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Boris Johnson letter to Donald Tusk

by Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson letter to Donald Tusk

London (United Kingdom) | 19 October 2019
DearDonald
It was good to see you again at the European Council this week where we agreed the historic new deal to permit the orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 31 October. I am deeply grateful to you, President Juncker and to all my fellow European leaders for the statesmanship and statecraft which enabled us to achieve this historic milestone. I should also register my appreciation for Michel Barnier and his team for their imagination and diplomacy as (...)

UK letter to the EU Council

UK letter to the EU Council

London (United Kingdom) | 19 October 2019
Dear Mr President,
The UK Parliament has passed the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019. Its provisions now require Her Majesty’s Government to seek an extension of the period provided under Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union, including as applied by Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, currently due to expire at 11.00pm GMT on 31 October 2019, until 11.00pm GMT on 31 January 2020.
I am writing therefore to inform the European Council that the United Kingdom is seeking a (...)

Queen’s Speech 2019

Queen's Speech 2019

London (United Kingdom) | 14 October 2019
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons.
My Government’s priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on 31 October. My Government intends to work towards a new partnership with the European Union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation [European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill].
My Ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union (...)

Operation Yellowhammer

Operation Yellowhammer

London (United Kingdom) | 12 September 2019
OFFICIAL SENSITIVE
HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions
As of 2 August 2019
When the UK ceases to be a member of the EU in October 2019 all rights and reciprocal arrangements with the EU end.
The UK reverts fully to ’third country’ status. The relationship between the UK and the EU as a whole is unsympathetic, with many MS (under pressure from the Commission) unwilling to engage bilaterally and implementing protections unilaterally, though some MS may be more understanding.
No (...)

Brexit, the EU and democracy

by Thierry Meyssan

Brexit, the EU and democracy

Damascus (Syria) | 10 September 2019
For Thierry Meyssan, Boris Johnson’s policy is in perfect continuity with British history. If we refer to the writings of the British Prime Minister and not to her campaign remarks, she is much more guided by the danger felt at the birth of a continental supranational state than by a desire for economic independence.

Boris Johnson’s letter to the House of Commons

by Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson's letter to the House of Commons

London (United Kingdom) | 28 August 2019
Dear Colleague,
I hope that you had an enjoyable and productive summer recess, with the opportunity for some rest ahead of the return of the House.
I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on the Government’s plans for its business in Parliament.
As you know, for some time parliamentary business has been sparse. The current session has lasted more than 340 days and needs to be brought to a close — in almost 400 years only the 2010-12 session comes close, at 250 days. Bills have been (...)

London defends the shreds of its Empire against Iran

by Thierry Meyssan

London defends the shreds of its Empire against Iran

Beirut (Lebanon) | 23 July 2019
For Thierry Meyssan, the rise of tension in the Gulf has nothing to do with an alleged Iranian threat. In fact, it is the second round of Mossadegh’s anti-imperialist policy, before the mollahs. Just as in 1952, London is ready to go to war to defend its undeserved economic advantages. But if the British won that round, a few years later they would lose in Suez to the United States.

Jeremy Hunt’s speech following the final report on Persecution of Christians

by Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt's speech following the final report on Persecution of Christians

London (United Kingdom) | 8 July 2019
Good morning ladies, gentleman. Welcome to the Foreign Office.
When I was moving house last year, I came across a book called God’s Smuggler which I first read when I was about 10. At the height of the Cold War, Brother Andrew van der Bijl would smuggle Bibles across the Iron Curtain to communist countries where Christianity was ruthlessly suppressed.
When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, the European nations that Brother Andrew had visited undercover won their liberty and achieved one (...)

Russian comment on the seizure of the Panama-flagged tanker by Gibraltar authorities

Russian comment on the seizure of the Panama-flagged tanker by Gibraltar authorities

Moscow (Russia) | 5 July 2019
We condemn the seizure of the super tanker sailing under the Panama flag on July 4, conducted by the Gibraltar authorities aided by Great Britain’s Royal Marine Commando unit.
We view the seizure of the vessel and its cargo as a deliberate action aimed at aggravating the situation around Iran and Syria. Laudatory comments by top US and British officials immediately after the operation confirm this conclusion and prove that the action had been long in the making with the involvement of (...)

Theresa May’s speech on new Brexit deal

by Theresa May

Theresa May's speech on new Brexit deal

London (United Kingdom) | 21 May 2019
I became Prime Minister almost three years ago – immediately after the British people voted to leave the European Union.
My aim was – and is - to deliver Brexit and help our country move beyond the division of the referendum and into a better future.
A country that works for everyone.
Where everyone has the chance to get on in life and to go as far as their own talent and hard work can take them.
That is a goal that I believe can still unite our country.
I knew that delivering Brexit was (...)

UK can take giant strides on China’s ’new silk road’

by Liu Xiaoming

UK can take giant strides on China's 'new silk road'

London (United Kingdom) | 17 April 2019
Macclesfield, a town in the North-West known as the "silk capital of England", has had interactions with China for more than 400 years and is regarded as the Western end of the ancient Silk Road in Europe. Fast-forward to the second decade of the 21st century and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), designed to revive the ancient trade route, is becoming the mainstream of China-UK co-operation.
The UK Government has appointed a BRI special envoy, established an expert board and participated (...)

The UK allowed a criminal network to finance the Jihad

The UK allowed a criminal network to finance the Jihad

16 April 2019
According to the Sunday Times, several consecutive British governments deliberately allowed a criminal network to embezzle 8 billion pounds sterling to finance the jihad.
The Sunday Times claims that MI5 (the British internal security service) was unaware of these activities, but does not say who protected those funding the terrorist activity.
This information confirms the investigative revelations of the French journalist Thierry Meyssan regarding the support which the United Kingdom (...)

Theresa May speech in Grimsby

by Theresa May

Theresa May speech in Grimsby

London (United Kingdom) | 8 March 2019
Thank you Matthew for that introduction and thank you to Ørsted for hosting us today.
Your work in offshore wind does not just provide skilled jobs here in Grimsby, it makes a direct contribution to the UK’s efforts to reduce our carbon emissions and protect our environment.
Achieving the economic benefits of the global shift to sustainable green growth is one of the four Grand Challenges in our Modern Industrial Strategy.
The UK is the world-leader in oﬀshore wind, and yesterday we (...)

London deems that some of Lebanon’s ministers are terrorists

London deems that some of Lebanon's ministers are terrorists

2 March 2019
The House of Lords has adopted an amendment to anti-terrorist legislation passed in 2000. The effect of the amendment: every part of Hezbollah without exception will be deemed a terrorist organization. This text will enter into force on 1 March 2019 at midnight.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese network that is resisting Israeli invasion. Previously it was armed by Syria but since 2005 it has been armed by Iran.
Today Hezbollah holds a third of the seats in the Lebanese Parliament and three (...)

The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the UN, declares that London and Washington are illegally occupying the base of Diego Garcia‎

The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the UN, declares that London and Washington are illegally occupying the base of Diego Garcia‎

28 February 2019
The International Court of Justice sitting in the Hague reached the decision that the British faked the independence of the current Republic of Mauritius in 1968, by illegally dissociating the Archipelago of Chagos illegally from it. ‎ Responding to the UN General Assembly’s request filed on 22 June 2017, the International Court of Justice declared on 25 February 2019, that the process of decolonization (1965 - 1968) violated relevant General Assembly Resolutions, specifically Resolution (...)

Jihadism and high treason

by Thierry Meyssan

Jihadism and high treason

Damascus (Syria) | 26 February 2019
European citizens who were encouraged to join the armed struggle in Syria alongside the pro-Western mercenaries can not be pursued for collaboration with the enemy as long as they can claim the support of NATO and its member-states. The European states can not bring them to trial without examining the prime responsibility of their own leaders for the war against Syria.

China’s response to British Threats

China's response to British Threats

17 February 2019
The government of the People’s Republic of China has cancelled a meeting that had been scheduled between Vice Prime Minister ‎Hu Chunhua (see photo) and the Finance Minister, Philip Hammond.‎
In an address made at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the UK Minister of Defence, Gavin Williamson, recently threatened to send an aircraft carrier to the China Sea to make Peking “pay dearly” for “its aggressive conduct” . ‎
The cancellation of the meeting with the Finance Minister deprives (...)

Gavin Williamson at RUSI

by Gavin Williamson

Gavin Williamson at RUSI

London (United Kingdom) | 11 February 2019
Transforming UK Defence to Meet the Global Threats of Tomorrow
Malcolm [Chalmers] thank you so much for having hosting this event here today at RUSI. It’s a real privilege and honour to be able to come along.
It’s important to start off by asking the question why do we fight? It is fundamentally, to protect our people, protect our interests, and, of course, to defend Britain.
As a nation, we’ve never shied away from acting even if that has meant standing alone as we did in the darkest hours (...)

EU now sees Gibraltar as a UK “colony”

EU now sees Gibraltar as a UK “colony”

4 February 2019
On 1 February 2019 the EU published a document which classified Gibralta as a “Crown Colony”. This has caused London to break out in a rash of irritation.
It was the EU Council of Ministers of Foreign Relations that approved this formula. Possible consequences? The EU, a supranational entity, may now decide to support Spain’s claims to title over Gibralta.
Fact: the European Union is now “discovering” the reality of the legal status of Gibralta state is perhaps the prelude of what might soon (...)

Re-Colonisation

by Thierry Meyssan

Re-Colonisation

Damascus (Syria) | 15 January 2019
For Thierry Meyssan, one of the consequences of the successive ends of the bipolar and unipolar world is the re-establishment of colonial projects. One after the other, the French, Turkish and English have publicly declared the return of their colonial ambitions. We still need to know what form they will adopt in the 21st century.

Brexit: London assumes its new colonial policy

Brexit: London assumes its new colonial policy

4 January 2019
The British Government has chosen its post Brexit strategy. On 30 December 2018, the Defence Minister, Gavin Williamson gave an interview to the Sunday Telegraph, in which he denounced what has been the policy since 1956.
In 1956, a British-French military expedition supported by Israel, seized the Suez Canal. However the United States and Russia forced their allies to withdraw. This fiasco marks the end of European colonization and the beginning of the progressive withdrawal of European (...)

Secession from the European Union

by Thierry Meyssan

Secession from the European Union

Damascus (Syria) | 20 November 2018
For Thierry Meyssan, the way in which Germany and France are refusing the right of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union demonstrates the fact that the EU is not simply a straight-jacket - it also goes to show that the Europeans still care as little about their neighbours as they did during the two World Wars. Manifestly, they have forgotten that governing a country means more than simply defending its interests in the short term, but also thinking in the long term and avoiding conflicts with its neighbours.

Theresa May’s speech to the Confederation of British Industry

by Theresa May

Theresa May's speech to the Confederation of British Industry

London (United Kingdom) | 19 November 2018
Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be back with the CBI again.
Let me start by thanking Carolyn for your leadership of the CBI as Director General.
And also welcome John Allan, who has taken up his role as President since I last addressed you.
I know John from his time on the Home Office Supervisory Board and I know he will make a fantastic contribution as President.
There is one paramount issue facing our country at the moment, and I know it is the number one concern of the CBI, (...)

British Army gets ready to quell anti-Brexit riots

British Army gets ready to quell anti-Brexit riots

19 November 2018
Sunday Times, 18 November 2018: the British Army has been tasked with getting ready to maintain order in the UK’s big cities by working alongside the police.
Confronted by the EU’s rigidity, it is unlikely Prime Minister Theresa will be unable to reach an agreement with Brussels.
The EU has rejected the British proposal whereby the UK would retain its position in the Common Market but abandon the supranational aspects of the Maastricht Treaty. Panicked that Brexit may have a contagion (...)

Theresa May statement on Brexit negotiations

by Theresa May

Theresa May statement on Brexit negotiations

London (United Kingdom) | 15 November 2018
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on our negotiations to leave the European Union.
First, I want to pay tribute to my Rt Hon Friends the Members for Esher and Walton and Tatton.
Delivering Brexit involves difficult choices for all of us.
We do not agree on all of those choices but I respect their views and thank them sincerely for all that they have done.
Mr Speaker, yesterday we agreed the provisional terms of our exit from the European Union, set out in the (...)

Theresa May’s statement on Brexit

by Theresa May

Theresa May's statement on Brexit

London (United Kingdom) | 14 November 2018
The Cabinet has just had a long, detailed and impassioned debate on the draft Withdrawal Agreement and the Outline Political Declaration on our future relationship with the European Union.
These documents were the result of thousands of hours of hard negotiation by UK officials, and many, many meetings, which I and other ministers held with our EU counterparts.
I firmly believe that the draft Withdrawal Agreement was the best that could be negotiated, and it was for the Cabinet to decide (...)

Theresa May at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet

by Theresa May

Theresa May at the Lord Mayor's Banquet

London (United Kingdom) | 12 November 2018
My Lord Mayor, My Late Lord Mayor, Your Grace, My Lord Chancellor, Your Excellencies, My Lords, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Chief Commoner, ladies and gentlemen, this weekend our country came together to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice.
Gathering around memorials across the length and breadth of the land, people of every faith and background stopped and stood together to remember the sacrifice of a generation.
A sacrifice that touched almost every family and every community – including (...)

Jeremy Hunt on the bilateral relationship between the UK and France

by Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt on the bilateral relationship between the UK and France

Paris (France) | 8 November 2018
It is a great pleasure to be here in Paris this morning, in this historic setting.
This is – to use a little English understatement – an important moment in the future of the relationship between our countries.
There have been many such moments in the long sweep of our history, and we know, without a doubt, that there will be many more in the decades to come.
What matters is what we decide to do with those moments.
Those decisions fall to each generation.
To plot their own course and (...)

Remarks by Theresa May to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

by Theresa May

Remarks by Theresa May to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

New York (USA) | 26 September 2018
On behalf of the United Kingdom let me begin by paying tribute to an outstanding leader of this United Nations, who sadly passed away this summer.
Kofi Annan was one of the great Secretaries General, a tireless campaigner for peace and progress, and a champion of human rights and human dignity – whose influence will continue to be felt around the world for years to come.
Over the course of his lifetime he witnessed the extraordinary progress that we as a community of nations have made (...)

Will London, Paris and Tel-Aviv be sanctioned by Moscow and Washington?

by Thierry Meyssan

Will London, Paris and Tel-Aviv be sanctioned by Moscow and Washington?

Damascus (Syria) | 25 September 2018
The confrontation which recently occurred in Lattakia may result in a complete global redistribution of the cards. There are two reasons for this, the second of which is being hidden from the Western world. First of all, it cost the lives of 15 Russian soldiers; secondly, it not only implicates Israël, but also the United Kingdom and France. This is potentially the most dangerous crisis in more than 60 years. We now have to find out whether President Trump, currently in the middle of his election campaign, is capable of supporting his Russian counterpart, in order that the United States and Russia may sanction the colonial powers as they did in 1956, during the Suez crisis.

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