Scotland is "a country in a voluntary union of nations," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will block the move.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson now has the biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher's win in 1987, all but ensuring the United Kingdom will exit the European Union in January.
Boris Johnson's Conservatives are expected to win only enough seats to secure a small majority. So far on election day, the most popular figures at polling stations are (literally) dogs.
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.
The prime minister said that he'd forged a new agreement that would allow the European Union to keep collecting value-added tax from Northern Ireland and allow special treatment for some Irish goods.
After the Supreme Court ruled against the prime minister, Johnson dared critics to call a no-confidence vote. The opposition countered with an election offer, so long as a Brexit delay is guaranteed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing new calls to resign. The Supreme Court ruled Parliament is not in fact suspended — because Johnson's advice to the queen was unlawful.
Lawmakers barred the prime minister from pursuing a no-deal Brexit, then rejected his bid to call early elections. Now, as Parliament begins a suspension he requested, Johnson is in a tight spot.
Amber Rudd accused the British prime minister of an "assault on decency and democracy" over his plan to exit the European Union with or without a deal.
In a dramatic day, a defection robbed Johnson's ruling Conservative Party of its single-seat majority in Parliament and lawmakers set the way to vote to prevent the U.K. from a no-deal Brexit.
The leader of Britain's House of Commons called those opposed to the move "phony" and questioned whether lawmakers have the "courage or the gumption" to bring down the government.
In response, European Council President Donald Tusk says the idea would lead to reestablishing a border. Johnson calls the backstop deal "inconsistent with the sovereignty of the U.K."
Britain's prime minister vows to bring the country out of the European Union at the end of October — deal or no deal. Here are some of the key challenges he faces.
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.
The polarizing and showboating new prime minister has vowed to deliver on the U.K. leaving the European Union in October, whether or not a deal is reached.
At a time of polarization and political chaos, the United Kingdom and the United States are about to be led by two remarkably similar figures. Johnson will take office on Wednesday.
Johnson will inherit a slate of problems from Theresa May, including a small majority in Parliament, government resignations and escalations with Iran. And then there's Brexit.
Kim Darroch resigned as ambassador to the U.S. after communications in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. The British government says it is investigating how it happened.
