Politics of the United Kingdom

BELGRADE - The long-awaited referendum on whether Britain should leave or remain in the EU is set for June 23. The public polls show that many are still undecided and supporters of the Brexit have resorted to different means to draw a gloomy picture of future membership in the Union.

According to a phone poll conducted by ICM for British newspaper ‘Guardian’, 45% of those asked said they favoured the UK exiting the European Union compared to 42% who said they preferred the country remained in the EU.

BELGRADE – German Chancellor Angela Merkel unexpectedly proposed that Japan join the NATO alliance during a dinner meeting with Japanese Prime Minister last March, The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported on Saturday. “Shinzo, why not join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?” Merkel asked Abe. “I can convince British Prime Minister Cameron and French President Hollande,” she

Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said a second referendum on independence was "more likely than not" in the next five years if she wins an election on May 5 as polls predict. 

The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) had said  it would not press for another vote on independence until it was clear most Scots wanted to leave the United Kingdom. 

British Home Secretary Theresa May has raised the issue of EU's expansion to include candidate countries like Albania, Serbia, and Turkey.

The high ranking official of Britain's ruling Conservative Party made the remarks during her speech on the so-called Brexit - an initiative for the country's withdrawal from the EU and the upcoming June referendum on the issue.

British Prime Minister David Cameron called the EU referendum to try to heal Conservative party divisions on Europe, but the bitterness of the campaign has sparked fears for its future -- and his.

A recent headline in leading French newspaper Le Monde said it all: "Migrants, the Euro, Brexit: The European Union is mortal." And it's true. The EU could actually collapse over these three threats.

British finance minister George Osborne said a vote to leave the European Union would do permanent damage to the country's economy and could cost each household 4,300 pounds ($6,100) a year by 2030. 

Culture secretary John Whittingdale has admitted to having a relationship with a sex worker, but said he was unaware of her real occupation.

Whittingdale gave a statement to BBC’s Newsnight saying that he did have relationship with a dominatrix, but he did not know what was her real job.

According to a online poll conducted by ICM on the how the Britons would vote in the June 23 referendum about whether the country should stay in the EU or leave, 48 percent said they prefer Britain leave the EU, compared to the 24 percent who say they favoured remaining in the EU.