Matt Withers
06 March 2023
Šefčovič’s loose lips could signal trouble for Rishi Sunak
The glowing headlines of less than a week ago seem considerably further away for the prime minister
Read the full article19 February 2023
These are the most vulnerable Brexit-backing MPs at the next election
From true believers to born-again Leavers, all look set to lose their seats
Read the full article18 February 2023
Will you miss them? 10 Brexiteers who are standing down at the next election
The only bad news is we’re still stuck with them for now
Read the full article16 February 2023
Might the government’s citizens backdown be a sign of a more sensible relationship with the EU?
A climbdown on a legal challenge to a decision on EU citizens' rights could just signal a more mature approach to Brexit
Read the full article08 February 2023
What does the appointment of 30p Lee say for Rishi Sunak’s attitude to the working class?
Lee Anderson's elevation to deputy chair of the Conservative Party says much for the prime minister's understanding of Red Wall voters
Read the full article06 February 2023
Tory MPs are saying privately what the public tell pollsters: Brexit is a disaster
Whether it's wine-fuelled MPs or polls for right-wing news channels, the penny is dropping that leaving the EU was a catastrophe
Read the full article04 February 2023
How Brexit made the UK’s video games industry play on a more difficult level
One of Britain's success stories is taking a direct hit from Brexit and its impact on labour
Read the full article01 February 2023
Sorry, Guy Verhofstadt, you’re a friend – but you’ve got this one wrong
The former Belgian prime minister was wrong to claim Russia might not have invaded Ukraine if Britain had remained in the EU
Read the full article31 January 2023
The IMF’s three-year anniversary gift to the Brexiteers
The body says the UK is on course to be the world’s worst-performing major economy this year
Read the full article30 January 2023
Britain’s wave of Bregret
A new poll shows all but three constituencies think Britain was wrong to leave the EU
Read the full article26 January 2023
Another business voice turns against the Tories
Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman is just the latest business figure to speak out on the Tories' handling of Brexit
Read the full article23 January 2023
Does Boris Johnson see the Northern Ireland Protocol as his route back to No 10?
The former prime minister is already framing the betrayal narrative which could see Brexiteers force Rishi Sunak out
Read the full article18 January 2023
Meet the Brexiteer who says it’s ‘unsalvageable’ and that we’ll rejoin the EU soon
Sherelle Jacobs told Telegraph readers that Brexit's days are numbered and the Conservatives cannot survive such an ignominious outcome
Read the full article13 January 2023
A new kind of footballer
Meet the pro-EU footballer who spends his free time helping migrants
Read the full article12 January 2023
Is Sadiq Khan finally breaking Labour’s Brexomertà?
While Keir Starmer seeks to be more Catholic than the Pope, the London Mayor is speaking out on the disaster of Brexit
Read the full article09 January 2023
We need to train more doctors, not raid the poorest countries for theirs
Successive UK governments have long realised that it is cheaper to import doctors than to train our own, but it raises serious moral and ethical questions
Read the full article06 January 2023
‘Take Back Control’: Treachery – or clever politics?
Keir Starmer's attempt to adopt the language of Vote Leave has divided commentators and Twitter alike
Read the full article05 January 2023
The reality of Project Fear – a disaster response charity heading to the M20
The Brexiteers dismissed fears over lorry queues at Dover. Now the government has called in a charity to deal with a disaster of its own making
Read the full article03 January 2023
Two-thirds of us want a rejoin referendum, but the politicians think they know better
A new poll should concern Keir Starmer as much as Rishi Sunak
Read the full article22 December 2022
The British show that let Germany laugh again
How did an obscure British comedy sketch become a New Year tradition for Germans?
Read the full article06 November 2022
Meet Trump’s man at the EU
Welcome to Europe’s future, in which Britain holds a referendum in 2041 to rejoin the European Union
Read the full article13 October 2022
The art of video games
A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum raises a question about the limits of art
Read the full article08 September 2022
The food that’s more than meats the eye
Fast food or multicultural icon? Take a slice of European history via the intriguing tale of the doner kebab
Read the full article01 September 2022
Alan Johnson, writing the wrongs of the referendum
Former home secretary Alan Johnson returns with a new novel and some dissenting thoughts on Brexit, Corbyn and Starmer
Read the full article01 September 2022
‘I’m a very interested observer’: how Jeremy Bowen sees the Middle East
As a new book about the Middle East by the BBC correspondent hits the shelves, he talks about the geopolitics of the region
Read the full article19 July 2022
A dark future ahead for rapid grocery delivery?
So-called ‘dark stores’ are surreptitiously popping up all over Europe – but is the business model sustainable in the post-pandemic world?
Read the full article15 July 2022
‘If we end up turning into the Grateful Dead of dance music I’d be very happy’ – Paul Hartnoll on 30 years of Orbital
The electronic music pioneer on Brexit, rave, streaming and re-imagining the band's hits three decades on
Read the full article01 July 2022
‘This British government doesn’t want solutions for Northern Ireland… they just want to show the EU is shitty’
As Brussels’ frustrations mount over the Protocol, influential MEP Anna Cavazzini is preparing for anything - including trade war
Read the full article23 June 2022
What the bad boys, and girls, of Brexit did next
Some may be richer, but the failure of Brexit has fatally damaged the reputations of all those who played a part in delivering it
Read the full article22 June 2022
Food wasted and healthy animals slaughtered – and only Brexit to blame
With a lack of foreign labour in Britain’s fields, crops are rotting and thousands of healthy pigs are being culled unnecessarily
Read the full article20 June 2022
New exhibition chronicles war through Ukrainian artists’ lenses
Ukraine I Miss You (The Magnificent 12) will showcase the images of a dozen Ukrainian photographers and artists
Read the full article01 June 2022
‘There is a kind of hatred of Europeans from Boris Johnson and his government’
Former French ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann on Brexit’s aftershocks and the battles still to come with Macron and the EU
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