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Boris Johnson Unveils Reopening Plan, Says UK Must ‘Learn To Live With This Virus’

Thomas Catenacci U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the nation would begin reopening, end mask mandates and no longer enforce social distancing guidelines. Johnson unveiled the U.K. government’s plan to completely reopen and end existing coronavirus restrictions in two weeks during a speech Monday afternoon. The prime minister detailed a five-point plan to better prepare U.K….

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Britain’s Brexit divorce is here – but the bickering over alimony payments and who gets the house is only beginning

Garret Martin, American University School of International Service On Jan. 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally ceases to be a member of the European Union, 1,317 days after citizens of the U.K. narrowly voted to do so in their Brexit referendum. So what happens now? Does it mean the U.K. and EU are officially divorced?…

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Boris Johnson at Odds With Parliament: “The people of this country will have to choose.”

Amid rousing heckling and sneering in the boisterous UK Parliament, Boris Johnson became strikingly weak as a Prime Minister. On September 3rd, Phillip Lee, a Conservative Tory MP but strident supporter of remaining in the EU, joined the Liberal coalition. This means that Johnson officially lost his voting majority in parliament. Lee’s defection comes amidst growing…