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Theresa May has achieved very little when it comes to mental health, the very issue she set out as a priority on the day she became PM writes ALASTAIR CAMPBELL There are two changes visitors to Downing Street may have noticed since Theresa May took over. First, the change of art in the main rooms. […]

Labour is missing a huge electoral opportunity by refusing to back remaining in the EU, a conference has been told. Eloise Todd, CEO of anti-Brexit campaign Best for Britain, told the ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’ conference in central London that data from last year’s election showed Labour had benefited considerably from Remainers […]

The young stand to lose the most from Brexit. But, ahead of a series of anti-Brexit events this weekend, 16-year-old activist LEO BUCKLEY offers a rallying cry I have just turned 16, and I’ll be marching again this Saturday. But why am I the only young person I know who cares? And what can be […]

Leaders of the 27 remaining European Union states have approved negotiating guidelines for talks on Britain’s future trade and security relations. But the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned that any future partnership ‘must respect the principles and identity of the EU and the single market’. The move sets the scene for talks on trade […]

The Should I Stay or Should I Go? conference, Facebook’s woes and Brexiteer of the Week. Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back to delve into another madcap week in Brexit. And Matt Withers joins the pod to report back from the Should I Stay or Should I Go? conference which included speakers […]

The comedian, musician and writer MITCH BENN on why the return of blue passports really is the perfect symbol for Brexit I type this sitting in a café in Victoria Station. I have a couple of hours to kill and decided to make use of the time by getting this column written now, rather than […]

In this week’s diary column, the Queen is not amused by Liam Fox and Mandrake’s hopes for a Brexit television drama look as though they may become a reality. The Queen’s wish to bow out gracefully from next month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – expected to be her last in charge – is being […]

For the Brexiteers the most important aspect of the transitional deal was not extending Article 50, argues ANDREW ADONIS who warns we are now facing a Tory Brexit by a thousand cuts. So is Brexit a case of ‘for things to remain the same, everything must change’? That is the view of the fatalists and […]

The old jibe that the EU is undemocratic just doesn’t bear up to scrutiny, says MALCOLM TURNER. It is high time this myth was debunked. ‘But the EU’s not democratic, is it? Juncker and that other bloke, nobody voted for them.’ The unfamiliar face in the pub who has engaged me in a Brexit conversation […]

As Brexit negotiations grind on and neither side is happy, the focus should return to the issues which will affect communities in the long run, says MATT KELLY Nobody is happy. Nobody is getting what they wanted. Some Brexit dividend this is turning out to be. The Brexit Ultras feel betrayed. Farage, Rees-Mogg, Johnson and […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme returns tonight from Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley campus. But who’s on the panel – and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s who you can expect… James Cleverly Who? Deputy chairman of the […]

The deepening scandal over the role of Cambridge Analytica means the 2016 Brexit referendum vote should be void, argues AC GRAYLING As more revelations emerge about the role of Cambridge Analytica in Donald Trump’s election, and with them claims, suspicions, denials and facts about the data company and the EU referendum, so the question arises […]

The entire web is built on the exploitation of our data, says JAMES BALL. The latest scandal asks serious questions – not just of the tech giants but of ourselves Every day we are all bought, sold, and traded dozens if not hundreds of times. Each time we click ‘search’ on the internet, companies compete […]

An anti-Brexit boyband has set off on their first European tour – and already they are wowing the crowds. Sir Nick Clegg, Lord Heseltine and Lord Adonis kicked off their tour of European capitals in Dublin by bashing Theresa May over the Irish border issue. Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick said: ‘We remain as […]

To heal our cultural divide (and stop Brexit) we have to stop berating Brexiteers, says Lib Dem deputy leader JO SWINSON I had mixed feelings when The New European was launched. While it’s comforting to know there are many others who share my sense of devastation about Brexit, and are up for the fight to […]

Liverpool fans have embraced striker Mohamed Salah’s religion in a new terrace chant. But, ASIF MAJID asks, is it really an example of inclusiveness? Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is currently one of the Premier League’s most prolific goalscorers, with a strike rate that has made him a contender for Player of the Year. Beautiful though they […]

An anti-Brexit campaigner felt so strongly about the lack of in-depth information provided by the Government in their Brexit impact papers that he has developed his own – focusing on his constituency of north Norfolk. Martyn Sloman from north Norfolk has produced a paper on the impact of Brexit on his constituency (Photograph: Martyn Sloman) […]

Jeremy Corbyn went on council funding ahead of the local elections – but didn’t quite land a knock out blow. It might have appeared to be a strange line of questioning at first glance but Corbyn and his team are quite right to challenge the prime minister on funding. The only problem he faced in […]

According to campaigners, Britain’s immigration detention system is a secret scandal. WikiTribune’s LYDIA MORRISH visits the crisis-hit Yarl’s Wood centre to investigate. In a nondescript industrial estate just north of Bedford, a privately-run detention centre – some call it what it looks like, a prison – has become a focal point for the European immigration […]

The UK’s most senior judge has warned the government’s Brexit legislation could leave the judiciary at risk of “appearing to make a political decision”. Supreme Court president Baroness Hale said she had concerns about the legislation as it was currently drafted because it required judges to decide if it was “appropriate” to consider rulings by […]

Campaigners across the country are planning anti-Brexit events this weekend to demonstrate that the movement is continuing to grow. YVONNE WANCKE spoke to fellow organisers about what they have planned. ’23rd June 2016 still hurts. We must keep up the pressure until the very end,’ said Alun Tlusty-Sheen, a local leader of this year’s Regional […]

Following Rex Tillerson’s sacking, PAUL CONNEW reflects on the president’s diversion tactics. You have to hand it to him. The Donald is still the master of the art of deflection and diversion. But can he really also prove himself master of the Art of the Deal (the title of his ghost-written autobiography) when the man […]

Liberals, bureaucrats, artists, bankers and millennials have all felt their ire. Now Ukip have a new target accused of propagating anti-Brexit views – nine-year-olds. Neil Hamilton – the disgraced former Tory minister turned minor celebrity who, you may have missed, is now inexplicably Ukip’s leader in Wales – yesterday made a complaint to the BBC […]

It is time to face the fact that Washington’s ‘special relationship’ is now with Moscow, writes MITCH BENN. There’s an inherent risk in writing on the topic of the many and varied scandals and intrigues which currently beset the Trump administration; that is, by the time you publish something, it is a pretty safe bet […]

By disregarding Scotland in its pursuit of Brexit, the Westminster government could yet foment a full-blown constitutional crisis, says PETER HETHERINGTON. Who cares about Caledonia? Amidst the chaos over the impact of Brexit on the Irish border, simmering resentment in Scotland has been quietly sidelined by UK ministers. While many Scots harbour a deep grievance […]

David Davis’ Brexit transition deal with the EU will lead to a “great Christmas present” in 2020 of permanent continued membership, AC Grayling has said. The philosopher told a conference in central London yesterday that the transition period gave anti-Brexit campaigners time to stop and reverse the process, saying he was “pretty confident” Britain would […]

Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he is going to start calling himself Captain Haddock as he was forced to deny plans to fling fish into the Thames. The Telegraph reported that the Tory MP was among a group due to board a boat and pass by Parliament throwing fish into the Thames in protest at […]

In this week’s Brexit Deconstructed, JAMES BALL reflects on world events and the challenge Britain faces protecting itself post-Brexit. In the grim aftermath of the Salisbury poisonings, the challenges facing Theresa May – and the UK – in a post-Brexit future on the international stage become all too clear: the UK is simultaneously too big […]

Prejudice is now “worn as a badge and a sleeve of honour”, activist Gina Miller has said as she painted a grim picture of life for EU citizens in Brexit Britain. Ms Miller, the businesswoman who became the figurehead in the case to get Parliament to vote on the Brexit process, laid out a list […]

Stephen Bayley wants to set the record straight on our original membership of the European Community – it was never just about trade, he argues. Reading the Wilson government’s leaflet about the 1975 referendum, sent to every household in the country, is a very interesting exercise. For one thing, it dispels one of the big […]

Expect much crowing from the government about the deal on the transitional period. Theresa May and David Davis will tell you this is a triumph and that Brexit is on track – sunlit uplands here we come … But that is not quite true. The European Union has made some compromises. But compare them to […]

Sir Vince Cable has said the Cambridge Analytica data leak is yet another example of why Britain is wrong to walk away from the EU. The Liberal Democrat leader said that the leak of millions of Facebook users’ personal details “plays into the arguments we’re currently having about the European Union” as the European Commission […]