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Who do you blame the most for mess we are currently in with Brexit? As Theresa May departs office, many will blame the failure to get Brexit passed on the prime minister, for failing to secure support for her deal. But are the troubles down to her, or will the next prime minister encounter the […]

We want to know how readers of The New European are planning to vote in the local elections. On Thursday 2nd May 2019 there will be 248 English local councils up for election with 11 local councils in Northern Ireland. There are 8773 seats to be decided. There will be 39 local by-elections on the […]

Boris Johnson became the talk of Twitter after reports that he was planning a dramatic u-turn to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Johnson had previously been an outspoken opponent of the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement, comparing the UK’s efforts to leave the EU to the biblical struggle between Moses and Egypt’s Pharoah in the Daily […]

A man has spent more than £600 on a shop in preparation for a no-deal Brexit – buying more than 144 rolls of toilet paper and 50 tins of food. Juliet East took to Twitter to share a picture of the supermarket haul, which was conducted by her husband Tony Smollett, and totalled £658.29. East, […]

Seven MPs have resigned from the Labour Party to sit in a new Independent group in the House of Commons. It is the most significant split to hit the party since the breakaway of the Social Democratic Party in the early 1980s. Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Gavin Shuker, Mike Gapes, Ann Coffey and […]

The BBC has defended a decision to ban the audience of its ‘Eurovision: You Decide’ programme from waving European flags. The EU Flag Mafia outside the BBC studios in Manchester. Photograph: EU Flag Mafia. – Credit: Archant Pro-EU campaigners from the group the EU Flag Mafia were present outside the Manchester studios handing out the […]

Ken Clarke says that despite the Brexit debate being dominated by Eurosceptic voices from the Tory party, it goes against the long-standing general opinion within the Conservative Party. He said that the Conservatives are a ‘pro-EU’ party and that the United Kingdom is ‘not a right wing nation’. Clarke, who as longest-serving male MP is […]

People’s Vote campaigner Justine Greening said she could be prepared to run for the Tory leadership if Theresa May resigns or is forced out. The ex-education secretary and pro-EU Conservative MP indicated she could run for the leadership if there was a vacancy, although she insisted that she would prefer the Conservative party to change […]

Almost two-thirds of Tory supporters lack confidence in Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, a poll has shown. Some 64% of Conservatives said they did not back the prime minister to secure a good deal, up 11 points from last month. Overall, 78% of people surveyed by Ipsos MORI were pessimistic about the prime minister’s ability […]

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has vowed that if Labour cannot force a general election over Brexit the party could back a People’s Vote. His comments are the clearest sign yet that the opposition could back a return to the ballot box in a bid to topple the Tory government. Labour’s leadership has never come out […]

This May there will be another opportunity for anti-Brexit voices to be heard as the next round of local elections take place around England. 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 68 district/borough councils and 17 unitary authorities will hold council elections. On the same day there will be Mayoral elections in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower […]

Progressives expect great things from Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau. But can the telegenic leaders actually deliver, asks Paul Knott. Handsome, charismatic, liberal and francophone. French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could be caricatures of a New European reader’s dream political leader. Critics with different perspectives have dismissed the duo as […]

The New European’s social media pages are alive with debate after the launch of Renew – a new anti-Brexit party which aims to take on the main political parties at the ballot box. Renew, inspired by the rise of Macron’s En Marche! movement in France, hopes to appeal to those who feel ‘politically homeless and […]

The PM was today asked at Prime Minister’s Questions to give a ranking for her performance over Brexit so far out of 10. The PM is asked to give herself a score out of 10 on Brexit by @PeteWishart #pmqs pic.twitter.com/WQdaTthk2B— BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) January 10, 2018 In doing so Pete […]