Tag: Brexit
Premier hopes for stability with UK’s new PM
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has said the quick leadership change in the UK will bring a “semblance of certainty and stability” for the British overseas territories (BOTs) as well as Britain and help “move along the process” of Britain leaving the European Union. In the wake of Monday’s announcement that Theresa May will be the […]
EU exit provides chance to redo BOT relations, says UK minister
(CNS): James Duddridge, the British overseas territories minister who threw his support behind the campaign to leave the European Union, has told the Cayman Islands premier that the exit provides an opportunity for the UK to “recalibrate” its relationship with the BOTs. In a clear indication that the British government is going to be turning […]
Alden: Independence would be ’asinine’
(CNS): The premier said the Cayman Islands is much too small in population terms to consider independence and the people would have to be “lunatics” to make such a decision. As the country took a day off Monday to mark its first constitution signed in 1959, the premier said the current 2009 document was a […]
Tory candidates line up as Cayman waits on Brexit answers
(CNS): The UK’s ruling Conservative party has begun the battle to find a new leader, who will then be the prime minister of the country, as the Cayman Islands government waits on news about how the British exit from the European Union will impact it and the other territories. In a surprise switch among the ‘Leave’ […]
Buyer’s remorse sets in over EU exit by UK voters
(CNS): As the dust settled Monday on the unexpected referendum result in Britain last Thursday, many ‘Brexit’ supporters were beginning to have buyer’s remorse over the vote to exit from the European Union. At least one million people who voted ‘Leave’ have expressed their regret in a survey, including Kelvin Mackenzie, a former editor of The […]
Britain’s EU exit shakes world economy
(CNS): With more than 17 million people in Britain voting to leave the European Union after more than 40 years, the global economy was facing a period of uncertainty and uncharted waters Friday as British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned. The impact locally as a result of the volatility ahead in financial markets as well […]
Minister: Brexit will see UK focus on BoTs
(CNS): The UK minister with responsibility for the British overseas territories has said that a British exit from the European Union will be an advantage for the BoTs because the UK will be able to focus on traditional relationships with them and what he described as the English-speaking world. James Duddridge, who is opposing the […]
