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Theresa May's humbling offers glimmer of hope
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 17/01/2019
» It was both a historic vote and decisive defeat for the government. But while it was called a "meaningful vote", parliament's verdict on Theresa May's Brexit deal on Tuesday was actually anything but.
May's Brexit vote delay reveals a govt in name only
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 12/12/2018
» It always seemed ludicrous for Theresa May to hold a vote she was set to lose by a large margin. And yet her decision to delay it brought not relief, but confusion and dismay.
Hey, UK! You'll need EU workers
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 02/11/2018
» It's been an unsettling couple of years for an estimated over 3.5 million European Union (EU) nationals who live and work in the UK. They've been victims of attacks, pawns in the Brexit negotiations and, more recently, an afterthought as an army of civil servants and consultants map out contingency plans for various Brexit scenarios.
A no-deal Brexit is crazy, but it might just happen
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 25/07/2018
» The prospect that the UK would leave the European Union without a deal setting out the terms of the withdrawal once seemed laughably remote. When it was mentioned at all, it was mainly as a negotiating tactic aimed at securing favourable trade and tariff agreements between the UK and the EU.
Here's why Theresa May is so furious at Trump
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 05/12/2017
» When President Donald Trump retweeted three inflammatory videos from the anti-Muslim group Britain First last week, he set the entire UK establishment on fire. At a time when the country is bitterly divided and distracted by Brexit, getting the public's attention, much less uniting much of it, was some feat.
France doesn't want an overhaul
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 20/04/2017
» To a politically attuned American, the French presidential election sounds familiar: A great but divided country facing economic and social problems grows disillusioned with the political class. Cue a populist movement to rip up the script, deconstruct the state and drain the swamp, right?
France moves to discard politics of left and right
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 25/04/2017
» For globalists rattled by Brexit and US President Donald Trump, the first round of the French presidential race was a relief. They should savour it. It probably won't last.