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There’s more to Tony Blair’s baggage than Iraq. But if he really is ‘back’, he does have the power to alter the terms of the Brexit debate ‘Well, that went down like a lead balloon, darling,’ we can all imagine Cherie Blair, in one of her more waspish moods, telling her husband over the breakfast […]

The Brextremists’ only response to Tony Blair’s speech was abuse. We should take heart from their refusal to engage on the substance – and force them to answer these 48 questions 1. Do you accept that many people who voted Leave did so without knowing the full terms of Brexit? 2. Do you accept that […]

No other media embodies a sense of community like a newspaper does. Why a newspaper? This is the most oft-asked question about the launch of The New European – the paper for the 48%, designed to last just four weeks but now into its 33rd edition. The answer is simple. No other media embodies a […]

Four in 10 European doctors are considering quitting Britain following the Brexit vote in a move that would ‘cripple’ the NHS. The figure comes from a British Medical Association (BMA) survey, which found that 42% are considering leaving the UK, with a further 23% still unsure. The BMA warned it could spell ‘disaster’ as the […]

These top chefs shared how lesser known European dishes and ingredients have inspired their own work Josh Barrie creates a food map of Europe – Credit: Archant A couple of years ago, I was standing in front of a little hole in the wall, edged by tiles and dust, in a crooked alleyway next to […]

The current batch of refugee children travelling across Europe desperate to escape unimaginable horrors at home prompt chilling echoes of Jewish youngsters arriving in the UK in the late 1930s Theresa May’s Government, which has committed itself to advancing the ‘will of the people’, is once again defying public opinion Having failed to block its […]

To get to the dark heart of Brexit, ask who benefits? The tiny cabal who might conceivably prosper from Brexit tell you exactly why we must continue to resist it. If you are puzzled, as you should be, by the question: what can Leavers possibly imagine to be the benefits of Brexit? you need to […]

If you want to know what’s going wrong in the NHS don’t listen to MPs, just follow the money European Economic Area: EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council data provided to the Royal College of Nurses – Credit: Archant Emergency services at breaking point, huge financial deficits, soaring waiting […]

The shifting sands of geopolitics has seen a frost descend on US-EU relations. But if we are to have a new Cold War – between Trump and Europe – he will lose For several years now the geopolitical talk has been about a second Cold War between Russia and the West. This prospect has been […]

There have been suggestions that a future trade-deal between Britain and America – which seems to be one of the immediate upshots of Brexit – could leave the NHS vulnerable to privatisation. Perhaps it could, depending on the attitude of Theresa May’s government within the negotiations, but there’s also an argument that remaining within the […]

I am a peer in the House of Lords preparing to fight Article 50 The Brexiteers know that time is not their friend. Vote Leave campaigners were as surprised as anyone when they narrowly won the referendum last June, none more so than Nigel Farage. But, much as they feared, recent polls reveal that the […]

Vanquisher of the Soviet Union, Thatcher’s ‘genius’ or Europe’s best bullshitter? Whichever he is, Ted Malloch could soon be the EU’s worst nightmare. Theodore Roosevelt ‘Ted’ Malloch has been widely touted as President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate to become the US ambassador to the European Union. His impressive curriculum vitae and the accounts of his […]

The current batch of refugee children travelling across Europe desperate to escape unimaginable horrors at home prompt chilling echoes of Jewish youngsters arriving in the UK in the late 1930s Theresa May’s Government, which has committed itself to advancing the ‘will of the people’, is once again defying public opinion Having failed to block its […]

Romanticism always outshines stoicism, but the cavaliers left a terrible mess behind, says Michael White In the car back from yet another funeral I asked a Tory friend who writes about politics to name the smart Brexit backbenchers I should be taking seriously in the challenging EU negotiations that stretch before us. Pundits are always […]

Do you know your cucks from your libtards? Here is The New European’s guide to the baffling online jargon of the alt-right Alpha For reasons Dr Freud may be able to elucidate on, alt-righters are obsessed with masculinity and manhood. Men who they approve of – leaders like Trump, for instance, – are considered ‘alphas’. […]

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a stinging attack on Theresa May claiming she is risking Britain’s future by forcing through a Hard Brexit. In a speech due to be delivered to pro-EU think tank Open Britain on Friday, Blair lambasts the PM claiming: ‘This is a Government for Brexit, of Brexit and dominated […]

We are living in an era when hate seems to be in the ascendency, says Eddie Izzard. But there is a way to fight back I think we could be in our last century on Earth. Keep on the way we’re going and we’re going to wipe ourselves off the planet. We’ve had the tools […]

Elements of populist and post-truth politics that stir uncomfortable memories of British fascist leader Oswald Mosley We should be wary of comparisons between extremists of the 1930s and politicians of today. But there are elements of populist and post-truth politics that stir uncomfortable memories of British fascist leader Oswald Mosley, says FrancisiBeckett, whose father was […]

A leading German MEP has warned Britain to expect a rough ride towards Brexit that will create a lot of ‘damage’ for the country A senior German politician has warned that Brexit will be ‘mission impossible’ and will create ‘a lot of damage’ for the UK. Manfred Weber, the leader of the largest political group […]

Why the credit crunch continues to cripple parts of the continent, how Tony Blair blocked a European army and how the EU can cure its ills For Europe, the credit crunch goes on After the collapse of Lehman Brothers, lending in Europe dropped by 10% in six years, whereas in normal economic circumstances it should […]

Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords will not give up on Europe The Commons have washed their hands of the Brexit Bill. They have failed to amend the Bill, they have failed to give the people of the UK a say on the future deal, they have failed to protect the […]

Well, if you voted to Leave the EU – congratulations. But did you vote for this? Since June 23, 2016 the pound has plummeted in value, inflation has soared, reports of hate crime have risen, an unelected Prime Minister has seized power hell-bent on the hardest possible Brexit, our Government has tried to by-pass parliament […]

Behind enemy lines: Trump’s US becomes hostile territory for the media It was high summer on the edge of Siberia and suddenly there came the hardest question of a tough assignment. I had travelled to Yekaterinburg for a story about the spread of HIV. The city’s location made it a crossroads for the trade in […]

Forget what you’ve seen so far, the biggest tumult he has planned is relations with China. So what we can expect? How China might react and what it will mean for the world? Late on the evening of the November 8 last year I landed in New York from the UK. My taxi driver dropped […]

They grew up in the same area and went to the same school, but their views could not be more different. Here, frontman of The Farm Peter Hooton tries to teach new UKIP leader Paul Nuttall a few lessons from their roots I went to the same school, had some of the same teachers and […]

The New European says: Don’t listen to what Trump says. Look at what he does. Page 3 of The New European issue 31 – Credit: Archant Six months ago, a Vancouver-based collective of artists called Adbusters (www.adbusters.org), published a photograph of Donald Trump with a barcode across his upper lip making him look, at first […]

Confused by another week in Brexit? We round up the losers and the losers (because there are no winners) of another crazy seven days on Planet Brexit 10. Michelle Brown (NEW ENTRY) In an item straight out of the ‘this never happened to Mrs Thatcher’ file, the UKIP Welsh Assembly member for North Wales was […]

For politicians opposed to Brexit, the Article 50 debate has been a bruising time. But there is still plenty worth fighting for It’s been a bruising time for those of us trying to defend our communities against the dangers of an extreme Brexit. After just three days of debate – and with every single opposition […]

John Bercow was right. LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 09: John Bercow attends day ten of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) – Credit: Getty Images In speaking out against Donald Trump in the Chamber of […]

The Beckileaks scandal has opened a door on the hidden world of celebrity, and Brand Beckham in particular Deep down in my cynical soul there’s a tiny part of me that feels sorry for David Beckham. After devoting his life to meticulous self-promotion the former footballer’s carefully-crafted reputation looks to be in tatters. A nation […]

Henrik Ibsen is credited with creating modern theatre. He did so by asking questions we’re still trying to answer Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) – Credit: Bettmann Archive Nothing was too personal for the man described as father of modern drama. From tales of sexually transmitted diseases (Ghosts), bored housewives (Hedda Gabler) and […]

Almost 8 months on from the referendum, the anger Brexit has engendered hasn’t dissipated one bit 1. We are angry because the UK is being stolen. We know that the referendum outcome is in itself insufficient to justify a constitutional change so significant as exiting the EU. There is scarcely any civilized state in the […]