Tag: Theresa May

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The possibility of a general election is very real. If the third vote were lost, an election could offer a way of winning a new majority to implement May’s deal.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As the UK’s withdrawal date of March 29 is written into UK law, time is of the essence. There are six possible options for the prime minister at this stage.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: This is the message to take into 2018: whatever side one might be on the Brexit divide, let’s all admit the complexities, and demand that politicians do the same.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In the short term, this further evasion of the Brexit issues means the ship of state can sail on, with May at the helm. But we should all be concerned about such weak leadership and its potential consequences.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The enlightened global citizen understands that there doesn’t have to be a tension between a nationalistic sense of duty and a moral obligations to the rest of the world.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Not only must Australia's leaders manage competing ideologies in their parties and span diverging nations, they must also respond to a volatile electorate that is decidedly “anti-politics”.

"There's a stark gap between what businesses want and expect from our post-Brexit immigration system and what the government has pledged to deliver," says analyst.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party make unexpected gains across the country, while Conservative prime minister Theresa May hangs on to Number 10 by a thread after a night of surprises and a few red faces in dear old Blighty.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The volatility in recent voting behaviour means that this election is still more unpredictable than in the good old days of stable allegiances, values and attitudes.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: if Prime Minister May is hoping an increased Commons majority will strengthen her Brexit negotiating position in Brussels, she is likely to be disappointed.

The British prime minister announced on Tuesday that she intends to take the United Kingdom to a general election on 8 June, three years early.

OPINION: A fiery letter to UK Home Secretary Theresa May about Julian Assange’s continued asylum in London’s Ecuadorian embassy.

Boat race protester Trenton Oldfield has won his battle to stay in the UK, which is just as well as he says his family couldn't live in "racist" Australia.

UK Parliament announces strict new immigration rules that will make it even tougher for non-European partners and relatives of UK residents to settle here.