Sentences with phrase «on british»

I believe that to risk losing our trade advantages with the colossal market on our doorstep is to inflict economic self - harm on the British people.

«While there is an urgent operational need to ascertain information from Musa Kusa with respect to the present conflict in Libya, the relevant authorities, including the police, should in time be able to ask him all the necessary questions about Libya's violent history, not least on British soil.»

Philip Cowley and Dennis Kavanagh are experienced observers and writers on British politics and elections.

Quilliam produced a report last year on the problems of extremism on British university campuses and outlined ways in which such extremism could be tackled.

Earlier this year the Guardian columnist and Chavs author spoke at the How The Light Gets In festival, where he unleashed a typically no - punches - pulled talk on the British Establishment.

EU negotiators have repeatedly stressed that punishment is not a motivation in Brexit talks, but a report published by the European Commission last December suggested the EU could insert a «punishment clause» in any trade deal to allow Brussels to place tariffs on some British exports.

«Finally, the only losers from any attack on the British Council are Russian citizens who want to use the British Council and the reputation of the Russian government itself,» he continued.

He has over five years of experience working from the Press Gallery in the House of Commons writing analysis, features, sketches and news stories on British politics.

In doing so, Cooper broke the political taboo on the British response to the European - wide refugee crisis and struck a markedly different tone to David Cameron, Phillip Hammond and Nigel Farage.

The cliff - edge is more damaging to Britain than the EU, so to grant the gift of indefinite transition relieves pressure on the British negotiating team and reduces the EU's leverage.

But Mr Cameron voiced his faith in Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman on any British frontbench political team, and suggested he was putting her up for the BNP Question Time on Thursday because of her talents and not her brief or her background.

Such a move was first mooted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last month, when the watchdog expressed concern that BAA had such a strong hold on the British aviation industry.

There is a long essay on Michael Foot, with the main themes being the impact of history on the career and ideas of the man, and his own impact on British history.

Most, especially Demos with its 30 - to 40 - year perspectives, revel in looking down on British politics from afar.

«Furthermore, many Nigerian universities insist on British English spellings in their official written communications not minding and research reports, resisting American English spellings.

Atvod had taken it onto itself to enforce age verification checks on British websites some time ago.

These events were the 15th attempted terrorist plot on British soil since 2001.

The prime minister met with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al - Maliki in Baghdad for discussions on British forces currently on overwatch duty in the south of the country.

Today we have more data than ever before on British politics and yet people who are supposed to know more than anyone else, collectively failed to see what was coming.

c) Trump didn't broach the subject of the poisoning of a former Russia spy and his daughter on British soil;

Rather than confront a growing attack on the British liberal tradition, the Conservative - led government decided to co-opt their ideas and rhetoric.

Today's anniversary of the report will be marked by a conference on British race relations in the past decade.

When she wanted to get a satisfactory outcome on the British rebate, she did not threaten her partners with an «in or out» referendum if she did not get her way by a certain date.

More recently, Tony Blair committed to holding a referendum on British membership of the Eurozone in his 1997 campaign, although he was at marked variance with his shadow chancellor, Gordon Brown.

The recent IMF scorecard on the British economy, produced two years into this Coalition, prompted me to take a look at the comments the IMF made in 1976, two years into a Labour government.

Paterson said the prime minister should invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty which would trigger two years of negotiations on a British exit.

Baroness Warsi has blasted the government's new anti-terror proposals as being an «attack» both on British Muslims and British values.

The Conservative party is facing pressure to return Russian donations after the attempted murder of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal on British soil.

Either way, recalling how recently Miliband, Balls, Alexander et al forced the European ConstitutionLisbon Treaty on the British people without the referendum they had promised, I find it difficult to subscribe to the idea that they and their Labour colleagues are suddenly all now committed eurosceptics.

A government commissioner asked to advise on a British Bill of Rights is expected to resign in protest later after accusing the commission of ignoring the wishes of the prime minister and most Conservative MPs

11.45 am ToryDiary: Commissioner on British Bill of Rights resigns, accusing Ken Clarke of acting in concert with human rights establishment

Idea ten in the list, for example, is cutting foreign aid and spending the savings on British pensioners.

What seems likely is that, with a fragmented opposition, the «First Past the Post» electoral system will have an even more malign influence on British politics than normal.

A government commissioner asked to advise on a British Bill of Rights is expected to resign in protest later after accusing the commission of ignoring the wishes of the prime minister and most Conservative MPs - BBC

Commissioner on British Bill of Rights resigns, accusing Ken Clarke of acting in concert with human rights establishment

Dr Starkey advocated for «a serious focus» on British culture, before arguing against the idea of Britain's diversity by saying: «You think London is Britain.

Our top article of the week is on British Sikhs, you might be interested to learn.

Kofi Jumah on Monday, May 30, launched a verbal attack on the British High Commissioner to Ghana and angrily described him as a «fool» for his swift defence of the Central Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, who was alleged to have been arrested in the UK.

«The Falklands place no strain on the British economy.

President Mugabe often blames the country's current situation on British imperialism and interference.

Blair also criticised the level of debate on the British left about a range of issues — including university tuition fees.

David Davis acknowledged the impact of Brexit on British retirees in Europe the other day.

Sophie Ridge is a senior reporter and presenter for Sky News and has written a wide ranging book concentrating on the British experience of The Women Who Shaped Politics (Coronet).

This is a specific incident, in a small location, on British soil, which can be tested domestically by world - class analysts.

Ahead of the visit by the two prime ministers, Sinn Fein's chief negotiator Martin McGuiness said his party's continued participation in the process was dependant on the British and Irish government reasserting their control over the process.

But he added the prime minister «is very clear that British laws must be based on British values and that religious law, while respecting other cultures, should be subservient to British criminal and civil law».

The author has written and edited more than forty books on British politics and in this case has had the admirable support of Jonathan Meakin.

Katie Waissel, a contestant on the British TV hit «X Factor,» just found out that her 81 - year - old grandmother, Sheila Vogel, works as a paid escort for a mature courtesan agency...

He served as the chairman of the all party group on the British Museum; the vice chair of the group on astronomy and space environment; and the secretary of the group on boxing.

But having spent two days at the party conference, and deciding that the need for a carefully planned revival of the party is more «urgent» than ever, Mandelson agrees to make his most wide - ranging intervention on British politics since leaving the country for the European Commission in 2004.