings of the country men he made a promise in last general election that British people would be ...
Read More »PLAIN TRUTH : The Last 10 days and nights of Ramadan Seek the Greatest Night of the Year
Dr. Mozammel Haque Makkah Al-Mukarramah: I still remember my childhood when an old man of 70 years, Abdul Jabbar, used to come from the district of Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) took the silent alleys of our village in the night, chanting and calling, to wake up Muslims for the last meal before another day of Ramadan fasting begins. Abdul ...
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