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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 […]

The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 nations – which still includes Britain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA Member states are allowed to trade freely within the region as part of the single market. People, services, capital and goods can cross borders freely as if the EU was one nation. The EU has a population […]

Do recent events mean we are set for international peace or international conflict? Is Donald Trump a facist? | The New European – Credit: Archant Could Brexit or Trump start a war? Many commentators have likened the increase in nationalism associated with Brexit and also the victory of Donald Trump in America to events that […]

Rape riots, raids, graffiti and jazz FRANCE Rioters have clashed with police in suburban Paris after claims a man was raped by an officer. The Saint-Seine-Denis region, a working class area north east of the capital with a large minority population, has suffered repeated unrest since one officer was charged with aggravated rape and three […]

Neither side is all right, nor all wrong. That includes Donald Trump Ten years ago, when Theresa May’s second best new friend, Recip Tayyip Erdogan, was just getting into his stride as Turkey’s civilian strongman, one of the London newspapers published a revealing feature about how the country’s educated, urban elite regarded their then prime […]

Donald Trump is a game-changer, but using The Queen as a bargaining chip to secure Britain gets thrown a few post-Brexit scraps is insulting So there I was chatting with Keir, my Arsenal-supporting personal trainer – how liberal metropolitan elite is that folks? And he is named after Keir Hardie – about the football commentating […]

Britain loves a toff. But the media’s current favourite, Jacob Rees-Mogg, may not be as harmless as he seems As a student I rented a flat from my old professor who was on sabbatical. ‘Check my post from time to time,’ he asked me, so I did, and one day noticed an envelope (postmarked Brussels), […]

The English might claim their language is clear and straightforward, and mock the complexities of others. But when it comes to opacity, it is English which leads the way A German word recently made it into our news. The word was Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung. It was deemed to be newsworthy because of its extreme length, fifty-one letters. […]

The direction that Britain and the world has turned in the last six months has been a shock to many. We can’t let this become the new norm. The feeling of irony with which Sinclair Lewis’ classic read It Can’t Happen Here has sky rocketed towards the top of best-selling charts this week, has been […]

The central focus of the Leave campaign was for Britain to ‘take back control of our borders’. When Britain, as part of the European Union, signed up to the single market it agreed to the rule that goods could move freely across borders as if the EU was a single country. Many believe Britain’s entry […]

Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union is a section of EU law. It sets out the process by which a member state may begin the withdrawal process from the EU – Britain is set to become the first nation ever to trigger it. Once it is triggered a two-year deadline is in place […]

The Speaker of the House of Commons didn’t hold back in stating he’s ‘strongly opposed’ to Donald Trump addressing parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0c6smM_NM Was John Bercow right to speak out against Trump addressing the houses of Parliament? Read John Bercow’s speech in full: ‘What I will say is this – an address by a foreign leader to […]

Confused by another week in Brexit? Can’t keep up with all the insanity and inanity coming from 52% Our new weekly chart rates the no-good, the bad and the ugly from the last seven days Jane Collins (NEW ENTRY) Pass the collection plate round for UKIP’s Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire MEP, now facing a legal […]

85% of world is joining trading blocs… as we decide to leave There are many things about the Brexit fiasco to make one angry, and one of them – which we will hear a lot at this present moment because of the Article 50 Bill – is the cant phrase ‘the will of the people’ […]

May has form to suggest her attraction to politics of Trump runs deep On her way to Philadelphia to meet with Donald Trump last week, Theresa May was asked about their contrasting temperaments, and how that may affect proceedings. May replied, ‘Haven’t you
ever noticed, sometimes opposites 
attract?’ It’s a nice soundbite, but both the answer […]

It is claimed Donald Trump wants to be remembered like a king. Here we profile his courtiers, examining the influences which have sent the White House lurching to the far right US President Donald Trump – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Reince Priebus – chief of staff His sharp, dark suits and all-American smile hide a […]

The Government has handed a ‘concession’ to Conservative MPs who were threatening to rebel over Brexit by offering parliament a vote on the final deal with Europe ‘before it is concluded’. Theresa May has handed a ‘concession’ to Conservative MPs who were threatening to rebel over Brexit by offering parliament a vote on the final […]

Brexit explained: Britain’s exit from the European Union has become widely know as ‘Brexit’. Find how Brexit started and why it matters. What does Brexit mean? Britain’s exit from the European Union has become widely know as ‘Brexit’. The word is a portmanteau of ‘British’ and ‘exit’ and gathered popularity once then Prime Minister David […]

Theresa May is engaged in a series of spontaneous chess battles, and with fresh rumours swirling of a snap election, the outcomes of none are certain It would be churlish to deny that the economics of Brexit are holding up a lot better than most leading Remain campaigners predicted before June 23. But the politics […]

Donald Trump likes big crowds. ‘Act in haste, repent at leisure’. An aphorism Theresa May was no doubt familiar with as a child growing up in the tolerant, civilised climate of her father’s vicarage. Alas, it was one she’d clearly forgotten as the virtuous vicar’s daughter, transformed into Britain’s second only female prime minister set […]

While the US press showed restraint and balance in its reporting of Theresa May’s encounter with Donald Trump, Fleet Street’s Brexit backers betrayed their – and her – growing desperation, with their fawning coverage ‘The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy […]

‘Brexit means POOP!’ Children have started to notice the effects of Brexit – Credit: Archant Like many children, TNE reader John Pheby’s 8-year-old daughter has started to pick up information about the negative impact of Brexit. ‘She is fully aware that she and her mother (a Hungarian citizen resident for years in the UK) are […]

Regardless of the personal or party consequences, politicians must not be afraid to tell the truth. And the truth is that the country is destined for irreparable harm No wonder the last battalion of John Major’s infamous bastards looked happy in the Commons on Wednesday night. The vote to trigger Article 50 and cut Britain […]

Europhile Ken Clarke delivered a passionate speech against Brexit in the House of Commons Article 50 debate MPs have defeated an SNP-wrecking amendment that would have stopped Theresa May triggering formal Brexit talks, by 336 votes to 100, in the House of Commons, London. – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Speaking on Tuesday in the House […]