Brexit

‘We can’t just destroy a beautiful country’ says Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson Branson has said a hard Brexit would be a disaster for the UK and could warrant a second referendum. ‘The people voted for the Government to come out of Europe based on £350million more going into the NHS and a whole lot […]

A win for the Tories team could be bad news for foxes as the PM pledges a free vote to overturn hunting ban. Theresa May has outraged animal lovers with a pledge to hold a free vote on overturning the ban on fox hunting. The Prime Minister said she was in favour of the outlawed […]

Is May running a Trump-style campaign? Five things we learned yesterday 1. Theresa May has denied that she is running a presidential-style campaign amid claims she is ashamed of the ‘nasty’ party. The Conservative brand has played second fiddle to ‘Theresa May’s team’ at events so far. But the Prime Minister insisted: ‘If you look […]

Election news, reaction and analysis on May 10. .

The populist right has been dealt a heavy blow after Marine Le Pen was defeated in the French election. Emmanuel Macron looks set to become France’s next president after exit polls gave him a strong lead over Le Pen. Polling agencies project the 39-year-old political novice has won 65% of the vote, with Le Pen […]

Disagreements, defectors, election speak: Our (Brexiteer) diarist Iain Dale records a new election week I do wonder whether the right-wing polemicist Christopher Booker has undergone a brain transplant. For more years than I can remember he has written a column in the Sunday Telegraph pointing out the corruption and absurdities endemic in the Brussels beast. […]

The game is back on… and you have to ask why? Well I did NOT see that coming. Literally; as you may even remember, in an early column I dismissed the notion of Theresa May calling a snap election before 2020 as I could see no electoral advantage for her in doing so. What’s changed? […]

… they never do, says The New European’s election editor At least Theresa May deserves a round of applause for pulling off a real surprise. Even her cabinet did not know. Those of us who saw her as a risk-averse, Anglo-Catholic vicar’s daughter, raised in the gentler, Ovaltine conservatism of small town Oxfordshire, never spotted […]

We pick out the worst Leavers of a week in which people came together and united behind the opportunities which lie ahead. Probably. The UKIP Paw Patrol (NEW ENTRY) When a UKIP supporter shouts for his bulldog to come, it doesn’t necessarily mean he wants the hound to move closer. A YouGov poll has found […]

Don’t miss your chance to vote on election day, June 8: This is everything you need to know about registering to vote in GE2017 Who needs to register? If you have never voted, have moved constituency, or have turned 18 recently then you will need to register if you have not done so already. When […]

Theresa May wants to railroad Britain into a Hard Brexit by increasing her majority in the House of Commons to stifle any opposition or Tory rebellion. The Prime Minister has admitted she called the shock General Election to give her a clearer ‘mandate’ during negotiations with the European Union and many now fear her apparent […]

Parliament gives Theresa May’s snap election the nod. . . . . .

Here is Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement announcing that a General Election is to be held on June 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIlWw0xLGco ‘I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet, where we agreed that the Government should call a general election, to be held on June 8. ‘I want to explain the reasons for that decision, […]

The Prime Minister has shocked the nation by announcing a snap General Election. The poll will be held on June 8. The news comes after repeated denials by Number 10 that the PM would call a snap election but also just days after some polls showed Labour at an historic low. As a stunned Westminster […]

Theresa May used her traditional Easter message to talk of people ‘coming together’ ignoring growing fears over Hard Brexit Theresa May has again claimed the whole country is backing Brexit. Seemingly ignoring the fact that 48% of Britons – including the PM herself – voted to remain inside the European Union May used her Easter […]

A former MI6 chief has called the allegations of contact between Trump’s team and Moscow ‘unprecedented’ A top British spook has suggested Donald Trump has deep financial links back to Russia which could return to haunt the US President. Ex-MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove claimed the President borrowed money from Russian lenders to keep his […]

A group of MPs have called on the Government to ensure Brexit does not impact science MPs have urged the Government not to slam the door on scientists and experts from overseas after Brexit. The Commons Science and Technology Committee also said the Government should fully commit to making up any shortfall in research funding […]

MPs have expressed their fears that hackers attacked the voter registration website in the weeks before the EU referendum A voter registration website that crashed in the run-up to the Brexit vote may have been brought down by foreign hackers. The Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) said it was deeply concerned about […]

What is at stake and what needs to change to ‘save the country’? I write these words in the warm autumn of the antipodes, where incredulous Australians and dismayed, distressed and unhappy British expatriates look at the farce, the lunacy, of Brexit from afar, and shake their heads. I tell them that Brexit will collapse […]

We sort the chaff from the chaff to bring you another 10 of the worst leavers of the week 10. Nigel Farage (DOWN 9) Brexit’s own Crazy Frog continues his battle to crack America but all the signs are that the end result will be more Cheryl Cole than James Corden. Unknown beyond his Fox […]

Follow The New European’s live reactions to the BBC’s topical debate broadcast from Gillingham on April 6 On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley, businesswoman and broadcaster Michelle Dewberry, and Gerard Coyne, the West Midlands secretary of […]

UKIP’s former leader gets dressing down after ’embarrassing’ rant to EU parliament Nigel Farage has been labelled a ‘clown’ after accusing the European Parliament of ‘behaving like the mafia’. The former UKIP leader’s outburst came during a Strasbourg debate outlining the European Union’s Brexit negotiating red lines. Farage was told to retract his ‘unacceptable’ remark […]

MEPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a hard stance with Britain over Brexit The European Union will take a tough line with Britain over Brexit after MEPs voted in favour of a hefty divorce bill and barring the Prime Minister from cherry-picking privileged access to the single market. And European Commission’s president Jean-Claude Juncker […]

Comparing EU parliament to the Mafia (or to gangsters) because you’re unhappy with its Brexit demands is ‘unacceptable’. Ouch! https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/849531467273293824 Former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, was jeered by members of the EU parliament in Strasbourg for his unacceptable remark in which he compared the EU parliament to the Mafia. Farage said: ‘You have shown yourself […]

The Brexit Committee has called on the Government to publish a thorough assessment of the consequences of crashing out of the EU An influential group of MPs has attacked the Prime Minister’s belief that ‘no Brexit deal is better than a bad deal’ saying the claim is ‘unsubstantiated’. The House of Commons Exiting The European […]

The Commons Brexit Committee wants the Government to prove how Britain would cope if the Prime Minister fails to get a deal on leaving the EU A parliamentary report has called on Theresa May to provide evidence to back up her claim that leaving the European Union without a trade deal would be ‘better than […]

There is no ‘fall-back option’ for airlines if the UK is unable to secure an aviation agreement during Brexit negotiations, says travel trade organisation Abta The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) claimed it is ‘critical’ that existing deals are replaced or retained otherwise there could be a ‘hugely damaging’ reduction in flights. All of […]

Tory MPs give stamp of approval to return to the blue of 1980s Britain, claiming the ‘humiliation of having a pink European Union passport’ The UK passport could turn dark blue again after Brexit under a £490 million contract to redesign and produce a new version of the document. The passport is routinely redesigned every […]

Lord Michael Howard has compared the row over Gibraltar to the Falklands War after the PM failed to mention the Rock in her Brexit letter Just days after Theresa May formally triggered Britain’s exit from the European Union the debate has already descended in to threats of military action after a former Tory leader compared […]

Could Britain be forced to surrender the long-disputed territory of Gibraltar as part of Brexit negotiations? Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of a Brexit blunder after she failed to mention Gibraltar in her Article 50 letter. Now the EU is set to hand the Spanish government – which has long held a claim […]

We round up the losers and losers (because there are no winners) of another crazy seven days on Planet Brexit 10. Neil Hamilton (RE-ENTRY) When Labour AM Eluned Morgan marked Article 50’s triggering by telling the Welsh Assembly, ‘today is a profoundly sad day for the nation … of course, those who will pay the […]

The Prime Minister has pulled the trigger on Article 50 signalling an end to the Brexit phoney war Sir Tim Barrow hand delivers the Brexit letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk, in Brussels. Alexander Britton/PA Wire – Credit: PA Article 50 has been triggered – but the battle for Britain’s place in Europe has […]