Brexit

NAPPIES, TINNED FRUIT, FAGS AND LOO PAPER

Panicked Brits start hoarding

Everything from tinned butter to paracetamol is being stockpiled by anxious Brits, who are sharing “hamsters lists” in case of a no-deal Brexit.

Anne Barrowclough

BrexitThe World

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (R) gesturing as Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to the House of Commons in London on January 14, 2019. - Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday published further assurances from the EU on the eve of a crucial parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal and warned MPs that rejecting it would lead to "paralysis" that could see Britain stay in the bloc. (Photo by HO / PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

May faces historic defeat

Theresa May is facing such an historic defeat of 2:1 with her Brexit Bill that it could be terminal for her political career.

Jacquelin Magnay

Brexit Q&AThe World

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after attending a church service, near her Maidenhead constituency, west of London on January 13, 2019. - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday warned MPs preparing to vote down her EU divorce deal that failing to deliver Brexit would be a "catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy". (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

After withdraw vote, what next?

The UK parliament is voting on the Brexit Withdrawal Bill on Wednesday. What happens next is anyone’s guess. Here are some of the possibilities.

Jacquelin Magnay

The Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, March 22, 2018, John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons speaks at Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster in London. As Brexit enters its endgame, the big divide is not between the U.K. and the European Union, but between Britain's government and its Parliament. Since Britain and the EU struck a divorce deal late last year, the U.K.'s executive and legislature have been at war, with Prime Minister Theresa May struggling to win Parliament's backing for the deal ahead of a vote next week, and lawmakers trying to grab control of the Brexit process. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Loose lips expose Brexit coup plot

Theresa May has been warned her government will lose its ability to govern after a bombshell plot by senior MPs was exposed.

Tim shipman

Brexit chaosThe World

A pro-Europe demonstrator holds a flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. The British government on Tuesday ruled out seeking an extension to the two-year period taking the country out of the European Union ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote next week on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK government in major defeat

Some of the Tories’ most loyal MPs cross the floor to support a Labour amendment that seeks to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

Jacquelin Magnay

The World

British Conservative party politician Anna Soubry (R) speaks during a meeting arranged by Conservatives for a People's Vote, on the sidelines of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 in Birmingham on October 1, 2018. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Pro-Remain Tory taunted as Nazi

A prominent Conservative MP who supports Remain calls on the Metropolitan Police to stop extremists from calling her a “Nazi’’.

Jacquelin Magnay

The Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 14, 2018 Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after speaking during a press conference on December 14, 2018 in Brussels during the second day of a European Summit aimed at discussing the Brexit deal, the long-term budget and the single market. - Britain's battle over Brexit resumes on January 7, 2019 when parliament returns from its Christmas break to debate and -- most likely -- defeat Prime Minister Theresa May's unpopular EU divorce deal. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

May on Brexit: 2021, anyone?

Theresa May will ask the EU for a 2021 deadline to complete a final Brexit agreement in an effort to get MPs behind her March divorce deal.

Francis Elliott

CommentThe Times

The results of a garbage collectors’ strike in London during the 1970s. Must credit Getty Images

70s retro rules in Stale Britannia

There are signs Britain is about to reverse decades of progress and become the sick man of Europe again.

Clare Foges

Brexit chaosThe Times

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May talks with Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 20, 2018, during their bilateral meeting ahead of the UK-Poland Inter-Governmental Consultations. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / POOL / AFP)

MPs ready to foil no-deal Brexit

Senior MPs will launch an audacious attempt to derail a no-deal Brexit this week by creating a Donald Trump-style shutdown.

TIM SHIPMAN

Brexit chaosThe Times

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a joint press conference with and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attend at the UK-Poland Inter-Governmental Consultations at Lancaster House in central London on December 20, 2018. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP)

May’s 10 days of turbulence

Theresa May has 10 days to find the political equivalent of Gaviscon during perhaps the most turbulent period in UK politics since 1940.

Tim Shipman

Media

TOPSHOT - Postcards featuring the World War II British slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On" are seen outside a newsagents in London, on 24 June, 2016. Britain voted to break away from the European Union on June 24, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing a thunderous blow to the 60-year-old bloc that sent world markets plunging. / AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

Brexit’s ‘keep calm’ moment nears

The British government is launching a publicity drive to prepare the public for a possible no-deal Brexit.

Ryan Wilkinson

CommentAdam Creighton

Flags of the United Kingdom and the European Union.Brexit concept.

Quitting Europe without a deal will hardly sink the UK

The no-deal doomsayers underestimate the staying power of the world’s fifth-biggest economy.

Adam Creighton

CommentWall Street Journal

Who was 2018’s biggest loser?

Britain, Emmanuel Macron, Mohammed bin Salman and China’s Belt and Road policy were the runners up. So what won the title?

Walter Mead

The Times

Theresa may, Philip Hammond and another clown.

‘Who are the real clowns now?’

Describing politicians as a bunch of clowns is deeply offensive to clowns, circus performers have said.

Kaya Burgess

World CommentaryThe Times

Strikes, rubbish piling high made 1979 Britain's winter of discontent. Picture; Alamy.

Deal or no deal over Brexit, UK risks going back to the 1970s WORLD COMMENTARY

The sky won’t fall in if Britain leaves the EU, but whatever our route to Brexit, we’ll be condemned to slow decline.

Matthew Parris

The Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018 French Minister attached to the Foreign Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. - The LREM ruling party will campaign on the benefits of Europe to challenge the numerical or environmental "big transformations", ahead of the May 2019 European polls, has told Loiseau during an interview with AFP on December 4, 2018. (Photo by ludovic MARIN / AFP)

France acts to stem truck chaos

France has detailed its plans for handling a no-deal Brexit, with measures to avert chaos at Channel ports.

Opinion

In this House of Commons TV handout video Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says something under his breath after the British Prime Minister Theresa May likened Labour's attempt to table a no confidence motion in her to a pantomime, during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2018. With 100 days until Britain leaves the European Union, the government was publishing long-awaited plans Wednesday for a post-Brexit immigration system that will end free movement of EU citizens to the U.K. (House of Commons/via AP)

Look out behind you, there’s a big, bad Brexit

It is the silly season in Australia — but in Britain, it’s the Christmas pantomime season.

Ticky Fullerton

The Times

Members of Parliament gather near the Commons Speaker John Bercow, right, including Health Secretary Matt Hancock, front centre 2nd from right, urging Bercow to review a video clip purportedly showing opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn muttering remarks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2018. Corbyn is facing calls to apologise for apparently calling Prime Minister Theresa May a "stupid woman" during Prime Minister's Questions. (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

‘Stupid woman’ jibe uproar

Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility is on the line after the British Labour leader was forced to deny calling Theresa May a “stupid woman”.

CommentThe Times

Populist rage just beginning

From the US and UK to France, the credibility gap between leaders and the led is growing: the populist revolt has barely started.

Gerard Baker

Brexit chaosThe World

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn listening as a point of order is raised by a member in the House of Commons in London on December 19, 2018 following an allegation that British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn muttered the words "stupid woman" in the House. - British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn faced calls to apologise on Wednesday after being accused of muttering "stupid woman" at Prime Minister Theresa May during a heated exchange over her delaying tactics on Brexit. (Photo by HO / PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Corbyn in ‘stupid woman’ row

Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to deny calling Theresa May a “stupid woman” in the House of Commons | WATCH

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