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Labour grassroots members have turned against Brexit, with nearly 200 constituency parties pushing for a policy shift at the autumn conference next month. A motion to “stop Tory Brexit and win a radical Labour government” will be put forward by the unprecedented number of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs). Supporters want to see Labour vote down […]

There’s more than just misguided coverage behind the Today programme’s malaise, says MIC WRIGHT The Today programme — required listening for anyone who works in politics — took a beating in the latest Rajar figures. The body, which monitors UK radio listening, reported last week that the audience for Radio 4’s flagship current affairs show […]

Speeches have emerged of prominent Brexiters supporting a referendum on a final Brexit deal from as far back as 2011. In a video clip widely-shared on social media the leading Brextremist Jacob Rees-Mogg made the case during a 2011 Commons debate on an EU referendum. He argued: ‘It might make more sense to have the […]

Care workers must be prioritised under new migration rules to stop a post-Brexit shortfall in provision that would leave women quitting work to look after elderly relatives, according to a leaked government report. In the “worst case scenario” where EU migrants were stopped from coming to the UK, there would be a shortage of 6,000 […]

A successful deal with the EU remains the “most likely outcome” of ongoing Brexit talks, Downing Street has insisted after Liam Fox said the UK was odds-on to crash out without one. Theresa May’s official spokesman repeated the prime minister’s earlier warning that the UK’s European partners should not let ideology or bureaucracy get in […]

Britain has turned into a ‘rudderless place’ which has lost trust in its government due to Brexit. A new report, published exclusively by The New European, has found Britain to be a country on the brink of ‘peak political apathy’ in the wake of the decision to quit Europe. Returning to five areas – Barnstaple, […]

The £39billion we have committed to pay to the EU upon our exit is NOT a gratuity or a divorce payment. It represents a legal liability. It represents historic infrastructure commitments and liabilities entered into by our nation that are to be completed by 2030. It represents the remaining 21 months of the seven-year budget […]

It would seem that one of the scapegoats being prepared for when Brexit fails are Remainers who refuse to ‘get behind Brexit’. How one is supposed to support a vacuum is beyond me. Brexit is by definition a negative, dismantling process; there is nothing there of substance to support, even if one wanted to. It’s […]

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With her Chequers agreement Theresa May is not trying to dilute Brexit: she is positively trying to deliver it. It would help her cause mightily if she communicated more bluntly to the country that a Boris Brexit, of having your cake and eating it, was and is undeliverable whoever is running the country. People need […]

As the Clarets start their season with a Europa League tie, Roger Domeneghetti looks back at the club’s first, incident-packed European campaign When Burnley and Aberdeen kick off in the second qualifying round of the Europa League this week, it will not only be the Scots – winners of the Cup Winners’ Cup and the […]

Leave.EU wants doctors without the required training in our surgeries and on our wards. In a much-ridiculed tweet – which links to an article on the alt-right website Westmonster – the group suggest that doctors qualify sooner than five years without the expected level of training. It claims that not allowing doctors to practice before […]

Voters in areas devastated by spending cuts swung the Brexit referendum for Leave, a new study has found. Economist Thiemo Fetzer discovered a close correlation between the parts of the country hit the hardest by austerity and votes for Brexit. More than £21bn was cut from the welfare budget during 2010 and 2015 by the […]

The governor of the Bank of England has warned the chance of a no-deal Brexit is ‘uncomfortably high’. Mark Carney also said any potential deadlock that leads to the UK crashing out of the European Union would spark higher prices for consumers. His stark words came as the prime minister cut short her holiday for […]

The British National Party’s bank accounts are running dry due to a drop in donations from the dead. The far-right party has seen its donations almost halve in 12 months receiving £155,828 in 2017 compared with £297,028 in 2016. The biggest drop in donations came from legacy income – money left to the party in […]

A Brexiteer MP is being mocked on Twitter for his blustering, misplaced bulldog-spirit optimism in the face of mounting fears over a no-deal Brexit. Tory MP Charlie Elphicke says British Spirit Will Make No-Deal Brexit A Success. Well that's all right then, I was starting to worry #TallyHoChaps https://t.co/xmPTiImoJu— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) 1 August 2018 […]

The EU referendum was meant to unite the right to help the Tories see off a threat from Labour – but Europe has once again sparked a big rift in the right. According to party insiders UKIP’s membership has soared by 15% in the last month, with an extra 3,200 joining in July 2018. The […]

Michael Gove has been forced to deny reports he privately discussed a Norway-style solution to Brexit in the likely event that Theresa May’s Chequers strategy fails. The Financial Times reported the environment secretary and Brexiteer talked of “parking” the UK in the European Economic Area (EEA), like Norway, to avoid the chaos of a disorderly […]

They seem to be creeping more and more into use. But outside the world of showbiz we should be wary of giving public figures the one-name treatment says MIC WRIGHT Elvis. Prince. Madonna. Britney. Kylie (Minogue or Jenner). Even, at a push, Bono and Sting. These are all people who it’s fine to refer to […]

Theresa May has been warned not to expect a Brexit breakthrough in talks with Emmanuel Macron tomorrow. The UK’s former ambassador to France said Mr Macron was “the last person” to want to break ranks with the rest of the EU to push for a softer stance from Brussels. Lord Ricketts also criticised foreign secretary […]

Warnings over the consequences of Brexit for the NHS have emerged from a hospital serving the Brexit secretary’s own constituents. Documents from Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust outline how NHS officials have highlighted the possibility of staff shortages and distractions, that costs “may go up” and that the quality and pricing of food could be […]

Claims by disgraced former minister Priti Patel that Remain campaigners breached spending rules have been rejected by the Electoral Commission. Former international development secretary Priti Patel claimed that three videos from lead Remain campaign group Britain Stronger in Europe (BSIE) should have been declared as “joint spending”. Ms Patel, who resigned in disgrace after secret […]

Gin, tea bags, baked beans or pies – what are you storing away for the day the UK leaves the EU? The government recently revealed that it is planning to stockpile drugs, blood, and food should it fail to agree a deal with the European Union. With politicians like Jeremy Hunt warning that a ‘no […]

A new exhibition seeks to reclaim Lee Miller’s legacy as an artist in her own right, rather than a muse for others. It does so rather well, says CLAUDIA PRITCHARD When Britain’s first International Exhibition of Surrealism opened in London on 1936, the photographer, model and artist Lee Miller was, in true surrealist style, both […]

Drug giant Sanofi has started stockpiling medicine in preparation for a no-deal Brexit. The French firm took the decision after new health secretary Matt Hancock warned about the impact of no deal on health services and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said Britain and the EU could end up ‘accidentally’ deadlocked. Hugo Fry, managing director of […]

Councils across the UK are drafting emergency plans for delivering public services after a nightmare no-deal Brexit, it has emerged. A Sky News report revealed yesterday that Dover District Council and Kent County Council are preparing for a 13-mile Brexit lorry park on the M20 southbound to be in place for at least four years. […]

A food industry boss has called for a meeting with the government as he warned that Brexit is becoming “the stuff of nightmares”. Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright urged ministers to explain the implications of a no-deal Brexit to businesses in the industry. He told the i newspaper: “Brexit is shaping […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on Holocaust denial highlight the defect that could lead to the social giant’s demise. PARMY OLSON reports Once upon a time in Silicon Valley, a hot new messaging app enthralled the tech elite. It was called Secret, and everybody was using it to post anonymous messages to their friends on an Instagram-like […]

It was reported this month that 53% of the UK population do not identify as religious. This is what is known in Whitehall as a landslide. This is a tremendous victory for non-religious people. It’s significant and symbolic. To ignore it invites unrest and division. We must obey the will of the people. On Monday […]

The foreign secretary has warned of a ‘messy divorce’ unless the UK and European Union get their act together. Jeremy Hunt, speaking after talks with Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissl, again warned the EU over the danger of Brexit talks breaking down. The new foreign secretary has clearly been sent to Austria – and he was […]

Next month’s European Athletics Championships will take place at the scene of one of the sport’s most cherished chapters. But just how much of it is true? Mick O’Hare reports It was one of the few heart-warming stories of a grim era. Amid the fascist hyperbole of the Nazi-hosted 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, at which […]

A UKIP politician has been mocked on Twitter for attempting to make light of a story that he claimed argues sandwiches ‘will soon be extinct’ after Brexit. https://twitter.com/prwhittle/status/1024240719039541249 Peter Whittle, a London assembly member and a former UKIP leadership candidate. tweeted that he had taken a picture of his sandwich lunch ‘for posterity’ because of […]