Tag Archives: Brexit

Very Good News Friday – The Tories win the UK General Election by a landslide

Posted on 13 December 2019 by anneinpt

Today’s Good News Friday post will more or less write itself with the glorious news that Labour was thoroughly trounced by the Conservatives in the British General Election yesterday.  Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to their best result since Margaret … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 26 July 2019 by anneinpt

We’ve had another difficult week in the family (someone in hospital, but hopefully coming home in a couple of days), but davka because of that I feel the need to post a Good News Friday installment. This week’s installment is … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson is Britain’s new PM

Posted on 25 July 2019 by anneinpt

Theresa May officially stepped down yesterday as Britain’s Prime Minister and Boris Johnson took over. Theresa May’s final PMQ’s session in Parliament included this great dig at Jeremy Corbyn, which was supported by Ian Austin, a former Labour MP! 2. … Continue reading →

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Elections silly season

Posted on 17 January 2019 by anneinpt

It is election season in Israel with all the attendant empty promises, scandals, and political jockeying. Bayit Yehudi head and Education Minister Naftali Bennett took his deputy, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and left the party, forming a new party simply … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: The view from the UK – it could be worse

Posted on 26 July 2016 by anneinpt

This is another guest post by frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb.  After the Brexit vote, and against the background of continuing Labour antisemitism scandals, I asked him if he could bring us “the view from over there”, particularly from the viewpoint of … Continue reading →

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Brexit Indeed! They’re out!

Posted on 24 June 2016 by anneinpt

After a nail-biting sleepless night, the results are in – and Britain is out! By a slim majority of 52-48% the British public voted to leave the EU. Following this result, David Cameron announced his resignation, to take place in … Continue reading →

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