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Britain Bans a Chinese Tech Giant From Building Out 5G Technology
Britain will ban Huawei from deploying equipment designed to build out the country’s fifth generation mobile service, delivering a blow to the Chinese tech giant. Britain Digital and Media Minister Oliver Dowden announced the decision Tuesday in the House of Commons, noting that the move will take effect in January. Unplugging from Huawei will likely… -
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US-UK Trade Talks an Opportunity to Revitalize Global Free Trade Agenda
The first round of trade agreement talks between the U.S. and the United Kingdom took place online last month, with negotiators engaged in “positive and constructive” discussions in nearly 30 different groups, covering all aspects of a comprehensive trade agreement. Negotiators concurred that the envisioned Free Trade Agreement—which has become more critical as the two… -
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UK Reverses Course on Huawei on 5G and Stands Up to China
It’s been a bad few days for the Communist Party-led government in Beijing in its efforts to gain economic and strategic influence in the United Kingdom and Europe. China’s flagship technology company, Huawei, is finding that its welcome mat is being taken away in London, the world’s biggest financial center, with major implications for its… -
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Banned in Britain: Franklin Graham’s Tour Dates Canceled Over Christian Beliefs
Evangelist and missionary Franklin Graham’s seven-city tour of the United Kingdom is now a trial, as all seven venues have dropped him. Graham’s canceled dates likely are due to an “an outcry over his homophobic and Islamophobic comments,” CNN reports. Although I don’t agree with everything Graham has said by any means, it’s disheartening to… -
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In UK, Starbucks Ad Celebrates Gender Transition
Starbucks UK has partnered with Mermaids, a nonprofit group that provides support for transgender youth, on an advertising campaign, #WhatsYourName, celebrating gender transition. Starbucks said in a press release that learning each customer’s name and calling it out with his or her order “creates a moment of connection between our baristas and customers,” and that… -
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Britain’s Brexit Delay Is Foolish for Free Trade
Britain’s House of Commons has voted to request a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union. It’s like a kid who removes a Band-Aid slowly hoping it’ll hurt less. Far better to rip it off and be done with it. The people of the United Kingdom voted in June 2016 to leave the EU…. -
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The Several Meanings of the Conservative Victory in the UK
The socialist gamble in Great Britain failed miserably. That’s the main takeaway of the Labour Party’s stunning defeat Thursday in the British general election, with some polls suggesting it has won its fewest seats in Parliament since 1935. The socialists thought they could win a majority in Parliament by leaning far left and promising to… -
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Conservative Blowout in Britain Puts Brexit Back on Track
Though the last votes are still being counted, it is clear that Britain’s Conservatives have won an overall majority in Thursday’s general election. Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will be the largest party in Parliament and will be able to form a government that controls the House of Commons. The Conservatives have won… -
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Transgender Players Disrupt Women’s Rugby in Britain
Biological males who identify as transgender women are wreaking havoc in women’s rugby in Great Britain. Women’s rugby referees in England are quitting their jobs over the inclusion of the male athletes, according to a report in The (London) Sunday Times. “Being forced to prioritize hurt feelings over broken bones exposes me to personal litigation from female… -
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Britain’s Moment of Truth
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is desperate to translate the British public’s June 2016 vote to leave the European Union into a concrete Brexit. But the real issue is far older and more important than whether 52% of Britain finally became understandably aggrieved by the increasingly anti-democratic and German-controlled European Union. England is an island…. -
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UK Eco-Extremists Show Why US Needs a Counter-Drone Strategy
Climate change activists from a group called Extinction Rebellion are threatening to fly drones over London’s Heathrow Airport with the goal of deliberately stopping all flights for a week. If their efforts were to succeed, the group could shut down the United Kingdom’s busiest airport and upward of a million travelers could be affected. There… -
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US-UK Relationship Will Be Just Fine Despite Leaked Cables
The resignation this week of the British ambassador to Washington has made headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. Sir Kim Darroch resigned following the publication of leaked diplomatic cables that revealed he had been sharply critical of the Trump administration, calling it “inept” and “chaotic.” President Donald Trump condemned Darroch’s negative comments, prompting the… -
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3 Years After Brexit Vote, Dire Warnings for UK Economy Have Proved Wrong
Pollsters had heart palpitations in June 2016 as the people of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. A dismayed media spouted speculative hysteria about the British economy that spread faster than a fire at a match factory. Three years after the June 23, 2016, referendum, however, the establishment in Westminster remains incapable of… -
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Trump’s UK Visit Was a Glowing Success
It’s not too much to call President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain, which concluded on Wednesday, a big success. The curious thing is that much of the American media went out of their way to ignore that fact. The New York Times stands in for a lot of the U.S. coverage. “Trump Insults London… -
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What Trump Needs to Achieve During UK Visit
After watching sumo wrestling and tasting sushi in Japan, President Donald Trump is back stateside. But soon he will be on the road again for some statecraft in Britain and a historic visit to the Normandy beachheads of World War II. The last time Trump traveled to London the reception was noticeably chilly. The mayor was a… -
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Pompeo Sends the Message Britain Needs to Hear
Speaking Wednesday in London at the Centre for Policy Studies—a distinguished think tank founded by Margaret Thatcher—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the annual Margaret Thatcher Lecture. And he said just what Britain needed to hear. The essence of Pompeo’s remarks was that Britain is a great and global power, with which the United States… -
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Julian Assange’s Days in the UK Are Numbered
Act 1 of the Julian Assange extradition play opened in London on Monday—not in the city’s theatre district, but in a magistrate court in Westminster. The founder of WikiLeaks made his first appearance in court on the United States’ extradition request, appearing by video link from his southeast London prison where he is serving a… -
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A Tale of 2 Europes: As the UK Struggles to Leave the EU, Ukraine Fights to Get In
KYIV, Ukraine—Painted white body outlines cover the ground at the intersection of Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street and Petrivs’ka Alley in Kyiv’s city center; a grim reminder of where protesters died during Ukraine’s 2014, pro-European revolution. Nearby, a building that overlooks the intersection bears the mural of a girl peering through binoculars. Representing Ukraine’s national colors, the… -
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Trump’s State Visit to UK Part of Observances of D-Day Anniversary
The White House announced Tuesday that it has accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to make a state visit to the United Kingdom. The president’s visit June 3 to 5 will come as part of commemorations of D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France that… -
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Why Brexit Could Happen Soon, and How It Will Affect Britain
Brexit has teetered on the brink of failure in recent months, as the British Parliament and the European Union have failed to reach agreement on exit terms. But today, those who support Brexit have cause for new hope. Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation discusses new developments across the pond. Read the transcript, posted below,…