Brexit Negotiator

With Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, and his Brexit strategy crystal clear, the task of the Labour opposition is equally clear. It must expose the truth about Johnsons no-deal option namely, that it means a Trump-deal Brexit and put forward its own plan t…

Image copyrightGetty Images The prime minister's chief Brexit negotiator has urged his EU counterparts not to "underestimate" Boris Johnson. David Frost - Mr Johnson's so-called EU "sherpa" - told his colleagues "many people are inclined" to do just that, b…

The Conservatives have enjoyed a bounce in the opinion polls after Boris Johnson became prime minister. A Deltapoll survey published by the Mail on Sunday newspaper put the Conservatives out front on 30%. This was five points ahead of second-placed Labo…

Boris Johnson has demanded that Angela Merkel drop the controversial Irish backstop from the Brexit agreement, amid warnings from Europe that he is setting himself on a “collision course” with the continent. In a phone call on Friday, the prime minister told…

Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a pugnacious debut in the House of Commons urging EU leaders to renegotiate the Brexit deal. PHOTO: AFP LONDON: After Brussels rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson request to rewrite the Brexit deal, …

(Bloomberg) -- As Boris Johnson cements his power in London, the mood in Dublin remains resolute. Publicly and in private, the Irish government is showing little appetite for compromise after the U.K.s new prime minister demanded the scrapping of the backsto…

No sooner had he taken office than the UK’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded that the European Union ditch its insistence on the Irish border backstop. The measure has long bedevilled Brexit negotiations and was one of the main reasons why the negot…

The European Union has rejected a push by Boris Johnson, Britain's new prime minister, to rewrite an agreement over the United Kingdom's departure from the bloc, or Brexit. The dismissal on Thursday by EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier came as European off…

Insanity, the saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. It’s a tactic Theresa May demonstrated brilliantly during her three-year tenure as Britain’s prime minister, in which she attempted to push her negotiated…

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London. (Reuters) Written by Stephen Castle The bombastic new British prime minister, Boris Johnson, was never likely to offer an olive branch to the European Union that he promises to…