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Trump’s victory will bring the end of Anglo domination and hand global leadership to China, says Michael White Back in 1989, when the Conservative Japanese-American writer, Francis Fukuyama, first published his famously complacent essay, The End of History, he can’t have spared much time wondering if his triumphalist vision of liberal democracy – free markets […]

No one wears their poppy with more pride that I do. But in the row over whether international footballers should wear them, Fifa are right. And the hot air the issue has prompted tells you everything about what is wrong with Britain today https://twitter.com/campbellclaret/status/797130132502810624 Despite supporting an English football team, Burnley, to a degree that […]

Freedom and independence were the misleading rallying cries of the Brexiteers. But, as Denis Macshane explains, we may well have lost more than we’ve gained 1. Our freedom to live without let or hindrance in 27 other European nations 2. Our freedom to refer to a different source of judicial authority in business and trade […]

Former tabloid boss Paul Connew offers a glimpse inside the mind of an editor The second I finished reading Tony Blair’s article in last week’s The New European on the possibility of a second Brexit referendum I knew what was to come. And as surely as night follows day the indignant fury of the pro-Brexit […]

While one side of the political divide refuses to engage with the challenges of free movement and immigration, the other just wants to pull up the drawbridge. Labour MP Chuka Umunna finds another way The Brexit vote showed a country divided in so many ways: by age, region, ethnic and socio-economic groups. Yet despite the […]

As British Jews whose families once fled the Nazis apply for German passports, Bonnie Greer makes a plea for a world that seeks to expand, not restrict, horizons When I lived in New York City in the 1980s, the great 2nd Ave Deli was around the corner. This was the home of great Jewish ‘nosh’ […]

The UK does not want Brexit, says Professor Adrian Low as he analyses the polls since the EU referendum In total 46.5 million had the right to vote in the Brexit referendum. Of those 33.5 million – or 72% – voted. Compared to general elections it was an exceptional turnout, yet still, 12.9 million people […]

Can America recover, regardless of who ends up in the White House? Michael White explores the deeps roots of America’s current predicament L-R: Ronald Reagan, 1981 ? 1989; George HW Bush, 1989 ? 1993; Bill clinton, 1993 ? 2001; George W Bush, 2001 – 2009; Barack Obama, 2009 – Credit: Archant Just 43 years ago […]

Why is it left to Tony Blair to point out the government’s Brexit failings, asks Richard Angell She may have voted Remain, but after the country opted for Leave, Theresa May performed an about-turn to appoint herself the leader of the latter. Her ‘Brexit means Brexit’ slogan and the appointment of Boris Johnson, Liam Fox […]

It’s a great day for democracy, says Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/794121823755583488 This is what regaining our sovereignty looks like. This is what taking back control really means – the High Court unanimously agreeing that the Government does not have the power to trigger Article 50 without our sovereign Parliament and elected representatives […]

Such is the position of our cherished health service, at the heart of British life, that the most famous claim of the entire referendum campaign related to the NHS. A young girl holds a We heart NHS sign in the crowds during the The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir performance on The Pyramid Stage at […]

We’ve been living with the consequences of the Referendum since June 23. A grand total of 134 days. Within that short space of time, the new Prime Minister has sought to redefine any debate around our exit from the EU and her right to unilaterally trigger Article 50 without parliamentary debate as subversion of democracy […]

In all fast moving political dramas mythologies erupt and begin to frame the debate. We choose to see not what is in front of our eyes but what the myths misleadingly convey. Brexit is an unusually highly charged drama. The myths erupt on a daily basis. As part of the current febrile mythology David Cameron […]

The centre ground of politics which New Labour once inhabited is gone. Tony Blair argues it must rise again to fight Brexit, the Conservatives and even the Labour Party https://twitter.com/tonyblairoffice/status/791987546020511744 Not since I became politically active four decades ago, has clarity of thinking been in such urgent demand or such short supply. Britain hurtles towards […]

MPs must act now, argues AC Grayling, or our grandchildren will look back and wonder at the act of national suicide of a once-great country When we ask Parliament to debate whether the ‘advice’ of the advisory referendum should be taken, and when we ask Parliament to debate whether or not to trigger Article 50 […]

The New European says: Tony Blair’s call to mobilise and organise against the stupidity of a headlong rush towards a blind Brexit is a searing broadside against both the dogma of Theresa May’s government and a Labour Party leadership too fixated on internal power struggles to be an effective opposition. https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/791899302960492544 When he talks of […]

The big lie is that there has been a big silence on immigration, I cannot think of any issue on which there has been so much noise, says Denis MacShane https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/790802725927804928 I first stood for Parliament in 1974. Then the only story in town was immigration. Enoch Powell had set politics aflame with his argument […]

Characterised as a hero of the 48%, Keir Starmer is the country’s most powerful critic of the current Brexit strategy. Since his barnstorming Commons performance in his first outing at the despatch box as the official Brexit watchdog, Keir Starmer has been characterised as a hero of the 48%. But after years in public life […]

Those in the Leave camp may ‘have had enough of experts’ (thanks for that, Michael Gove) but there are a few things we wish the Brexit battle bus had taught us prior to the EU referendum. https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/788455013886660608 1. Think the pound is strong? Think again.* The New European – Credit: Archant * in a week […]

What does Europe mean to you? Here are 16 heartwarming times the internet showed its love for Europe after Brexit https://twitter.com/emmariviere/status/784826712630652928 1. https://twitter.com/EleanorRehahn/status/785541449047769088 2. https://twitter.com/yeahokapi/status/761409482400423936 3. https://twitter.com/ruth_mottram/status/773794922323476481 4. https://twitter.com/beyer_char/status/784882913586315264 5. https://twitter.com/veilvind/status/785486026517209088 6. https://twitter.com/Remainia1/status/773886547401797632 7. https://twitter.com/fedepastor21/status/785502485792296961 8. https://twitter.com/beyer_char/status/785551279242240001 9. https://twitter.com/kellyhignett/status/762989738378792960 10. https://twitter.com/sguardiola86/status/784810482070917120 11. https://twitter.com/DeedeeVerde/status/784808291138433025 12. https://twitter.com/davefev/status/784832547872239616 13. https://twitter.com/DylanAbAlan/status/784818939977146368 14. https://twitter.com/spaceangel1964/status/784810331939938304 15. https://twitter.com/LadyValetta/status/773887917894819840 16. What does Europe […]

How well would you fare driving around Europe? Put your knowledge of European road signs to the test with this mulitple choice quiz

Hollie McNish is a poet based between London, Cambridge and Glasgow. She has two poetry collections, Cherry Pie and Papers, and an album, Versus. In 2016, Blackfriars published Nobody Told Me. In 2017, Picador will publish her third poetry collection, as yet untitled. Her work is currently being featured on television as part of a […]

The best European TV series you can watch on the small screen right now – Walter Iuzzolino picks the 6 essential European dramas available to stream now https://twitter.com/WalterPresents/status/785410829474758656 We live in the golden age of serial scripted TV: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, House of Cards… the most compelling and beautifully crafted stories of recent times […]

Already firm favourites with board game geeks across Europe, we pick 5 of the best board games guaranteed to make you obsessed with table-top-gaming https://www.instagram.com/p/BEl3AEMSJHD/ CATAN (Klaus Teuber, 1995) Arguably the Citizen Kane of board-games, The Settlers Of Catan proved that the table-top experience could be enjoyable and positive for all players, regardless of whether […]

MPs should stop being so timid, they have a duty to seek a reverse of direction, whatever happened in June’s referendum, says Steve Richards https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/787005271688306688?lang=en What is astonishing is not how little we know about what Brexit will mean but how much. What we know is bleak. Already we have discovered how market sensitive the […]

In this authoritative essay, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock outlines six tests the Government must pass, to avoid a disastrous Brexit – and delivers some harsh truths to his own party If everything goes according to Theresa May’s plan, Britain will leave the European Union in less than 30 months. The British people have voted and, […]

Look who’s rattled now! Matt Kelly calls out the lies and hyperbole of the Brexit big names Hate crimes to rise by 41%according to new Home Office figures – Credit: Archant The opening sentence of David Davis’ statement to the House of Commons this week contained three falsehoods. Not bad for a sentence just 14 […]

It was only a mumble during the debate, but it spoke volumes about what Donald Trump knew he could get away with in the current political climate: ‘That makes me smart,’ he’d said. Hillary Clinton had just hit him with what seemed like a zinger about tax. Evidence suggested he wasn’t paying what he should. […]

The leader of the Liberal Democrats answered your questions in a Q&A session in Norwich. Tim Farron took part in a debate at Archant’s headquarters in Norwich, where the pop-up newspaper The New European is being published. The event follows Archant’s question and answer events with former prime minister David Cameron, and leading Brexit campaigner […]

Don’t believe the doom mongers. London clubland is in rude health, 
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for it XOYO, London – Credit: Archant British clubbing is world famous. For decades thousands have flocked from around Europe to visit London, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and beyond to experience our nation’s unrivalled penchant for hedonism. Make no […]

London nightlife may have taken a hit with Fabric’s closure, but after-hours clubbing in London does still exist – here are 8 dance music clubs that celebrate electronic music and warehouse party raving London clubland – Credit: Archant XOYO 32-37 Cowper Street, London EC2A 4AP XOYO’s residents, including Heidi, Scuba and Oneman, are each invited […]

Jack Monroe shares her Polski sklep shopping list and favourite Polish recipes The first time I noticed my local Polski Sklep was in 2013, in Southend-on-Sea. I was a local paper journalist, sleeping on a mattress on the floor of a small bedroom that I ate, worked and slept in, with my son occupying the […]