Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Back in 1887 the famous poet and storyteller Oscar Wilde quipped: ‘We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language’. We got another example of this malediction in the blah-blah-blah which has attended Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. What is most […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2016 A robot lawyer, working pro bono, has gotten 160,000 parking tickets overturned, saving thousands of people in New York and London an estimated $3.9 million. The free online chatbot laywer, called DoNotPay, is touted as the “world’s first robot lawyer.” It was launched 21 months ago by self-taught British […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2016 No do-overs for Remain. UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in a blow to to the anti-Brexit crowd, insisted they will not get a mulligan on the June 23 vote in which Leave triumphed. A second referendum is “not remotely on the cards,” Cameron’s spokesman said on June 27, responding […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Voters in the United Kingdom have chosen to leave the European Union by a 52-48 percent margin, making Great Britain the first nation to leave the EU. The turnout was large with over 70 percent of eligible voters going to the polls. The process of doing so […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 24, 2016 Leave has won the EU referendum by 52 to 48 percent. The final tally was 17,410,742 for Leave and 16,141,241 for Remain, the highest turnout at a UK-wide vote since 1992. Tory MP Liam Fox, a Leave supporter, said voters had shown great “courage” by deciding to “change the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto “Oh dear, I’d better stay in bed,” groaned my English wife, Gillian, when I woke her on Friday morning with the sad news that her compatriots had voted to leave the European Union. Before pulling the blanket over her head she said, “Life will never be the same again.” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Liam Fox, ________________ Editors’ Note: At 5:11 a.m. London time, BBC projections showed voters backing “Leave” the European Union (“Brexit”) by 52 percent to 48 percent in an historic and rare national referendum. FLASHBACK: The following exclusive column for WorldTribune.com was originally published on March 27, 2016 with the following headline: […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The June 23 UK referendum on whether Great Britain should remain in or leave the European Union (EU) is seen by most pollsters as too close to call. The British media, predictably, view the outcome through the lens of the far-reaching implications for British political, security and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2016 With all eyes in Europe on the June 23 Brexit vote, a survey in Italy found that 48 percent in the country that paved the way for the European Union’s creation would vote to leave the EU. “The Italians are amused by the Brexit vote,” said Andrea Barzini, an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders No matter the outcome of the British referendum June 23 on leaving the European Union, the argument over the U.K.’s role in Europe and the world is up for grabs. It promises a troubled British political scene for some time to come. The argument over whether to leave […]
