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Theresa M. May’s Election Gamble Conundrum?
Dickson Igwe
From a twenty point lead over the Opposition Labour Party, Mrs Theresa M. May’s Conservative Party’s lead has shrunk precipitously according to the latest You Gov opinion poll.
HMS Brexit & the Brussels Iceberg
Dickson Igwe
The United Kingdom must skillfully negotiate its exit from Europe, or risk being torn apart. With the Brexit Referendum, Brussels has become a massive and ominous iceberg that the seafaring vessel, The HMS Great Britain, would be wise not to crash into.
A Brexit Two Remake!
Dickson Igwe
British Prime Minister, Theresa M. May, has called for a surprise UK General Election for June 8, 2017. This amounts to Brexit Two.
King Charles the Third, Brexit, & a New Commonwealth
Dickson Igwe
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, is the longest reigning British Monarch in history. Her reign is in its winter. The Queen, who will be 91 on April 21, 2017, is the only British Monarch most of us alive today have known. Britain has already entered the Post Elizabethan Age. Britain will be in a state of denial as a chapter in its history ends.
A travel story- Part B
Dickson Igwe
There is an international quality to Paris. This is an appeal London is losing with Brexit and growing xenophobia.
OTs call for high-level engagement with UK on Brexit deal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) is today urging the UK Government to ensure the VI – and other Overseas Territories – have high-level engagement in the Brexit negotiations.
Social class & its terrible impacts
Dickson Igwe
The recent vote in the UK to leave the European Union exposed a society split along lines of social class, region, age and culture. Today, Britain is more class divided than at any time in its recent history. Are there lessons in Britain’s social class based culture for the British Caribbean and the British Virgin Islands? The following story states that there may be.
With a set date for UK to exit the EU, VI still not @ Table
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Political Class, including United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE, Premier Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, and Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA, (R3) all spoke about the UK’s decision, known as Brexit, to leave the European Union following a referendum on June 23, 2016.
VI could face EU sanctions over its offshore sector
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is listed among eight British overseas territories and crown dependencies that could face EU economic sanctions after Brussels identified them as having low or no corporation tax.
Julian Willock calls for divisive politics to stop!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Permanent Secretary and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Advance Marketing and Professional Services, Julian Willock, has called on the “political class” to end the divisive politics and stop the rhetoric that is causing the country to be divided.
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