Johnson Will Write to EU Requesting Article 50 Extension, Court Told

THE GUARDIAN: Government pledge appears to contradict claim Brexit will happen on 31 October

The UK government has promised a court that Boris Johnson will send a letter to the EU seeking an extension to article 50 as required by the Benn act.

The undertaking appears to contradict the prime minister’s statements the UK will leave the EU on 31 October regardless and unattributed claims from Downing Street that he will find a way to sidestep the act.

The pledge has been given in legal papers submitted to the court of session in Edinburgh after anti-Brexit campaigners began legal action to force Johnson to uphold the act’s requirements. » | Severin Carrell and Heather Stewart | Friday, October 4, 2019

Lib Dems Pledge to Cancel Brexit If They Win General Election

BBC: The Liberal Democrats have pledged to cancel Brexit if they come to power at the next general election.

Members voted for the new policy at their party conference in Bournemouth by an overwhelming majority.

Previously, the party has backed another referendum or "People's Vote", saying they would campaign to Remain.

After the vote, their leader Jo Swinson, said: "We will do all we can to fight for our place in Europe, and to stop Brexit altogether."

The commitment only comes into force if the party wins the election as a majority government. » | Sunday, September 15, 2019

Stopping Brexit: James O'Brien Interviews Lord Kerr the Author of Article 50

Lord Heseltine on Brexit Day: 'We've Lost Power and Influence' – BBC Newsnight

"It's the day in which Britain lost more power and influence than in any other day of my peacetime life.” Lord Heseltine speaks to Emily Maitlis on the day Article 50 was triggered - starting the process of the UK leaving the EU.

Article 50 Debate: Lord Heseltine and Kate Hoey Clash on Brexit

Lord Heseltine, former deputy prime minister, and MP Kate Hoey, former co-chair of Labour Leave, discuss Theresa May’s triggering of Article 50.

'We Already Miss You': Donald Tusk's Message to Britain

The president of the European council, Donald Tusk, gives his reaction on Wednesday to the letter from the prime minister, Theresa May, triggering article 50, the official start of the Brexit process. Speaking in Brussels, Tusk says: ‘There is no reason to pretend this is a happy day in Brussels or in London’

Read and comment on the Guardian article here

What’s to Blame for This Misfortune? David Cameron’s Hubris about Brexit

THE GUARDIAN: He treated politics as a game of chance and allowed the referendum vote to become a virility contest about whether or not Britain could stand alone

Sometime before the 2015 general election, an aeon ago in the history of British politics but less than two years ago in ordinary time, David Cameron told the Financial Times that he wanted to be judged on his success in resolving the two big questions that had overshadowed British politics for nearly a generation. This is how he described them: “One is, does the United Kingdom want to stay together? Yes. Secondly does the United Kingdom want to stay in a reformed European Union? Yes.”

No need to trouble with the score, then.

But where is Cameron, that sunny optimist, on this bleak morning when half his fellow Britons feel as if their country is being severed from Europe like a limb from its body? Where is he today, the day after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a second referendum? Cameron is famously even tempered in the face of the buffeting of fate. He is a man said by those who know him to be exempt from the dark nights of the soul that keep ordinary folk tossing and turning at night in agonies of self-loathing. But even that David Cameron must have given some thought to the chaos his catastrophic commitment to a referendum on Europe has unleashed. And wondered why he ever thought it was a good idea. Read on and comment » | Anne Perkins | Wednesday, March 29, 2017

‘No Turning Back’: Theresa May's Statement on Leaving the EU – Video Highlights

Prime minister Theresa May confirms article 50 has been triggered and the UK is leaving the EU, describing it as ‘a historic moment from which there can be no turning back’. Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, May say points out there will be ‘consequences’ to leaving, but failing to stand up for European values would be a ‘costly mistake’

Brexit: May wants 'deep and special' partnership with EU as UK triggers article 50 »

Tens of Thousands March through London in Brexit Protest

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in London on Saturday to protest against Brexit, just days before prime minister Theresa May is due to trigger Article 50, the formal exit papers for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. The march began on Park Lane and made its way through central London, ending in Parliament Square

Brexit protest: thousands march in London to 'unite for Europe' – as it happened »

Brexit to Affect Northern Ireland’s Economy

Prime Minister Theresa May's expected to trigger article 50 in the coming days, beginning Britain's divorce from the European Union.

Brexit Greenlight: UK Parliament Passes Trigger Bill

The UK Parliament has given the green light for the country to leave the EU, as the House of Lords passed a landmark Brexit bill allowing Prime Minister Theresa May to begin official Brexit procedures.

UK's May Hears Hard Truths as EU Preps for Brexit

Mar.10 -- Prime Minister Theresa May faces a united front of European Union leaders planning for the U.K.'s promised triggering of Article 50 later this month. Bloomberg's Ian Wishart reports from the EU summit meeting in Brussels on "Bloomberg Markets."

Ken Clarke: Tories Are ‘Eurosceptic and Mildly Anti-immigrant

Tory MP Ken Clarke says on Tuesday he will vote the against the bill allowing the government to trigger article 50, which would begin two years of Brexit negotiations. Speaking in the House of Commons on the first day of the debate, the former chancellor says the referendum result has not made him a Brexiter

Read the Guardian article here

Lord Judge on Protests, Brexit, Article 50 and 'Undermining Justice' - BBC Newsnight

Evan Davis interviews Lord Judge, who argues that the justice system could be undermined if a ruling that only Parliament can trigger Brexit is overturned.

May: UK to Trigger Article 50 by End of March | DW News

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain "will make a success of Brexit" at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham, promising to protect the country's global interests and promote free trade.

François Hollande: ‘I Understand the UK Needs to Delay Triggering Article 50’