Donald Trump called NATO obsolete, predicted that other European Union members would follow the U.K. in leaving the bloc, and threatened BMW with import duties over a planned plant in Mexico, according to two European newspapers which conducted a joint interview with the president-elect…
May’s 12-Point Brexit Plan…
PM May Issues Warning to Brussels and Promises to Drop Membership of Single Market…
Theresa May has suggested the UK will reject a “punitive” Brexit deal from the EU and trade on default World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules with the economic bloc. The prime minister issued the warning to Brussels after confirming the government would not seek to maintain single-market membership in a central London speech on Tuesday (17 […]
Cannabis Medicine Soon to be Legally Available in the UK…
One of the main ingredients in cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD), is to be classed as a medicine in the UK. The decision by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) stems from claims that the drug successfully treats serious diseases…
Fake News Roundup: Guardian Publishes ‘Shoddy and Misleading’ Article on Interview with Julian Assange…
The shoddy and misleading Guardian article, written by Ben Jacobs, was published on December 24. It made two primary claims — both of which are demonstrably false. The first false claim was hyped in the article’s headline: “Julian Assange gives guarded praise of Trump and blasts Clinton in interview”…
Facebook Admits Handing Thousands of Its Users’ Details Over to British Authorities…
Social media giant Facebook has confessed to giving the personal details of thousands of its users to the British government this year. Facebook says that officials requested access to 7,199 profiles between January and June of 2016 – a 30 percent increase on last year…
Extensive British Spying Throughout Africa Revealed in Le Monde…
India Overtakes Britain as the World’s Sixth-Largest Economy…
Score one for the post-colonial underdog. India’s economy has reportedly overtaken the United Kingdom’s for the first time in over 100 years, now standing as the world’s sixth-largest economy by GDP after the United States, China, Japan, Germany, and France. The milestone is a symbol of India’s rapid economic growth and…
Farage Undermines PM Theresa May Again with 3rd Trump Meeting…
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has visited Trump Tower in New York for the third time, in what is likely to be a major embarrassment to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, who has yet to meet the US president-elect. US news reporters confirmed Farage entered the lobby of Trump Tower in New York…
Snowden Leak: British Intelligence Calls Israel “True Threat” to Middle East…
According to leaked documents released by Edward Snowden, British intelligence spied on Israeli diplomats and military officials in 2008 and 2009, the French newspaper Le Monde and Israel’s Haaretz reported on Wednesday…