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For EU citizens who had been offered the right to remain in the UK the Government has failed to ‘take back control’, explains Paul Stein. In June 2017 TNE printed my letter responding to Theresa May’s ‘fair and generous offer’ to EU citizens living in the UK. Given that my wife entered the UK in […]

In this week’s diary column, the Daily Mail and Wimbledon keep schtum and Sarah Sands overlooks Sir David English’s assessment Whether it’s 1939 or 2016, one newspaper can always be relied upon to be on the wrong side of the argument. It’s no surprise that the Daily Mail got it wrong about both Adolf Hitler […]

Paul Connew writes a special report on the chaos within Trump’s United States January 8, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. KAREN MCDOUGAL at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada Picture: � John Chennavasin/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com – Credit: Zuma Press/PA Images Let’s start by saluting US Defence Secretary General Jim Mattis. ‘Mad Dog’ by […]

There is a strong case for action in Syria, argues ANDREW ADONIS. But Theresa May’s problem is she can’t make it Prime Minister Theresa May during a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London on the air strikes against Syria. Picture: PA/Simon Dawson. – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images So much for ‘taking back control’. Parliament […]

As Theresa May’s leadership once again comes under close scrutiny, JANE MERRICK argues now is perfect opportunity to stop a hard Brexit Where does Theresa May see Britain’s place in the world, as Brexit draws nearer? This week, the 53 leaders of Commonwealth countries gathered in London for their biennial summit under the theme ‘towards […]

‘Too much death…’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL discusses the sad passing of his brother, the People’s Vote rally and ‘the masochism strategy’ A very bitty week, so a bitty column … cue sigh of relief from those who prefer the punchier style of my tabloid past to the mellifluous long reads of my The New European incarnation. […]

Our brilliant new columnist on Johnson family mealtimes, Trump’s random punctuation and why she’s not standing to be the MP for Maidenhead If I had a euro for every person who’d gone, ‘oo-er, must be interesting around the family Sunday lunch table eh’ since early 2016 I’d be coining it. The virtual stranger (nobody who […]

Labour members want a second referendum – so why doesn’t Jeremy Corbyn? Former Labour MP DICK LEONARD thinks pressure from within could still force the leader’s hand​ Are you listening, Jeremy? Your party (our party) wants to have a referendum on the final Brexit terms, with an option to remain. Yet you have turned a […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Chesterfield, the Derbyshire town whose church’s spire is as crooked as the Vote Leave campaign. But who’s on the panel – and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s who […]

Just how much blame for the disasters of the last two centuries can be placed at the feet of this overbearing gang? General Erich Ludendorff. Picture: Sammlung Sauer/DPA/PA Images – Credit: DPA/PA Images When it comes to apportioning blame for the catastrophes that befell Europe in the first half of the last century, it is […]

STEVE ANGLESEY names the worst Brexiteers of the week ANDY WIGMORE Arron Banks’ floppy-haired sideman was recorded telling an academic that the Leave.EU campaign had used some of the ‘clever’ tactics once employed by Adolf Hitler. ‘Wiggy’ told Dr Emma Briant: ‘The propaganda machine of the Nazis, for instance – you take away all the […]

Brexit has been made possible by Britain’s constitutional disarray. To fully resolve the first problem, we must tackle the latter, argues philosopher AC GRAYLING In words that could have been written in response to the political and constitutional problem posed by the phenomenon of Brexit in today’s Britain, Alexander Hamilton wrote in the first of […]

The worry caused to the Windrush kids shames us all. These Commonwealth citizens answered Britain’s plea for help and did their bit to rebuild after the devastation of the Second World War. And many of them, when they arrived in 1948, were fresh from those blood-soaked battlefields where they had served bravely against the Axis […]

Negotiations between the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments over key Brexit legislation are “reaching the end game”, Scotland’s first minister has told MSPs. Nicola Sturgeon said ministers have “days rather than weeks” to reach a deal on the EU Withdrawal Bill, which has entered its final stages in the House of Lords. Scottish secretary David […]

Labour sensed blood over the Windrush scandal and although sorry might be the hardest word it was the only option for the prime minister. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during the second debate on the Syrian airstrikes in the House of Commons – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images And then Theresa May dropped a bombshell: Labour was […]

The European Union has issued a fresh warning to the UK that a transitional deal after Brexit will not be secured unless the problem of the Irish border is resolved. European Council president Donald Tusk told MEPs that the UK had created the issue as a result of the Brexit vote and had a duty […]

EEA membership is increasingly looking like the most achievable, and the best we can get, says Labour MP DANIEL ZEICHNER I hate the fact that half our country still seems to want to leave the EU. But if that goes on being the case, we need to find the least worst alternative, and that may […]

The European Parliament is to hold a hearing on citizens who have lost their right to vote in UK elections after living abroad for 15 years. Under the UK government’s “15-year rule” millions of British citizens lose their right after living in another EU nation for more than 15 years. Next week the European Parliament’s […]

Relations between Westminster and the devolved administrations have hit a new low over the Brexit ‘power grab’. The government is to challenge Brexit legislation passed by the Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly in the Supreme Court. The devolved governments brought forward the unprecedented legislation after a row with Westminster over the return of devolved powers […]

Many Remainers believe a second referendum will be the silver bullet that solves everything by sending the issue of Brexit back into the abyss. But unless we can convince a good percentage of the disenfranchised working class who voted Leave, a second vote could stoke up far greater problems than we have now. We would […]

Business leaders might be claiming they feel positive, but some fears still remain. Breathe easy. Nigel Farage has found a new home for all the rubbish in his garage. Plans for the creation of a Brexit museum that celebrates Britain’s 45-year ‘struggle for independence’ were revealed this week. The museum will apparently celebrate Eurosceptic heroes […]

Morrissey has claimed that Brexit is “now a dead issue” as “the people said Leave but the EU said no”. The former Smiths frontman and Brexit supporter used a gushing interview with his own website to claim that “England [sic] is today is a country that is not leaving the EU” and that Hungary, Italy, […]

One of the self-proclaimed bad boys of Brexit has likened campaign tactics used by Leave.EU to the ‘very clever’ Nazi propaganda machine. Andy Wigmore, who was Leave.EU’s communications chief during the referendum campaign said: ‘The propaganda machine of the Nazis, for instance – you take away all the hideous horror and that kind of stuff, […]

The Conservatives have burned away some of their traditional supporters in their pursuit of Brexit, and are heading towards a reckoning in the capital of Remain. In less than over a month’s time, voters across England will be heading back to the ballot box again, for the local elections. And Brexiteers could be heading into […]

TIM WALKER gives The Way of the World at the Donmar Theatre, London, four stars The Way of the World Donmar Theatre, London, May 26 * * * * (Four stars) William Congreve’s The Way of the World is one of those big, sprawling and very, very long Restoration comedies that most theatre directors – […]

The idea of a new centre party is tempting for Remain voters left feeling disenfranchised by the attitudes of the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition. I believe it could succeed despite our electoral system. I have been voting for nearly 40 years and can tell you that even in the late 1970s […]

Brexit hardliner Jacob Rees-Mogg began his new LBC phone-in today. We listened in Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new show on what he almost certainly calls the wireless is titled Ring Rees-Mogg. Which is not only pleasingly alliterative, but fitting as it’s entirely plausible that he, or whoever he employs to make his calls, uses an old-fashioned ring […]

As a long-standing centre-right Tory voter for more than 60 years, I am appalled by the extremist slide which has moved the party too far to the right for my taste. In fact, it has become so right wing that it is similar to the Republican Party in the US, something which is contrary to […]

The corporation’s critics should be wary of following POTUS’ playbook, says Liz Gerard. In some eyes, of course, the BBC gets it wrong on everything. Newspapers have had it in for their state-financed rival for decades. Now Remainers are joining the chorus. For them, it is frustrating that the Corporation seems to regard Brexit as […]

Examining the suspicious industry which spies opportunities, but also senses danger. Environment Secretary Michael Gove. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/PA Images – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Despite the presence of Nigel Farage but perhaps because he didn’t throw around discarded haddock this time, last weekend’s nationwide round of fishing port protests against Theresa May’s Brexit transition […]

Protesters are staging a ‘people power’ rally to push for a referendum on the final exit deal. Campaigners including actor Sir Patrick Stewart and politicians from across the political spectrum are demanding a second vote. The People’s Vote campaign will demand voters are given the final say rather than Parliament on the deal secured by […]

As global crises mount, The New European’s Editor-at-Large says Britain’s foreign secretary has nothing to offer. Twenty years ago, I was working for a government that was busy introducing a minimum wage, developing Sure Start, creating jobs for young people through the New Deal, legislating for a Scottish Parliament, fighting to reverse ethnic cleansing in […]