British Elections: Boris Johnson could lose his seat, and this young Labour candidate hopes he'll be the one to take it

 As campaigning begins for the Dec. 12 U.K. election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a young Labour Party opponent determined to knock him out of his seat and stop his Brexit plans at the same time.

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British - US Relations: White House vows to stand with UK under no-deal Brexit scenario

The White House will place the UK “first in line” for a comprehensive new trade deal with the United States in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit, according to US National Security Advisor John Bolton who was in London to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.

Bolton outlined the prospect of a sector-by-sector bilateral agreement, starting with manufacturing, and noted that President Donald J. Trump were both “Leavers before there were leavers” in reference to the popular term for British voters that support the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

The Trump administration has pledged to stand with the UK with or without a new deal being negotiated with Brussels by the 31 October Brexit deadline.
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“The main purpose of this visit, really, is to convey President Trump’s desire to see a successful exit from the EU for the UK on 31 October,” Bolton told the press.

Note EU-Digest: Once again, the US Trump Administration shows they know very little about diplomacy by mingling and showing sides in British and EU negotiations, just to benefit their own lop-sided objectives, including offering the British a bi-lateral agreement which will tie Britain hands and feet to the USA.
 
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Britain: Deloitte agrees not to bid for Government contracts after leaked Brexit memo row - by Steven Swinford

One of the world's biggest consultancies has agreed not to bid for central Government contracts for six months following a furious row with Theresa May over a Brexit memo.

Last month a consultant working for Deloitte claimed in a two-page memo that civil servants were struggling to cope with more than 500 Brexit-related projects amid Cabinet splits.

The memo prompted a withering response from Downing Street, which dismissed the memo as "unsolicited" and accused Deloitte of "touting for business".

Deloitte last night issued a statement saying that it had put forward "a plan for working with central Government to put this matter behind us".

It said: "Deloitte regrets the publication of the two-page note, and has apologised for the unintended disruption it caused the Government. The note was intended for internal audiences and was not a Deloitte point of view."

Downing Street declined to comment on the arrangement with Deloitte.

At the time the memo was leaked, former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the consultancy should be stripped of Government contracts, while other Eurosceptic Conservative MPs suggested the document had been released in an attempt by Remain campaigners to frustrate Brexit.

Note EU-Digest: The Deloitte Memo also shows that Britain's government is ill prepareed  to cope with BREXIT's article 50  

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