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Older people are significantly less informed about the potentially disastrous impact of Brexit on their pets, a survey has revealed. The poll for the National Office of Animal Health showed just 9% of pet owners over 55 believe that the health of the UK’s pets could decline significantly as a result of Brexit, compared with […]

Ford’s European boss has warned of the ‘disastrous’ impact of a no-deal Brexit. The motoring giant told Theresa May that crashing out of the European Union could leave the firm with no choice but to reconsider its ‘future investment’ in the UK. Steven Armstrong, Ford’s group vice president, said a hard Brexit was a ‘red […]

Following an Australian tour where ticket sales were less than expected, Nigel Farage has been trying to make a name for himself again in the UK. No, No, Now Don't, No, He's Trying His Best - L?e?a?v?e? ?M?e?a?n?s? ?L?e?a?v?e? Dogs Means Dogs! pic.twitter.com/6nZ4qV55Sw— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) October 14, 2018 But the latest crowd to greet him […]

Germany has demanded Theresa May ‘take responsibility’ in a sign the economic superpower is losing patience over Brexit. Ahead of a key EU summit and with Brexit talks deadlocked, Germany’s Europe minister Michael Roth said his message to May was: ‘Take responsibility and be constructive.’ Roth was speaking as he arrived for a meeting of […]

The very term used to describe the prejudice is itself born of prejudice. One of the most anti-Jewish words in the English language is anti-Semitic. In terms of the history of our language it’s a rather new word – no one used it until about 140 years ago. The term, as is well known, is […]

Theresa May is preparing to update her divided Cabinet on the Brexit deadlock as Brussels warned Britain is “more likely than ever before” to crash out of the EU without a deal. The prime minister has insisted an exit agreement is still “achievable” despite negotiations stalling just days ahead of a crunch summit. European Council […]

Nigel Farage has stooped to a new level of lowness as he told an audience full of Irish migrants in London that Brexit was comparable to their country’s fight for independence from British control. Farage joined a special edition of The Late Late Show recorded in London, which was celebrating the Irish living in Britain […]

Delia Smith and Deborah Meaden will help to lead this week’s march for a People’s Vote. The cookery show presenter and writer will sacrifice watching her beloved Norwich City at the football to help lead more than 100,000 people through central London at what is dubbed to be the biggest political march in over a […]

When a van drove into crowds outside a mosque in Finsbury Park BASHIR IBRAHIM’s brother was one of those injured. Here Bashir explains why the fight against Brexit is also a fight against racism. What are you doing this Saturday? I will be joining the People’s Vote March for the Future, with thousands of students […]

Tory Remainer MPs have turned on Theresa May and the Brexiteers over the handling of Brexit as they used their House of Commons speeches to call for a People’s Vote. Anna Soubry - It's time to face up to the fact that #brexit cannot be delivered.. so take it back to the people & have […]

Nigel Farage has returned to spouting nonsense from a bus – this time claiming that the Northern Ireland issue was designed to ‘trap Theresa May’. Farage arrived at the latest Leave Means Leave rally in another open top bus, using the platform to claim that the ‘establishment’ had been attempting to water down Brexit, and […]

Delia Smith and Deborah Meaden are to help lead the march for a People’s Vote. The cookery show presenter and writer will help lead more than 100,000 people through central London at what is dubbed to be the biggest political march in over a decade. Delia will be joined by businesswoman and Dragon’s Den star […]

Brexiteer MP Andrew Bridgen has taken his ignorance over Ireland to new heights – this time by claiming that everyone in England is entitled to an Irish passport. The Tory MP for West Leicestershire appears to have learned nothing from his last car-crash interview over Ireland when he was left silenced by radio host Audrey […]

The protests against tuition fees, Grenfell, and Trump’s presidency have all evoked real anger. But that anger right now is missing from the Brexit fight. ANTONIA FLOOD says it’s time young people were more radical. Discussion of UK protests, according to Google search results, shows a conversation entirely dominated by an American, Donald Trump. The […]

Sir Keir Starmer has sent Theresa May a stark message: ‘We are not going off a cliff just because you have brought back a bad deal.’ 'It doesn't have to be that way'Labour Shadow Brexit Secretary @Keir_Starmer rejects the notion that Parliament will have a choice between the deal Theresa May negotiates or no deal […]

Italian director Matteo Garrone talks to JASON SOLOMONS about his latest film, Dogman, which unearths some unusual stars… some with two legs, some with four Tenderness: Macella Fonte stars in Dogman. Picture: Curzon – Credit: Archant When you’ve made one of the most famous and most dangerous Italian films of the century, it might be […]

By most demographics, I should have been a traditional Leave supporter. I grew up on the outskirts of a Somerset town, having always been state educated, with my parents working hard manual jobs, who left school at 16. Just like the country, my home was split. My dad voted Leave, whilst my mum voted Remain. […]

It’s almost crunch time and expectations are mounting on what Brexit will look like. After two years that have felt like Groundhog Day, we’re rapidly approaching crunch time on Brexit – if the bare bones of an exit deal aren’t in place within the next fortnight, there will be no November summit and no realistic […]

From his treatment of dancers to his testimony during the McCarthyite witch-hunt, choreographer Jerome Robbins still has much to answer for, Yet there is also still much to celebrate. The I Feel Pretty number from the Broadway Production of West Side Story, 1957. – Credit: Archant Centenaries for artistes and composers are like parties to […]

The fraught issue of the Irish border continues to be a ‘significant problem’ in Brexit talks, government sources have said. Negotiations are on a knife-edge after a hastily-arranged meeting on Sunday between EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab broke up without a breakthrough. Discussions were said to have broken down after […]

Far-flung Svalbard might seem one of the globe’s backwaters but the pace of change here is far from glacial Norway. Svalbard Islands. Spitsbergen Island. Ny Alesund Village. (Photo by: Hermes Images/AGF/UIG via Getty Images) – Credit: UIG via Getty Images There’s a growing sense of unease at the quickening pace of change in the Svalbard […]

Julie Burchill’s new play is supposed to be a strike against the Remainer ‘elite’ but in the end, she scores an own goal. While the Sun’s Jane Moore was hopping around the aisles, presumably in a state of excitement, Rod Liddle arrived with a gaggle of his chums. ‘This should be fun, shouldn’t it?’ he […]

David Davis has urged Brexiteers in the cabinet to force Theresa May to dump her bid to strike a deal with the EU. Her latest bid to solve the Irish border issue – keeping the United Kingdom in a customs union beyond the transitional period if no deal is done – has been met with […]

AC GRAYLING reports on the scandal of the behind-the-scenes parliamentary machinations being used to enable Brexit In previous articles I have set out details of the inconsistencies, deceptions and failings of the UK government and parliament in relation to the Brexit process. For example: the prime minister rejects calls for a second referendum. Yet if […]

Never mind Brexit Britain – next year will be a defining one for the EU. Former Europe minister DENIS MacSHANE looks ahead to a momentous 2019 Once upon a time, Britain used to be a major power in Brussels, exerting great influence over how the EU would develop. Those days have gone, though, and the […]

It might be tempting to revel in the tribulations of Tehran’s unpleasant rulers. But, it’s worth being careful what you wish for. Hardline: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the conservative former mayor of Tehran, greets supporters at a rally in the iranian capital on May 16, 2017. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) – Credit: Getty Images The […]

One reader thinks that we should accept Theresa May’s Brexit plan to avoid a ‘hard’ Brexit from Rees-Mogg and Johnson. I found Theresa May’s performance in Birmingham dishonest rather than disarming but it does appear to have neutralised the dual threats of Boris Johnson and a no-deal Brexit. Now we are told that a withdrawal […]

A no-deal Brexit could see Britons banned from Netflix and Spotify. The popular music and film streaming websites could stop users from logging on to their accounts while travelling in the EU according to new papers released by the government. It means lovers of cult shows including Stranger Things, The Crown and Breaking Bad will […]

A burglary suspect being held on remand escaped from jail in Louisville, Kentucky, last weekend by hiding in a trash can and covering himself with waste. His name was Jeremy Hunt. Photos released by the local department of corrections soon showed this Hunt to be a sleepy-eyed, shaven-headed type, puncturing any thoughts that our own […]

On October 20th I’ll be joining thousands of others at the People’s Vote March for the Future. I’ll be marching with my trade union, Community, to defend our rights and protections at work. The rights and protections the EU has afforded people working in the UK are clear. They extend all the way from statutory […]

Philip Hammond has come out fighting as the row over the Irish border backstop looks set to tear the cabinet apart. Britain's businesses should only have to make one set of Brexit changes, Philip Hammond says https://t.co/0Ifdl9EWDg pic.twitter.com/lnSMVu9sTW— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) October 12, 2018 The chancellor has risked angering cabinet ministers who oppose removing the […]

Theresa May is facing a mass walk out of her cabinet over Brexit negotiations. ''I'm supporting the prime minister because I believe she's definitely the best person to deliver the Brexit deal we need" @RossThomson_MP says he has been critical of chequers in order to help Theresa May #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/fy0SJ9VxNI— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) October […]