Eleanor Longman-Rood
22 March 2023
Mike Galsworthy becomes chair of the European Movement
He succeeds Lord Andrew Adonis in the role
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Tomato shortage leaves Brexit Britain red-faced
Supermarkets left with empty shelves as Morocco restricts its exports to the UK
Read the full article15 February 2023
What does Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation mean for Scottish hopes of ditching Brexit?
The first minister has stepped down after eight years, appearing to admit she is a hindrance to winning independence and therefore rejoining the EU
Read the full article14 February 2023
The Bank of England delivers more Brexit bad news
Brexit halted UK growth by £29bn says a senior bank official
Read the full article08 February 2023
Major versus Johnson
The former Conservative prime minister has called Brexit a “colossal mistake”, launching an unforgiving critique of Boris Johnson’s handling of Britain’s departure from the European Union
Read the full article07 February 2023
Michel Barnier: ‘The door is always open for the UK’
Former EU negotiator tells The Rest Is Politics LEADING podcast ‘ideology took hold of the pragmatism of the UK’ during the Boris Johnson era
Read the full article29 January 2023
Post-Brexit, UK universities have lost their shine for Europe’s scholars
The number of EU students enrolling has dropped by more than half
Read the full article24 January 2023
David Lammy: Labour will fix the UK’s tarnished relationship with the EU
The shadow foreign secretary has outlined his party’s foreign policy to move the country forward. So, what does it look like?
Read the full article24 January 2023
Post-Brexit UK will be 15 years late in hitting its trade target
UK exports are predicted to slump next year, but ministers insist leaving the EU is not to blame
Read the full article21 January 2023
Brexit has left Europe’s Brits isolated
Underrepresented and alienated, the reality of Britons in Europe post-Brexit is far from appealing
Read the full article18 January 2023
Billions lost in tax after HMRC sent staff to fight the Brexit fire
Over 1,000 staff were redeployed to deal with the fall-out from leaving the EU. Now, the financial consequences are coming to light
Read the full article16 January 2023
The Retained EU Law bill adds ‘tens of millions’ to the cost of Brexit
New staff needed to cope with the government’s controversial retained EU law bill will cost Whitehall dearly in a financial crisis
Read the full article13 January 2023
How Brexit made the EU stronger
Support for leaving the European Union has dramatically fallen across the bloc, much to the shock of Brexiteers
Read the full article09 January 2023
More polls show the reality of Brexit’s failure is sinking in
One in three Conservative voters believe Brexit is more trouble than it’s worth. But will this waning support for Britain’s exit from the EU ever be acted upon?
Read the full article06 January 2023
Could the Reform Party finish off the Tories?
Leader Richard Tice says his party can wipe out Rishi Sunak at the next election. But what would come next?
Read the full article05 January 2023
Farmers have been left out in the cold by Brexit – again
Just a tiny fraction of England’s farms have received payment under the government’s sustainable farming incentive
Read the full article04 January 2023
Sunak versus the Tory Brexit ultras
The PM doesn’t seem very keen to have a bonfire of EU rules. And that spells trouble – for him
Read the full article03 January 2023
Brexiteers are cheering Varadkar’s Protocol peace move… but they may not be cheering for long
The Taoiseach’s admission about Brexit errors is not the climbdown they think it is
Read the full article31 December 2022
The war on women will continue in 2023… and we will continue to fight back
As the battle for rights continues in Iran, Afghanistan and the USA, new fronts are opening up in Europe
Read the full article20 December 2022
This Norwegian Netflix Christmas series provides calming watching in troubled times
A Storm for Christmas fails to deliver more than the usual festive tropes… but perhaps it doesn’t need to
Read the full article08 December 2022
A passion for danger: the enduring appeal of Dangerous Liaisons
Why Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel remains a story for all eras
Read the full article17 November 2022
In search of humanity: Aisha is essential viewing
A transfixing reflection on the plight of asylum seekers should be at the top of Suella Braverman’s watch list
Read the full article17 November 2022
Buffer zones at abortion clinics are the safeguard women need
These zones will not only protect women from abuse and intimidation; they will also make the law more coherent when it comes to access
Read the full article10 November 2022
A new kind of TV detective (sort of…)
With its charming campery, the plot of this 1940s Spanish crime drama is a breath of fresh air
Read the full article02 November 2022
Is Robbing Mussolini the original Italian job?
A new Italian heist movie toys, Tarantino–style, with the story of Mussolini's treasure
Read the full article25 October 2022
Style over substance? Why Adam Curtis is TV Marmite
The divisive filmmaker's latest shows how modern-day Russia was formed out of the ashes of empire
Read the full article19 October 2022
An eternal flame: Notre-Dame poses burning questions
Netflix's retelling of a French tragedy depicts the humanity of events with a beautiful rawness
Read the full article11 October 2022
All hail The Empress: The German pretender to The Crown
A new historical drama brings to life the story of a German duchess turned Austrian empress
Read the full article04 October 2022
Easing cancer’s sting: The Girls at the Back is a game-changer
A new Spanish Netflix dramedy reimagines cancer storytelling with style, wit and grace
Read the full article27 September 2022
The ghost of Covid past: This England is an unsettling time machine
Michael Winterbottom's telling of Boris Johnson's pandemic begs the question: when is the general public ready to consume recent real-life events on screen?
Read the full article22 September 2022
Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters is murderously good
Witty, cathartic and darkly funny, Sharon Horgan’s Irish revenge comedy proves hell hath no fury like a sister scorned
Read the full article15 September 2022
Broad Peak tells the compelling tale of one man and his mountain
Broad Peak explores the life story of Maciej Berbeka, the Polish mountaineer who returned to the summit of his obsession and, sadly, never left
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