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Jaguar begins Brexit shutdown
8Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Jaguar begins Brexit shutdown

    Jaguar Land Rover has begun its week-long factory shutdown as part of its plans for Brexit, on the day the company posted lower sales in Europe and China. JLR’s four main manufacturing sites in the UK at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, and Halewood in Merseyside, which employ 18,500 people, are closed from Monday until Friday. The production shutdown at Britain’s biggest carmaker is in addition to its usual Easter closure, which runs from next week until 30 April. The extension was agreed with staff in January to prepare for potential Brexit disruption, when the UK’s scheduled departure date from the EU was 29 March. Theresa May is locked in talks with Labour to come up with a plan she can take to an emergency European council sum...
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IS bride Shamima’s husband regrets Syria move
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

IS bride Shamima’s husband regrets Syria move

    Shamima Begum's Dutch husband has said he wants to return home and go back to normal life after serving time in prison. In a new interview, terrorist Yago Riedijk, 27, said that he feels regret over his time in Syria. He married Begum after meeting her in the war-torn country, but just 10 days after their wedding he was jailed by ISIS in Raqqa for seven months for spying charges. Riedijk is currently languishing in a Kurdish jail, as U.S. backed forces reclaimed the last of the so-called caliphate's territory last month. He said: I wish to return home, spend the due time in jail, then go back to normal life with my wife, with no troubles, no wars, and no poverty, just to live. For me, I recognised what wrong I did, and I knew ISIS reality. I feel regret, I want t...
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UK passports issued without EU label despite Brexit delay
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

UK passports issued without EU label despite Brexit delay

    The first British passports without the words European Union on the front cover have been issued to the public, despite the delays over Brexit. They were introduced from 30 March - the day after Britain was expected to leave the EU. Some of the burgundy passports including the words European Union will continue to be issued while the remaining stock is used up, but those applying for a new travel document will not be able to choose between the two. However, both designs will be valid for travel. Susan Hindle Barone, who picked up her new passport on Friday, said she was surprised to see the EU words omitted because we're still members of the EU.  What do we gain by leaving? There's certainly a whole lot we lose. She added: Let's face it, it's not the changes to th...
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EU tries to force UK flextension
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

EU tries to force UK flextension

    Theresa May has been warned that a lengthy delay to Brexit could destroy the Conservative Party, with a minister claiming it would be a Tory suicide note if the UK had to fight the European elections. The stark warning about the seismic changes to British politics that would be unleashed if the May 23 European Parliament elections went ahead came as the Government sought to revive talks with Labour aimed at finding a Brexit compromise. Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi said the situation needed to be resolved quickly in order to avoid the existential threat posed if the UK remained in the EU at the time of the elections next month. It would be, I think, a suicide note of the Conservative Party if we had to fight the European elections, he said. He said that if Labo...
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How Merkel might save Brexit
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

How Merkel might save Brexit

    Angela Merkel is the Theresa May of Europe. Whenever something goes wrong, she gets the blame. Just look at Brexit. Clearly, there we were many reasons why the UK voted to leave the EU. A deep-rooted national identity crisis, for example, and the pervasive image of the EU as a boring bureaucratic behemoth imposing its will – an idea propagated by many eurosceptics. But shortly after the Brexit referendum, some European commentators quickly found the real culprit to blame for the disaster: the German chancellor herself. Many blamed her immigration policy. In 2015 she had allowed tens of thousands of refugees into Germany. The Ukrainian billionaire George Soros argued – to the glee of the Daily Mail – that Merkel had brought chaos to Europe. It was “an inspiring gest...
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EU slaps down Rees Mogg
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

EU slaps down Rees Mogg

    Brussels has slapped down Jacob-Rees Mogg after the leading Brexiteer suggested the UK should wilfully cause chaos at the EU institutions if Brexit was delayed. A spokesperson for the European Commission suggested that the Tory MP was essentially irrelevant and not involved in negotiations. This gentleman is not our interlocutor and I would say then that the principle of sincere cooperation does apply, as prime minister May herself makes clear in her letter, the spokesperson told reporters in Brussels. I would also say that this is a hypothetical question because it supposes, or presupposed an extension, which is yet to be seen by our leaders. Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator, also piled in. Seizing on Mr Mogg’s comments, he said: For ...
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No deal better than a bad deal
4Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

No deal better than a bad deal

    No-deal is better than a bad deal was Theresa May's mantra for two years, making clear that Britain would walk away from negotiations with the EU if necessary. Her statement after the marathon cabinet meeting on Tuesday night, however, put paid to that. In a move which threatened to split her party always something she had sought to avoid Mrs May dramatically changed strategy and announced she would seek a deal with Labour support. What changed her mind? I have been told by government insiders and those close to the prime minister that the answer is the UK union. One of her inner circle said: She's fixated on the union. No-deal clearly puts huge strain on the Irish border and the consequence of that is a border poll becomes a real possibility. She thinks it wou...
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Drivers don’t know the dangers of part worn tyres
4Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Drivers don’t know the dangers of part worn tyres

    One in five British drivers have bought part-worn tyres, despite more than 98 percent being sold in an illegal state. That’s according to analysis by AA Cars suggesting our knowledge of tyres is a bit, well, rubbery. Among that one in five, one in 10 said they would never buy part-worn tyres again. But 13 percent plan to in the future. Even though a third (33 percent) of people see part-worn tyres as cost-effective, 62 percent were wrong when asked what the legal minimum tread depth was. This is 1.6mm, although many part-worn tyres are sold with around 2mm of tread remaining. Doesn’t sound like value for money to us… The kicker, though, is that more than 20 percent of drivers reckon most used tyres sold in the UK are perfectly legal. The reality, by comparison, is ...
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PMQs reaction as May invites Corbyn to Brexit talks
3Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PMQs reaction as May invites Corbyn to Brexit talks

    Theresa May has insisted working with the Labour is the only way to deliver a smooth and orderly Brexit as she wrote to Tory MPs appealing for unity ahead of PMQs. The Prime Minister addressed MPs’ concerns about the Government discussing the way forward with the Labour, before admitting that her deal is “unlikely” to pass on Tory and DUP votes. She wrote: With some colleagues unwilling to support the Government in the division lobbies, this is the only way to deliver the smooth, orderly Brexit that we promised. Her letter came as Welsh Minister and government whip Nigel Adams quit in disgust over Mrs May’s deal with Jeremy Corbyn, saying that the Prime Minister has made a grave error.
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Man having sex with wife is fundamental human right
3Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Man having sex with wife is fundamental human right

    A row has erupted after a judge spoke in court about the “fundamental human right” of a man to have sex with his wife. The remark was made by Mr Justice Hayden, who had been asked to consider imposing a court order preventing a man from having sex with his wife of 20 years because she may no longer be able to give her consent. The case had been brought to the court of protection, which considers cases where people lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions, by lawyers for a council’s social services after the condition of the woman, who has learning difficulties, began to deteriorate. Social service officials believe there is evidence that she no longer has the capacity to make decisions about whether she wants to have sex and therefore cannot freely give...
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