Matt Withers
10 January 2024
PMQs Review: Questions for Mr Nobody
A session overshadowed by the Horizon scandal was brightened by the "brilliant Brexit bonus" of the discovery of some new clams
Read the full article01 January 2024
The Brexit collapse
The majority of British voters now see the decision to leave the EU as a national disaster
Read the full article27 December 2023
Sunak axes plan to return to imperial measures
Rishi Sunak has dealt a blow to nostalgic Brexiteers by scrapping plans to reintroduce imperial measurements
Read the full article26 December 2023
Game of thrones: how toilet graffiti is ‘the original social media’
A new exhibition celebrates a long-running but uncelebrated movement
Read the full article20 December 2023
Liars of the year: Our rundown of the terrible pork pies that disgraced and degraded public life in 2023
After holding off some formidable competition, Michelle Mone has claimed the coveted title of The New European’s Liar of the Year for 2023
Read the full article13 December 2023
PMQs Review: Mr Sunak really is very bad at politics
As he spoke, his backbenches could barely bring themselves to cheer
Read the full article13 December 2023
Balls-up for a jungle snake: Nigel Farage’s Celebrity odyssey
On I’m a Celebrity, Farage failed to emulate the former shadow chancellor Ed Balls by reinventing himself as a cuddly media personality
Read the full article11 December 2023
All hail Nigel the Third, if we really must
The former Ukip leader made it to the I'm A Celebrity final but failed to wear the crown
Read the full article10 December 2023
Jungle viewers get full outline of Farage’s Windsor Framework
As I'm A Celebrity draws to a close the former Ukip leader donned his spandex shorts
Read the full article09 December 2023
Farage ‘biggest name the European Parliament’s ever had’, declares Farage
The former Ukip presenter ruminated on his place in history in the I'm A Celebrity jungle
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Farage gets embroiled in burnt rice row
The former Ukip leader got into a argument over who was responsible for ruining some rice
Read the full article07 December 2023
Jungle Farage poleaxed by a pineapple
A day after his karaoke antics the former Ukip leader was quizzed on Brexit by his campmates
Read the full article06 December 2023
Braverman’s lukewarm revenge
A resignation speech by a former home secretary who didn’t resign, and a Prime Minister’s Questions for a PM who is barely in charge – welcome to another day of government dysfunction in Westminster
Read the full article06 December 2023
Farage loses his shirt in the jungle
After three weeks of enforced abstinence, a half-pint of Flamin’ Gallah appeared to go straight to the former Ukip leader’s head as he took to the karaoke machine
Read the full article04 December 2023
Farage faces piercing questions in the jungle
It is with much regret that we must discuss the former Ukip leader's left nipple
Read the full article03 December 2023
Farage treats jungle to end of the peer show
Saturday night ITV viewers got an insight into the former Ukip leader's views on the House of Lords
Read the full article03 December 2023
The Square Mile and the EU
The man who speaks for the City knows the bankers can’t do without Europe
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Campmate Farage takes the biscuit
The former Ukip leader was once again front and centre on I'm A Celebrity, failing another Bushtucker Trial
Read the full article30 November 2023
Farage finally utters those magic words (no, not ‘I’m sorry’)
The former Ukip leader failed in his latest Bushtucker Trial before having another argument about cultural appropriation
Read the full article29 November 2023
PMQs Review: Rishi Sunak lashes out on Brussels and Beethoven as Starmer’s blows land
The prime minister was stung by the Labour leader's description of a "man with the reverse Midas touch"
Read the full article29 November 2023
Farage: I’m not even allowed to dress up as a Mexican any more
The former Ukip leader wanted to speak to young people but when he finally did it didn't go well
Read the full article29 November 2023
Hairdryers, handcuffs and Dr Death: what we’ve learned from the Covid inquiry so far
With Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak set to face difficult questions in the coming days, here’s a recap of the inquiry’s findings up to now
Read the full article28 November 2023
Farage loses an election – again
The former Ukip leader dealt with his failure to be elected ruler of the I'm A Celebrity camp with his customary grace
Read the full article27 November 2023
Farage goes nuclear in the jungle
The former Ukip leader gave I'm A Celebrity viewers one of the less vaunted benefits of Brexit
Read the full article26 November 2023
ITV finds something Farage is good at: drinking
The former Ukip leader’s uncanny ability to pour huge amounts of liquid down his cakehole has finally quenched his thirst for jungle screen time
Read the full article25 November 2023
Has ITV gone cold on Nigel Farage?
The former Ukip leader - who jetted to the jungle to speak to its “big young audience” - barely featured in last night’s episode
Read the full article23 November 2023
Study: clever people were more likely to vote Remain
A report has found a significant correlation between cognitive ability and voting preference in the 2016 referendum
Read the full article22 November 2023
PMQs review: Rishi Sunak taunted over NHS and Musk as Tory calls Stockton North a “shithole”
Keir Starmer focused on the prime minister’s five new priorities as the Commons warmed up for the autumn statement
Read the full article16 November 2023
Political pantomime season is here
A debate on reversing Brexit is moving from the Edinburgh Fringe to the London stage
Read the full article27 October 2023
No, Daily Express, Brexit benefits are not powering our renaissance
The paper's story about the supposed economic magic of freeports is a pack of lies
Read the full article25 October 2023
10 of Rishi Sunak’s achievements since entering Number 10
Downing Street has listed some of the prime minister's achievements over the past 12 months. Here are some they missed
Read the full article24 October 2023
Steve Baker thinks Brexit should have required a 60% majority. What’s he up to?
The self-styled Brexit hard man is already setting the ground for a future referendum on rejoining the EU
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