Britain’s banks face funding crunch as Brexit looms
A funding crunch is squeezing British banks' profits and hitting their share prices, as the threat of a disorderly Brexit and the end of cheap cash from the Bank of…
Britain in the age of Brexit
Future historians will look back at Britain in the age of Brexit and seek to explain why its people reduced their power and influence in the world in the belief…
Spain seeks post-Brexit leverage on Gibraltar
Madrid's last-ditch threat to derail a hard-negotiated Brexit deal over Gibraltar has left some wondering how the tiny rocky British overseas territory came to play such a crucial role. The…
Dogged by Brexit
OBLIGED by parliament to fetch up with a plan B after her deal with the European Union (EU) was voted down last week by a majority of 230, the largest…
Brexit and the past
How should Brexit be seen against the broad backdrop of British history? Analogies multiply, with the crudest coming from prominent Brexiteer MP Mark Francois who denounced the head of Airbus…
The Brexit mess
Britain is now in its deepest political crisis since the World War II. May’s deal seems all but dead, as there is no viable way for it to pass through…
The Brexit crisis
The UK has long been divided by class, region and race, but these divisions have been masked by political and economic success. This has meant the English, as the dominant…
Brexit fears for cross-Channel truck pile-up
In the British port of Dover, 10,000 heavy goods vehicles arrive every day in a perfectly orchestrated symphony of comings and goings. A famous fresco by artist Banksy of a…
May wins Brexit boost, but bigger battles await
After a turbulent few months when some predicted she could be gone by Christmas, British Prime Minister Theresa May finally has some good news with a deal on Brexit -…
Dogged by Brexit
AT its annual conference in Liverpool, the British Labour Party came close this week to endorsing a second referendum on the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), although…
