Former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Tuesday. Farage addressed the media on how he met US President-elect Donald Trump last week.: photo by Frank Augstein/AP, 29 November 2016
Former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Tuesday. Farage addressed the media on how he met US President-elect Donald Trump last week.: photo by Frank Augstein/AP, 29 November 2016
Yana Paskova, 12 November 2016
Yana Paskova, 12 November 2016
Ukip
leader Nigel Farage reacts at the Leave.EU referendum party at Millbank
Tower in London, as results indicate that it looks likely the UK will
leave the European Union on 24 June 2016: photo by Geoff Caddick/AFP, 24 June 2016
UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP speak ahead of the Bruges Group press conference in London, England. The event focused on the issues surrounding the European Arrest Warrant and how Britain would be, in the opinion of the speakers, better placed outside of the European Union.: photo by Dan Kitwood, 17 May 2016
UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP speak ahead of the Bruges Group press conference in London, England. The event focused on the issues surrounding the European Arrest Warrant and how Britain would be, in the opinion of the speakers, better placed outside of the European Union.: photo by Dan Kitwood, 17 May 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his Turnberry golf course, in Turnberry, Scotland Britain: photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters, 24 June 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his Turnberry golf course, in Turnberry, Scotland Britain: photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters, 24 June 2016
Austin Granger: In a Cemetery
In a Cemetery, Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 26 December 2016
Dead Tree with Rain Clouds, Oregon: photo by Austin Granger, 26 December 2016
In a Cemetery, Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 26 December 2016
Dune Grass, Oregon Coast: photo by Austin Granger, 26 December 2016
Dead End, Pacific Beach, Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 15 December 2016
Moribund Empire Business
UK
-The silhouetted shapes of passengers are seen in the windows on the
upper deck of London bus on Blackheath at sunrise. By @JustinTallis:
image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 December 2016
That's Theresa May hiding away there by the back window.
She's riding the city buses in streetlady drag.
Here she's just hoicked up a great smacking wet loogie
and smeared it all over the window
to conceal her presence among The People.
She's been hoping Precedent Drumpf will invite her to the Gold House.
She's pretty sure he'll have appreciated
her scolding of Kerry for taking on Bibi the Bad.
That should help sink
a little more cement
into the special relationship.
Just so long as the great Orange Ronnie
to her simpering Maggie
never susses to this strange catting around of hers
on the buses.
Not good! Not good!
Dying empires ought to stick together!
UK - The sun sets behind the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye in London. By @DSorabji #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 29 December 2016
Golden
Theresa May, at a regatta in Henley, England, on Friday, is the favorite of five candidates seeking to be prime minister: photo by Jonathan Brady/Press Association, via Associated Press, 2 July 2016
Theresa May, at a regatta in Henley, England, on Friday, is the favorite of five candidates seeking to be prime minister: photo by Jonathan Brady/Press Association, via Associated Press, 2 July 2016
Theresa May has distanced the UK from Washington over John Kerry’s condemnation of
Israel, in comments that appear to be designed to build bridges with the
incoming Trump administration.
Kerry, the outgoing secretary of state, delivered a robust speech this week that criticised Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as the “most rightwing coalition in Israeli history” and warned that the rapid expansion of settlements in the occupied territories meant that “the status quo is leading toward one state and perpetual occupation”.
The prime minister’s spokesman said May thought it was not appropriate to make such strongly worded attacks on the makeup of a government or to focus solely on the issue of Israeli settlements.
“We do not believe that it is appropriate to attack the composition of the democratically elected government of an ally,” he said. “The government believes that negotiations will only succeed when they are conducted between the two parties, supported by the international community.”
Kerry, the outgoing secretary of state, delivered a robust speech this week that criticised Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as the “most rightwing coalition in Israeli history” and warned that the rapid expansion of settlements in the occupied territories meant that “the status quo is leading toward one state and perpetual occupation”.
The prime minister’s spokesman said May thought it was not appropriate to make such strongly worded attacks on the makeup of a government or to focus solely on the issue of Israeli settlements.
“We do not believe that it is appropriate to attack the composition of the democratically elected government of an ally,” he said. “The government believes that negotiations will only succeed when they are conducted between the two parties, supported by the international community.”
Trump, who made stridently pro-Israel comments during the election campaign, responded angrily to the resolution, claiming: “The big loss for Israel in the United Nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace. Too bad, but we will get it done anyway!” Israel reacted furiously to Kerry’s comments, with Netanyahu calling them “skewed”.
May is known to be keen to kindle a close relationship with the Trump White House. The UK’s ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, has even said he hopes it will emulate the rapport between Margaret Thatcher and her US counterpart Ronald Reagan.
Heather Stewart, The Guardian, Thursday 29 December 2016
British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses sailors on board HMS
Ocean during her trip to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in
Manama, Bahrain: photo by Carl Court, 6 December 2016
British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses sailors on board HMS
Ocean during her trip to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in
Manama, Bahrain: photo by Carl Court, 6 December 2016
Israelis take pictures of a golden statue depicting Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. The statue was
installed overnight by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, as a political
statement against PM Netanyahu.: photo by Abir Sultan/EPA, 6 December 2016
Israelis take pictures of a golden statue depicting Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. The statue was
installed overnight by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, as a political
statement against PM Netanyahu.: photo by Abir Sultan/EPA, 6 December 2016
British Prime Minister Theresa May is welcomed to the Sri Someshwara Temple in Bangalore, India: photo by Dan Kitwood, 8 November 2016
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