The following is an excerpt from Gallup News. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Britons’ approval rating of the leadership of the European Union surpassed 50% for the first time in 2022, further cementing the popularity of the bloc’s leadership as the EU and […]
It’s been a difficult time for America’s closest friend across the pond, Great Britain. There’s been the loss of Queen Elizabeth. Political turmoil that’s seen three prime ministers in less than four months. And now, like much of the world,
The media said it would never happen. But it did. With Great Britain’s historic breakup with the European Union now in the rearview mirror– can the ex-couple still be friends? Sunday on Full Measure, we revisit Europe and update my
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You probably haven’t heard much about it but the United Kingdom has officially parted ways with the European Union, terminating a relationship that began back in 1973. Now, a (ten month long starting Jan. 2020) transition period is about to
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Chicago’s gang violence is legendary and widely reported on– but not so much what’s driving it, which is the movement of illegal drugs from Mexico into the US through Arizona, and then through a pipeline to Chicago, which is a
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(Original air date: December 8, 2019) On our world travels, we’ve discovered a global trend— popular distrust of establishment politicians, be they left or right. People everywhere seem to be drifting away from the main, traditional political parties. Street protests
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Nigel Farage made an impassioned, final speech to the European Parliament, getting cut off when he and others in the British delegation waved British flags. Farage is leader of the Brexit Party and member of the European Parliament for South
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As of this writing, the final results aren’t in– so take the early news with a grain of salt. But the British press and analysts seem to be celebrating or mourning, depending on where they stand, what looks like a
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