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Trump on Brexit: EU break-up on the cards, people want their borders back

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Trump UKThe Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has praised the British public, saying they “took back control of their country” by voting to leave the EU. He also warned the EU could break-up as people seek to regain control of their borders.

“It looks like it is on its way and we will see what happens. I have a lot of friends in Germany who have always been very proud Germans, but now they are thinking of moving because of the massive influx of people. I could see it happening [the break-up of the EU]. I saw this [Brexit] happening,” he said.

In the run up to the referendum vote, Trump, who is in Scotland to open a golf course, had said he would be personally inclined to leave the EU.

‘Now get out!’ Start Clause 50 exit process NOW, EU chiefs urge UK

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get outEU chiefs want to be rid of Britain as soon as possible, if a statement from the European Council released in the wake of the UK’s shock Brexit is anything to go by.

It was released following a meeting of dignitaries including EU president Donald Tusk, parliamentary president Martin Schulz, Dutch PM Mark Rutte and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.

The EU’s top dogs told the UK to get out of the 28-member union quickly. They delivered a stark warning that until such a time as the political divorce goes through, Britain will be subject to all the treaties and agreements that go with membership.

“We now expect the United Kingdom government to give effect to this decision of the British people as soon as possible, however painful that process may be.”

They said “any delay” would “unnecessarily prolong uncertainty.”

“We have rules to deal with this in an orderly way. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union sets out the procedure to be followed if a Member State decides to leave the European Union.”

David Cameron resigned at 8am on Friday, saying the process of an actual legal exit would fall to his successor, who would be appointed by autumn.

However, Boris Johnson – a Leave advocate currently favorite to be the next Tory PM – said there was no rush to leave, a point picked up by former Swedish PM Carl Bildt on Twitter.

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EU says UK must not delay leaving

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eu uk must leaveEU leaders have insisted that the UK must move swiftly to negotiate leaving the organisation, saying any delay would prolong uncertainty, BBC News reports.
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker stressed the “Union of the remaining 27 members will continue”.
The UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU, and David Cameron has announced he will step down as PM by October.
He has said it will be up to the new PM to invoke the article that will begin the UK’s withdrawal.
Global stock markets fell heavily on the Brexit news and the value of the pound has also fallen dramatically.

BREAKING NEWS: Britain has voted to exit the E.U. It is a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world.

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UK Leave EUBritain’s EU referendum looks to be headed towards a Brexit outcome. Markets are volatile, with the pound on a rollercoaster ride as results come in from around the UK. Read the latest from our teams.

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world, rattle the Continent and rock political establishments throughout the West.
With 309 of 382 of the country’s cities and towns reporting early on Friday, the Leave campaign held a 52 percent to 48 percent lead. The BBC called the race for the Leave campaign shortly before 4:45 a.m., with 13.1 million votes having been counted in favor of leaving and 12.2 million in favor of remaining.
The value of the British pound plummeted as financial markets absorbed the news.

 

British MP Jo Cox has died after brutal stabbing & shooting attack – police

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cox shotLabour MP Jo Cox has been confirmed dead hours after being shot outside her advice surgery near the city of Leeds. Both sides in Britain’s EU referendum debate have suspended campaigning following the attack.

Dee Collins, Deputy Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police announced Cox’s death in a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

The 41-year-old was shot close to her constituency advice surgery in Birstall, near Leeds in northern England, earlier in the day.

DCC Collins said the the mother-of-two was reportedly shot in the face three times and attacked with a knife, adding that a full investigation was underway to establish a motive for the murder.

The UK’s Press Association news agency cited eyewitnesses who said the MP for the constituency of Batley and Spen appeared to be involved in a struggle in the street with a man, who pulled out a gun. Cox was left bleeding on the pavement and another man was also injured.

Police later said they believe the attack was a localized incident and they were not looking for anyone else than the 51-year-old man arrested earlier in the day, named locally as Tommy Mair.

In a statement on its website later, Britain First said the media was “desperately trying to incriminate” the party in the attack, adding that it was “NOT involved and would never encourage behaviour of this sort.” The party said it was praying that Jo Cox would make a full recovery.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn issued a statement saying the whole the party and country “will be in shock” at her “horrific murder.”

Paying tribute to her work, he said she “was dedicated to getting us to live up to our promises to support the developing world and strengthen human rights – and she brought those values and principles with her when she became an MP.”

Cox was elected to Britain’s parliament in 2015 after a career as an aid worker for Oxfam. Part of her constituency – the town of Batley – is among the poorest in the country, part of an EU transformation zone, and has a high immigrant population.

She was critical of Britain’s reluctance to deepen its involvement in the fightback against “Islamic State” militants in Syria. She also campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU.

Following the attack, both the pro and anti-European Union camps have temporarily suspended their campaigns, with just a week to go until Britons vote on their country’s membership of the bloc.

Cameron tweeted that he wouldn’t travel to Gibraltar for a campaign rally on Thursday evening.

UK: Islam is incompatible with UK values say 56% of Brits – poll

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(RT) More than half of Britons polled believe Islam is incompatible with British values, according to a study carried out on behalf of a Muslim community organization.

The polling firm ComRes asked 2,012 people over the age of 18 for their views. The study was carried out on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and was revealed at the ‘Caliphate in the 21st Century’ conference.

It found that one respondent in three thinks Islam promotes violence in Britain, while 72 percent feel the religion is viewed negatively in the UK.

Some 32 percent believe Islam promotes peace in Britain and 56 percent think the faith is incompatible with the country’s values.

The sect that commissioned the study is itself dedicated to its own version of a caliphate in the UK. Unlike extremist groups such as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s version of a caliphate is dedicated to peace.

“The task of the Ahmadiyya Caliphate is to continue pursuing the peaceful objectives laid down by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, which is essentially to worship God and serve humanity,” Farooq Aftab, the community’s spokesman, told the Express.

“And so, under the guidance of the Institution of Caliphate, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has continued this work for more than one hundred years,” he added.

Aftab said the community is very concerned about extremism and is fighting to deal with the issue “through a range of initiatives such as education, recreational and sports to break down barriers and give members the true teachings of Islam.”

“We have on a number of occasions said that in Mosques, Imams and leaders should use sermons to condemn ISIS. And make it clear that going to join them is totally wrong and against Islam,” he said.

Leave campaign says UK at risk from Turkish criminals if it remains in EU

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G-574168bac46188b6568b4568The UK will be at risk from Turkish criminals, while the health service will be put under immense pressure, according to Britain’s Armed Forces minister, if the UK stays in the EU. However, critics have accused the Leave campaign of “stoking the fires of prejudice.”

The campaign for Britain to leave the EU says that if the UK remains within the bloc, security in the country will be put at risk from countries such as Turkey. Armed Forces minister Penny Mordaunt warned that if Turkey was to join the EU, it would put Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) under immense strain.

Using figures from the migration of Romanian and Bulgarian citizens after the countries joined the EU, the Leave campaign predicts that 142,000 Turkish citizens could head to the UK every year, if Ankara is given full EU membership.

“Since the birthrate in Turkey is so high, we can expect to see an additional million people added to the UK population from Turkey alone within eight years,” the Leave campaign said in a statement, as cited by the Guardian.

“This will not only increase the strain on Britain’s public services, but it will also create a number of threats to UK security. Crime is far higher in Turkey than the UK. Gun ownership is also more widespread. Because of the EU’s free movement laws, the government will not be able to exclude Turkish criminals from entering the UK.”

As a consequence of the perceived threat posed by Turkish membership, Mordaunt says the only option for Britain is to opt out.

“I believe that this is dangerous and it will make us less safe. That’s why the safer option in this referendum is to Vote Leave and take back control.”

Although talks are taking place with Turkey regarding visa free travel to the Schengen zone for tourism purposes, there is no realistic prospect of Ankara joining the EU in the foreseeable future, according to the Conservative former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

Vote Leave are desperate to avoid experts’ warnings that leaving Europe would send Britain back to recession, and so are making arguments that are absurd and untrue. Even Boris Johnson has said that Turkey joining the EU is ‘simply not on the cards’,” Rifkind said.

“Turkey simply will not join the EU any time soon. In 30 years of negotiations, they have completed just one of the 35 tests they need to fulfill to apply to join. Every EU country, including Britain, has a veto on any new country joining. And if they do join in the distant future, our government will have the power to impose transitional controls to restrict immigration from Turkey,” he added.

Meanwhile Trevor Phillips, a former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, lashed out at the Leave campaign and said he could not imagine what the “sizeable, law-abiding, industrious Turkish community in the UK must feel when they hear this.”

“This appears to be a straightforward admission that the Leave campaign has lost on every rational argument and now it is simply trying to stoke the fires of prejudice,” he said, according to the Guardian.

A referendum on whether the UK should remain within the EU is set to take place on June 23. A poll published on Saturday for the Observer newspaper showed that 44 percent of Britons want to remain in the EU, while 40 percent of the population would like the UK to leave.

Crowds march in London to demand Cameron resignation following Panama Papers leak

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Camron go homeA massive protest has gathered in front of PM David Cameron’s residence at Downing Street 10, calling for his resignation. The rally follows the so-called Panama Papers leak, which among others exposed the offshore dealings of Cameron’s late father.

The massive and largely peaceful rally right in front of 10 Downing Street saw hundreds of protesters gathering while shouting “Resign, resign!” 

“Cameron must go!” and “Tories out!” read the placards held by the demonstrators, RUPTLY’s live feed showed. A huge paper pig was erected by the protesters, with Cameron’s image pinned to its face.

RT UK’s Laura Smith talked to some of the people who had taken to the streets to join the protest. “A lot of people feel they have lost confidence in the government,” one man said, with another adding that “this is a symptom of a much more important disease, our economic system is broken … as it favors a huge tax avoidance.” 

The #ResignCameron rally then moved on to Trafalgar Square, where thousands of people joined in the call for the prime minister to go.

UK Parliament to Debate Public Call to Ban Trump From Country on January 18 @realDonaldTrump

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UK banning TrumpThe UK parliament will debate banning US Presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the United Kingdom over his anti-Muslim comments, as proposed in an online public petition, on January 18, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The House of Commons petitions committee decided to hold a debate on the issue after a meeting on the issue, held Tuesday, the BBC news outlet reported

About 568,000 people have signed the petition after Trump proposed a temporary halt on Muslims entering the United States. After reaching 100,000 signatures, any petition can be discussed in the country’s parliament.

Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said that he completely disagrees with Trump’s remarks, but added that the US presidential hopeful should be allowed to visit Britain.