No-deal brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves No. 10 Downing St. to go to the Houses of Parliament in London on Saturday.

U.K. Parliament Votes To Delay Vote On Johnson's Breakthrough Brexit Plan

8:45pm October 19, 2019

by Alexander Tuerk

In compliance with the Letwin Amendment, approved 322 to 306 on Saturday, a reluctant Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the Oct. 31 no-deal deadline.

James Toner feeds cows at his family's dairy farm in Northern Ireland's County Armagh. Thirty-five percent of Northern Irish milk is sold to Ireland. Northern Irish farmers who have built lucrative cross-border trade with the Irish Republic are especially

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How A No-Deal Brexit Could Destroy The Irish Dairy Industry — And Threaten Peace

1:20pm September 05, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

The lack of a border has contributed to a booming dairy business between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland – the types of dealings experts say helped make peace between the two a reality.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has angered opposition lawmakers by asking Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament for a time — a move that would allow him more leeway to secure a no-deal Brexit.

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Queen Will Suspend U.K. Parliament At Boris Johnson's Request

5:12pm August 28, 2019

The move would shorten the time lawmakers have to organize an opposition vote to a no-deal Brexit. But critics accuse the prime minister of circumventing the democratic process.

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Liberal Democrat candidate Jane Dodds (center) celebrates her election victory with former Energy Secretary Ed Davey and Kirsty Williams, member of the Welsh Assembly, at Royal Welsh showground in Builth Wells, U.K., on Friday.

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In U.K., Boris Johnson's Conservatives Lose Seat To Anti-Brexit Parties

11:14am August 02, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The results of the special election leave the ruling prime minister's government with a single-seat majority just as he tries to navigate a difficult departure from the EU.

Rosa Ashby runs Rosa Flowers in the English market town of Witney. Every flower in her shop, including lilies, chrysanthemums and lisianthus, is either grown in or distributed through the Netherlands.

Florists Fear A 'No Deal' Brexit Would Wilt The Flower Business

3:43am February 15, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

U.K. flower shop owners who rely on shipments from the Netherlands are concerned about how leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement will affect them.

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