PM Wins Approval for New Brexit Deal - Which Brussels Has Already Promised to Reject
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The british Weekly, Sat. February 2, 2019 Page 1 Barbra gets back to Richard - 47 years on (P5) California’s British Accent ™ - Since 1984 Saturday, February 2, 2019 • Number 1768 Always Free Another week, another EU showdown for May n PM wins approval for new Brexit deal - which Brussels has already promised to reject damaging split when 14 renegotiation”. He said: “I hope that Brexit plan. During five Labour MPs defied him But former foreign our friends in Brussels hours of debate, a string by rebelling. But Brussels secretary Boris Johnson, a will listen and that they of Tory MPs who had responded by digging Brexiteer critic of the Prime will make that change.” voted against the Prime in and pledged to resist Minister, said she had now Mrs May’s victory Minister’s Brexit deal redrafting the Brexit deal. received a mandate from represented an two weeks ago promised European Commission Parliament with a “clear, astonishing turnaround to back her. Sir Graham president Donald Tusk unambiguous” message a fortnight after her urged MPs to vote for his said the Withdrawal that the backstop has Government suffered amendment to signal to Agreement was “not open to be removed from the the biggest Commons Brussels that “there is an for Withdrawal Agreement. defeat in history over her cont. on page 2, col 1 JUST PEACHY! Blooming Meghan visits National Theatre CHILLY RECEPTION: The PM was told by both Michel Barnier and Donald Tusk this week that the Irish border issue was not open to renegotiation THERESA May is heading for a fresh showdown with Brussels after MPs this week gave her a mandate to renegotiate her Brexit deal. On yet another May’s support, it passed dramatic night in by 317 to 301 votes. She is Westminster on Tuesday now expected to head to the Prime Minister defied Brussels to insist the EU expectations by gaining must redraft key passages Commons approval for in the Brexit Withdrawal a last-ditch attempt to Agreement or face the UK wring concessions out of leaving without a deal. the EU over the Northern Mrs May also crushed Ireland border issue. MPs a Labour attempt to delay backed an amendment the Brexit departure to a Government motion date. Her victory was tabled by senior Tory a humiliating blow for Sir Graham Brady Labour leader Jeremy calling for “the Northern Corbyn, who was forced Ireland backstop to be immediately to drop his replaced with alternative refusal to hold face-to- arrangements to avoid a face talks with her about The Duchess of Sussex and her baby bump were clearly in evidence this week as the former hard border”. With Mrs Brexit. He suffered a actress made a solo visit to the famed National Theatre on London’s South Bank (story, page 4) News from Britain 2-5 • Meet a Member 8 • Crossword 8 • Stargazing 9 • Sudoku 9 • Brits in LA 10 • Sean Borg 11• Sport 18-20 Page 2 The british Weekly, Sat. February 2, 2019 News from Britain Leave voters ‘like armchair football bosses’ says Blair TONY Blair provoked Right and Left. He called United – if a game is on fury among Eurosceptics for a “muscular centre the TV I will watch it, but this week as he compared ground” to provide I know that Rafa Benitez 17.4 million Brexit voters evidence-based answers has forgotten more about to football fans who on issues such as football in a day than I think they know better immigration. will ever know. than the club manager. “It’s because that’s The former Labour ‘day job’ what he spends his life prime minister said MPs But he shied away from doing. You send people knew best on Brexit advocating a new centre to Parliament and that’s because running the party, saying: “My hope their day job. It’s not your country was their “day is that my party comes day job. So if they study job”. back to a centre-Left the detail and say this is Mr Blair’s incendiary position.” He said when a bad idea they are not remarks came as MPs he had tried to explain squabbling children. They prepared to vote on a the EU workings that are doing what you sent series of Brexit “plan Bs” made him oppose Brexit, them to Parliament to do.” on Tuesday night. At an one member of the public Asked about potential THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER: Leave voters outside Parliament this week event in London, Mr Blair, replied: “You’re just trying civil unrest if Brexit 65, said declining trust to say to me that you know does not happen, Mr threaten violence you take will take them seriously.” for Brexit”. He added: in mainstream politics far more about this than I Blair referred to France’s a pretty strong line on that. Twitter user Gary Byrne “He got a lot badly wrong and media made angry do.” Mr Blair said: “I was ‘gilets jaunes’ [yellow This gilets jaunes politics – said Mr Blair “disregards when he was prime voters gravitate towards prime minister for 10 vest] movement. He said: let them stand for election the views of more than 17 minister, so why should simplistic answers from years. I follow Newcastle “If people are going to and then if they win we million people who voted we trust his views now?” and get on with building solution which has been Brexit: a country that works for found with the British, but Shark and chips? Investigation finds everyone.” the problem remains.” cont. from page one But May is unlikely Mrs May had a endangered sharks routinely sold in to find much wriggle 45-minute phone call agreement which can win room with EU leaders, with the President of the high street fish and chip shops majority support in the as their chief negotiator European Council, Donald House of Commons”. Michel Barnier said the Tusk, on Wednesday Endangered sharks are The shark most unwittingly could pose a After the Brady Irish backstop is “part evening, described as routinely being sold to commonly found to be risk to pregnant women, amendment had passed, and parcel” of the Brexit “open and frank” by unwitting customers at sold in the fish and chip because of the high levels the Prime Minister said: deal and will not be one source, as Mr Tusk fish and chip shops, an shops investigated was of mercury in the meat. “We will now take this renegotiated. reiterated the withdrawal investigation has found. spiny dogfish, a species Other sharks sold in mandate forward and Mr Barnier said: agreement was not up for Scientists tested fish that is illegal to catch fish and chip shops and seek to obtain legally “Calmly and clearly, I will renegotiation. passed off under umbrella intentionally in European fishmongers included binding changes to the say right here and now The source also said names such as “huss”, waters. starry smooth-hounds, Withdrawal Agreement.” - with this withdrawal Mrs May was told the EU “rock salmon” and “rock The shark has been nursehounds and blue She added: “If this agreement proposed for could not keep guessing eel”, finding a majority overfished for years sharks. House can come together ratification - we need this what might work, so came from sharks which thanks to its popularity, The investigation, we can deliver the backstop as it is. it was up to the UK to are protected because of particularly in northern which is published in the decision the British people “Rejecting the backstop provide solutions that declining numbers. Europe, but is still journal Scientific Reports, took in June 2016, restore as it stands today boils could get a majority in the The investigation also favoured by takeaway also took fin samples faith in our democracy down to rejecting the Commons. tested fin samples at shop owners because of from fishmongers and fishmongers and fish its moist flesh and strong fish wholesalers. 171 Pier Ave. Ste. 121 • Santa Monica CA 9005 wholesalers, finding taste, the investigation Genetic testing found Tel: (310) 452 2621 • Fax: (310) 314-7653 evidence of imported found. evidence of scalloped [email protected] hammerheads, which are Dr Andrew Griffiths, hammerhead sharks www.british-weekly.com • Twitter/BritishWeekly subject to international who led the research, said destined for the Asian trade restrictions because vendors were deliberately restaurant market, which Managing Editor: Neil Fletcher of their endangered confusing customers and considers shark fin soup Deputy Editor: Nick Stark status. regulators by labeling the and related dishes a Contributing Writers: Sean Borg, Alan Darby Drake, The team at Exeter product with ambiguous delicacy. John Hiscock, Eileen Lee, , Rick Parcell, Anne Shaw, University, who names that do not include The team found Nick Stark, Craig Bobby Young used DNA “barcoding” the word “shark”. fish wholesalers were Showbusiness Editor: Sean Borg techniques to establish the “Spiny dogfish have charging up to £86 for just Advertising Manager: Mark Devlin provenance of samples, been pushed to really three shark fins. Legal Notices and DBAs: Mirelle Woolf said their results show desperate levels and I “The discovery of Distribution: Mirelle Woolf, Mercedes Grey it is “impossible” for spoke to customers who endangered hammerhead Subscriptions: 6 months: $33, 1 year: $54 (1st class) consumers to know what were totally shocked they sharks highlights how The British Weekly is published every Saturday and is available at multiple locations in Southern California. Circulation: 25,000. 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