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UP FRONTTuesday 5 July 2016
UK left with power vacuum as UKIP leader latest to step down
GREGORY KATZ at the London School of that can act, and there’s a ites Tuesday. country each year to live,
DANICA KIRKA Economics. “He goes out timetable set for that.†Media attention has fo- work and contribute to our
Associated Press on a high as the man who The Conservative Party cused on Home Secretary national life,†she said.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s caused this.†leadership race will offer Theresa May — who op- Leadsom is one of the least-
Conservative prime minis- On top of Prime Minister some clarity, since the win- posed Brexit during the ref- known among the five can-
ter is stepping down. The David Cameron’s and Far- ner of the party contest erendum campaign, but didates to replace Camer-
Labour Party leader is bare- age’s departures, Labour will become prime minis- now backs it — and Energy on, but gained attention as
ly clinging to power. And Party leader Jeremy Cor- ter and presumably take Minister Andrea Leadsom, one of the strongest voices
now the head of the U.K. for a vote to leave the EU.
Independence Party, a key United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, announces he is resigning as party Earlier, Treasury chief
architect of the dramatic leader during a speech at The Emmanuel Centre in London, Monday July 4, 2016. Farage was George Osborne an-
vote to leave the European instrumental in the campaign to have Britain leave the EU trading bloc, championing the issue of nounced plans to cut U.K.
Union, has resigned as well. immigration. corporation tax to less than
It has left the country with 15 percent to encourage
a power vacuum just as byn is clinging to office responsibility for key Brexit who made her first major companies to invest and
someone needs to step up despite having lost a con- decisions. speech Monday. ease business concerns
and own the talks on how fidence vote by his party’s The race has been shaped She cast herself as a pas- about the country’s vote
Britain will exit the EU. lawmakers. by the virulent feud be- sionate supporter of the to leave the EU. Osborne
The June 23 referendum re- Jones said Britain is gripped tween leading “leave†Brexit cause, although she says the cut is meant to un-
sults have ripped through by a power vacuum at the campaigners ex-London opposed it as recently derscore that Britain is “still
British politics like a buzz top. Mayor Boris Johnson and as 2013, promising nego- open for business,†despite
saw, and it will likely be “There isn’t any leadership, Justice Secretary Michael tiations would be relatively the referendum result. A
weeks before some clarity there can’t be, but in an Gove, who torpedoed quick and effective in terms cut of about 5 percentage
emerges. emergency Cameron can Johnson’s bid for the top of giving Britain the power points brings Britain in line
The new Conservative Party take decisions,†he said. spot with his own last min- to control how many immi- with Ireland’s 12.5 percent
leader will be chosen Sept. “It’s a strange situation. All ute entry. grants will move to the U.K. rate.
9 and will become prime the parties are in disarray. There are five contenders, “Freedom of movement He is urging the Bank of
minister. The contend- The unexpected has hap- including Gove, with Con- will end, and the British Par- England to use its powers
ers are talking in general pened. It’s first of all neces- servative lawmakers set to liament will decide how to avoid “a contraction of
terms about “Brexit†plans, sary to set up a government start voting on their favor- many people enter our credit in the economy.â€
but their words aren’t yet Some London-based busi-
backed by any authority. nesses are considering
UKIP leader Nigel Farage leaving for other cities like
said Monday he is leav- Dublin, Amsterdam, Frank-
ing his party post because furt or Paris to benefit from
he wants his life back after the large EU common mar-
years of political intrigue. ket. Amid the uncertainty,
But observers note he’s a prominent law firm says
keeping his seat in the Euro- it may go to court to force
pean Parliament and may a vote in Parliament on the
well be hoping for a formal referendum. The law firm
role when the new prime Mishcon de Reya, acting
minister takes power and, on behalf of a group of
most likely, starts Brexit talks anonymous clients, argues
with EUleaders. that the referendum wasn’t
“There’s always a chance legally binding and that it
of him returning, but his fu- is up to Parliament to have
ture relies on other people their say before the next
supporting him and asking prime minister invokes Ar-
him to do something,†said ticle 50, triggering the start
George Jones, govern- of negotiations for a U.K.
ment professor emeritus departure from the EU. q
British vote won’t stop EU enlargement, say France, GermanyÂ
PARIS (AP) — The leaders of toward Moscow and away insisted Monday, “The Brit- is best for our people.†are moving west across
France and Germany as- from the West, as the Brexit ish decision does not in any Europe. A handful of vio-
sured prospective EU mem- vote throws European unity way put into question com- “We have a lot of work and lent extremists are known
bers in the Balkans on Mon- into question. mitments made toward to have mixed in with the
day that the British vote French President Francois countries in the Balkan re- efforts before us, and obli- more than 1 million mi-
to leave the union won’t Hollande and German gion. They will be respect- grants crossing into Europe
threaten eventual enlarge- Chancellor Angela Merkel ed.†Merkel said the EU’s gations. But it seems to me last year, including through
ment of the bloc. sought to soothe worries enlargement strategy “has the Balkans. That route is
Balkan nations that survived about European stability at not changed with the deci- that we have clear and un- largely shut now, but mi-
wars and political breakups a Balkans summit in Paris on sion of the U.K.†grant pressure persists.
in the 1990s worry they will Monday, notably by boost- Serbian Prime Minister Alek- equivocal prospects in Eu- Croatian Prime Minister Ti-
face more hurdles to mem- ing opportunities for youths sandar Vucic said at Mon- homir Oreskovic said, “we
bership as the EU struggles from countries that dream day’s summit that his coun- rope,†he told reporters at have to think about how
to keep itself together. And of joining the EU. try wouldn’t be “subservi- to do all we can to neutral-
pro-Russian forces in coun- While the EU last week de- ent†to the union, but over the Elysee Palace. ize these terrorist threats,
tries such as Serbia are layed further membership the long term, Europe “is foreign fighters,†without
hoping to sway the region talks with Serbia, Hollande the place where the future Serbia, Montenegro, elaborating.q
Macedonia, Bosnia, Koso-
vo and Albania say the Brit-
ish exit vote won’t diminish
their EUmembership efforts.
Monday’s summit also ad-
dressed ways to better pre-
vent extremists from sneak-
ing in with migrants who
