no comment Burning crosses and Boris Johnson effigy light up Lewes bonfire night Costumed processions and bonfires mark the foiling of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605, and the memory of Lewes' Protestant martyrs. 06/11/2019
United Kingdom Game on: UK election rivals trade blows on first day of campaigning Britons will go to the polls in a snap election on December 12. 06/11/2019
United Kingdom UK government denies ‘sitting on’ report into Russian meddling An intelligence report which security experts and politicians say should be published, will not be released until after the December general election. 05/11/2019
United Kingdom Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will not run in UK election Farage told the BBC he chose instead to campaign countrywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's EU divorce deal. 03/11/2019
United Kingdom Watch: Brits burn John Bercow in effigy at Bonfire Night bash The Speaker of the House of Commons stood down on October 31. 02/11/2019
Belgium What is it like to be a Brexit Party MEP in the heart of the EU? At times, uncomfortable. 02/11/2019
United Kingdom Protesters bemoan Brexit delay as Halloween deadline passes Pro-Brexit protesters showed up in London as the UK missed another Brexit deadline as UK politicians entered the arena ahead of a December 12 election. 31/10/2019
United Kingdom From deal to delay: what happened with Brexit in October? Key events in another rollercoaster month: a deal was struck, but Brexit was delayed once again as the Halloween deadline was missed. 31/10/2019
United Kingdom Watch: Labour's Jeremy Corbyn makes first major election pitch Britain's main opposition Labour party officially kicked off its election campaign on Thursday. 31/10/2019
United Kingdom Could UK's last December election in 1923 be portentous for Johnson? December 12 2019 will be the first December election since 1923. In both ballots, Conservative prime ministers have looked to strengthen their leaderships after inheriting the role from early resigning predecessors — but it is the result from the former that the current PM would like to avoid. 30/10/2019
Good Morning Europe Will Boris Johnson get the majority he needs to get Brexit done? The UK has taken a major step towards a snap general election - but will Boris Johnson's Conservatives get the majority they need to push through Brexit? 30/10/2019
United Kingdom Johnson and Corbyn trade barbs after MPs vote for December 12 election Johnson and Corbyn trade barbs after MPs vote for December 12 election 30/10/2019
World 'Revoluciones, Si! Elecciones, no!' UK PM mocks Corbyn in Spanish UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson mocked Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday, comparing his refusal to hold elections thus far to the precepts of late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. 29/10/2019
View Why the U.K. can't get its act together on Brexit ǀ View The Brexit saga, of which this week’s events are only the latest chapter, is at heart a story about the U.K.’s failure to understand its place in the modern world. 29/10/2019
United Kingdom Brexit meltdown: Britain scraps coins marking Oct 31 departure from EU They were created to toast the UK's departure from the EU on October 31. But, amid delays, they will now be recycled. 29/10/2019
United Kingdom New Year's leave? Deadlocked Britain heads for snap election In a rare parliamentary success for Boris Johnson, his short bill calling for a December 12 election was approved 438 to 20 in the House of Commons. 29/10/2019
brussels bureau Brexit delay: Will the UK be obliged to name a new EU Commissioner? Brussels expects a British nominee for the Commission under a Brexit extension. Boris Johnson has previously vowed to do so ‘under no circumstances’. 28/10/2019
United Kingdom Why the Brexit delay and a UK election? | Euronews answers A quick guide to the new Brexit extension and a UK general election in December. 28/10/2019
United Kingdom Could a fourth Brexit extension could follow a General Election? A European law expert from Cambridge University says a fourth Brexit extension could follow a UK election. Professor Kenneth Armstrong's comments to Euronews' Good Morning Europe came as an anticipated third extension to the process for the UK was being discussed by the European Union. 28/10/2019
brussels bureau Watch again: UK MPs reject Johnson's early election bid British MPs on Monday rejected holding an early election, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to gain the two-thirds majority backing in parliament he required. 28/10/2019
United Kingdom (Another) Brexit crunch day as Johnson's election bid hangs in balance The Liberal Democrats and the SNP say they could support early elections in return for no deal guarantees. 27/10/2019
United Kingdom Boris Johnson should go back to EU and renegotiate deal: DUP leader DUP leader Arlene Foster said the party believed the PM's deal was 'fundamentally wrong.' 26/10/2019
state of the union The Brexit saga continues in this week's State of the Union In the State of the Union, we look at the delay to Brexit that Boris Johnson promised wouldn't happen, the call from MEPs for EU sanctions for Turkey and the farewell to Tusk and Juncker. 25/10/2019
United Kingdom Brexit: Why does Boris Johnson want a December election? The prime minister wants the UK to go to the polls on December 12, if the EU agrees a Brexit delay until January. 25/10/2019
United Kingdom Johnson asks UK parliament for December election — but will it happen? Johnson says a December 12 poll would give parliament time to scrutinize his Brexit bill, but opposition parties want 'no deal' off the table. 24/10/2019
United Kingdom Is Boris Johnson telling the truth on Northern Ireland border checks? A Labour MP suggests the UK PM may have misled parliament for saying there will be no checks between Northern Ireland and Britain, under his Brexit deal. 24/10/2019
