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The prime minister’s plans for Brexit have been dealt blow after blow in the House of Lords – but what happens now? This is what it means for the government: • What headache for the government have those pesky peers caused this time? The Lords voted by a majority of 91 to give parliament a […]

The government has been left rattled after peers handed Theresa May another Brexit beating in the Lords. International trade secretary Liam Fox took to the airwaves as the government tried to fight fire with fire in the face of the Lords voting to give parliament a decisive say on the outcome of the negotiations. Wheeling […]

Not all councils are up for election this year – the following list provides an overview of the areas where there are local elections taking place on Thursday May 3rd. London Boroughs: Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington […]

Twenty-five years on from the tragic siege, ​ANDREW CROME shows how our understanding of the events has shifted. Twenty five years ago this month saw the tragic end of a 51-day confrontation between the FBI and the Branch Davidians. The trouble had started on February 28, 1993, when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco […]

Peers have inflicted a whopping nine defeats on the government over its flagship Brexit legislation while ministers have seen off just two challenges. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has had four days at report stage in the House of Lords, with a further two to go. Lords amendments to the draft legislation will go back […]

In an epic essay, award-winning composer HOWARD GOODALL chronicles the myriad of ways in which the UK’s cultural scene will be a gloomier one as a result of leaving the EU Howard Goodall performs during Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images A few weeks ago I had […]

Losing Amber Rudd from the Brexit war cabinet is a blow to the Remain cause. She was perhaps the only truly sensible voice on Brexit that carried real weight around the cabinet table aside from the chancellor. Sajid Javid campaigned for Remain but he is unlikely to square up to the Brexiteers inside government in […]

Theresa May has suffered more despair after the Lords dealt the government another heavy blow in a bid to ensure parliament has the final say on Brexit. The government said it would now ‘consider the implications’ of the Lords defeat, claiming it would weaken the prime minister’s hand in negotiations with the European Union and […]

A tweet by a Leave voter has gone viral after he announced that he has had a rethink, and is now a Remainer campaigning for a People’s Vote on the final deal. https://twitter.com/HughNorris7/status/990191423512350720 Hugh Norris voted Leave in the EU referendum in June 2016, but has since changed his mind because he believed the vote […]

The Government’s plans for registering EU citizens after Brexit must be ‘appropriately resourced and funded’ to avoid a repeat of the Windrush generation crisis, the EU today told the new Home Secretary. The European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator MEP Guy Verhofstadt set out a series of concerns about how the rights of EU citizens in the […]

The EU and UN are held together by compromises and fudges; so some of their critics do have a point. But JAMES BALL asks; does that mean Britain can back out of the mess? If you’re trying to defend internationalism – the idea countries should work together, look outwards and not inwards, and build closer […]

There is no ‘spirit of revenge’ in the Brexit negotiations, the EU’s Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier has said. He rejected DUP criticism of his handling of the talks but said only a Northern Ireland-specific solution to the border question will work. The EU’s chief negotiator has visited the frontier three times and was acclaimed as […]

Sajid Javid is the new home secretary after Amber Rudd was forced to quit amid the fallout from the Windrush scandal. Demonstrators protest against the hostile environment immigration policy outside the Home Office in Westminster, London. Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. – […]

Prime Minister Theresa May will be forced into making another Cabinet reshuffle after the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Sunday evening. Ms Rudd became the fifth departure from the Cabinet since last year’s snap general election, after admitting she had ‘inadvertently’ misled MPs over the existence of targets for removing illegal immigrants. The […]

Brexit legislation will return to the House of Lords today with reports suggesting peers will seek to give Parliament a final say on any deal struck with Brussels. It is reported that a cross-party proposal which would block a ‘no deal’ outcome from the negotiations with the EU will receive backing from the Lords and […]

Britain and the EU need to reach agreement on the Northern Ireland border issue by June, Michel Barnier today warned. Many of the operational details have yet to be agreed and the vexed question of the UK’s only land border with an EU state after Brexit is at the centre of intensive work by officials […]

Britain was arguably the birthplace of Artificial Intelligence. But ANGELA ​ JAMESON reveals, we are now losing ground As heavy weather is made of Brexit negotiations, the government clutches at stories it can spin positively to demonstrate that the sky has not fallen in and Project Fear was groundless. One area regularly singled out for […]

‘Deal or no deal? It appears that Theresa May’s big idea is not to have one’: writes Michael White. It’s obvious that none of us really have a clue about what’s actually happening at this critical stage of Theresa May’s three-way Brexit negotiation with Brussels and her own party. After Thursday’s symbolic Commons vote on […]

An army of Russian internet bots mounted a social media campaign backing Labour in the weeks before last year’s election, it has been claimed. More than 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts rallied support for Jeremy Corbyn and attacked the Tories according to research conducted by Swansea University. The investigation – in conjunction with The Sunday Times […]

Trump in crisis turns to controversial former mayor for legal aid in bid to shake off Russia probe. Tactics are temporary, temperament is permanent. Bear that in mind as Donald Trump changes his tune on sacking special counsel Robert Mueller and deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. It’s a tactical switch, a mood music shift that […]

This week Alastair Campbell discusses whether the broadcast media should investigate the Brexit campaign and its consequences. If we didn’t have such a supine Brexit media, with the BBC taking the BAFTA in the ‘Most Supine’ category, there is a great programme to be made… Brexit on Trial. They could base it on the ‘Tony […]

Why didn’t the BBC report the House of Lords’ victory over the Customs Union on their morning news, asks David Perrin. In the time I spent watching and listening to the BBC Breakfast programme on the morning of April 19, there was no mention of the very important amendment victory the Lords concerning remaining in […]

Tim Walker writes that ‘Faceless’ raises some interesting questions about diversity, but shouldn’t a court room drama end with a verdict? In the run-up to the opening of The Book of Mormon, I well remember how its publicists did a great job of putting about the idea this was a show that went beyond the […]

The press and politicians have always worked closely together – but Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre and Theresa May are particularly close. LIZ GERARD imagines the star-crossed lovers’ story Theresa May and Paul Dacre’s love story. Picture: Archant – Credit: Archant He was the shy, gangly boy from Arnos Grove with a surprising talent for […]

A survey of EU companies with a British base reveals 46% will be reducing UK capacity, explains Magdalena Williams. The list of industries either moving, considering a move, reducing capacity or shutting up shop altogether because of Brexit uncertainty and rising costs due to the weak pound, now stands at: Airlines, car manufacturers (2.7 million […]

An EU commissioner has claimed some of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments have been ‘unhelpful and irresponsible’, and has warned that the UK needs to look at Brexit with ‘cold-eye’ realism. In a hard-hitting speech to the Irish Parliament’s Seanad, Phil Hogan criticised the UK for being delusional about its split from the EU. He also claimed […]

The Renew Party, an anti-Brexit political party, is making its first electoral manoeuvre by targeting Remain-voting Conservative seats. Nine of the 16 candidates being fielded by the Renew party in the English council elections on May 3 are standing in the south London borough of Wandsworth, which recorded one of the strongest Remain votes in […]

In this week’s column, Mitch Benn explores who should be held accountable for the Windrush scandal. One of my favourite things about this job is that it’s never really been specified to me precisely what this job is. I know that I attracted the attention of the good folk here at New European Towers soon […]

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ANDREW ADONIS on the benefits of the House of Lords post-Brexit, and the individuals making a beeline for the ermine and crimson. Until I took a lead in opposing Brexit, I had never been called an enemy of the people or a traitor. Nor had I been invited to choose between hanging, the guillotine and […]

This week’s episode of the podcast focuses on Amber Rudd, the Lords and the customs union. Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return with another episode of The New European podcast. This week the team consider home secretary Amber Rudd’s future amid the ongoing fallout of the Windrush scandal. And, of course, another barmy […]

A Brexiteer writes to The New European with a request… I, who voted Leave, read TNE avidly every week, not as Alastair Campbell said to ‘know thine enemy’ but rather because your other cultural and political articles are generally excellent and reflective of the broad cultural bond we have with Europe, and long may these […]