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A right-wing think tank has claimed that the European Union has ‘used time against us’ in what is the latest bizarre excuse from Brexiteers. Shanker Singham, the director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), made the claim while launching an alternative Brexit plan. He appeared on-stage alongside prominent Tory leavers David Davis and Jacob […]

Former England star Peter Reid has made a scathing attack on Tory Brexiteers, labelling them “absolute dopes” and calling for a People’s Vote on a final deal. The ex-Everton and Manchester City midfielder told thousands at a rally close to Labour’s party conference in Liverpool that the public “did not realise what they were voting […]

French pop provided the pioneers, as protest music also took voice. SOPHIA DEBOICK reports Before the Beatles invented the modern teenager in Britain, the Europeans were already ahead of the game. In 1962, France was churning out an iconoclastic, Americanised pop that threatened the grand tradition of chanson française at a time when the country […]

There is growing anger among Remainers at Labour conference after the party’s latest Brexit fudge. Instead of getting a vote on whether to back a People’s Vote delegates will instead get a say on ‘keeping all options on the table’. The motion – agreed after a lengthy meeting on Monday evening – was met with […]

We don’t believe it! Richard Wilson has returned to our screens in a new comedy sketch that lends support for a People’s Vote. In the clip Wilson – famed for his grumpy old man routine – plays a customer enticed to a restaurant by an advert for a ‘Brexit special.’ In the perfect metaphor for […]

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has claimed that a People’s Vote from Labour might not include an option to Remain. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain McDonnell said the form of the question would be decided by parliament but said ‘it will be about whether you accept the deal or not, or whether you send people […]

Critics of a People’s Vote are looking at it the wrong way around, says Matt Qvortrup, a man described by the BBC as ‘the world’s leading authority on referendums’ We are, according to Michael Gove, fed up with experts. So perhaps I should not admit that I know more about referendums than might be considered […]

Moderate MPs are using conference to send a defiant message to the hard-left of Labour: ‘We are going to stay and fight for our party.’ At a rally held by Progress, the centre-left Labour movement, Stella Creasy, Wes Streeting and Luciana Berger all gave speeches attacking the hard-left of the party. But they were clear […]

Union baron Len McCluskey has bizarrely claimed that any second referendum should not include an option to stay in the EU. The Unite boss added yet more confusion to Labour’s Brexit position just hours after leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would back a People’s Vote. Corbyn said that although it was not his preferred option […]

The next time you’re branded a ‘Remoaner’ by a Brexiteer on the attack this is the perfect musical retort. With a title of ‘own your shit’ this is definitely not suitable for those of a sensitive nature, but the upbeat ukulele melody will at least put a jolly spin on a rather depressing matter. The […]

Comparing the careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford with those of later generations of female stars shows how cinema is changing, says Bonnie Greer. For mothers and grandmothers, for our aunts who grew up wearing petticoats, and for aficionados of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were the Alpha and […]

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will back a second referendum if Labour conference votes in favour. As conference opened in Liverpool the Labour leader said although he was not calling for a People’s Vote he would not ‘walk away’ from any decision delegates make. ‘What comes out of conference I will adhere to. But I’m […]

Germans are done mourning Brexit Britain. They just want to move on – and that is bad news for the UK. German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: Matt Cardy/PA Images – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images The British media seemed extremely hopeful at the beginning of the summer. Angela Merkel, it seemed, was shifting on Brexit, finally […]

Under slate-grey Lancashire skies the Brexiteers came. Convinced the ‘will of the people’ is being betrayed and asserting ‘no deal is no problem’ they came to see Labour leaver Kate Hoey, former Brexit secretary David Davis and, of course, Nigel Farage. For the most part they were perfectly polite, middle-aged, middle-class folk. But there was […]

Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has blocked two anti-Brexit groups on Twitter after a photograph emerged of him with a campaigner wearing a sign saying ‘he has no idea what he’s doing.’ Raab has previously styled himself as a free speech champion, hitting out at the culture of offence in the United Kingdom, and claiming in […]

Seventy-five years after it was made (and 74 years after it was banned) one of cinema’s most controversial films has been re-released. ​JAMES OLIVER explains what all the fuss is about Le Corbeau. Photo: Continental Films/Getty – Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Adverse criticism is always painful but it might come as some comfort to […]

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has today dismissed calls for a People’s Vote and vowed that a Labour government would press ahead with Brexit. McDonnell used an interview on the eve of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool to defy demands among party members for a referendum pledge, restating his preference for a general election to put […]

Finding fault with iPhones because they are too big for women’s hands is not a ‘first world problem’, says CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ. It is a symptom of a tech industry that is failing women. This week I’ve mainly been annoyed about Apple’s announcement that it was discontinuing the iPhone SE – the only model they […]

Times up for Nigel Farage as he’s banned from his local boozer, while the Brextremists fail to come up with a credible plan, and Gina Miller pursues Jacob Rees-Mogg. Last orders for Farage and friends The time is up for Nigel Farage and his carefully-cultivated image as the bloke in a pub who can’t help […]

With democracy and the rule of law on the back foot, could the region be returning to its darker days? Will Worley reports from Guatemala, one of the countries tipping towards crisis. Former comedian: Guatemala’s president, Jimmy MOrales. Photo: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images – Credit: AFP/Getty Images The day had begun like any other Friday in […]

To see the country though the Brexit impasse politicians must put country before party and establish a government of national unity, says Jonathan Chaplin. The EU’s blunt rejection of the Chequers proposal on the future economic relationship at Salzburg should have taken no-one by surprise. Far from being an ‘ambush,’ it is wholly consistent with […]

Theresa May has been warned Britain is “staring down the barrel of no deal” after issuing a Brexit challenge to the EU described as “pathetic, painful and petulant”. A day after her humiliating rebuff from EU leaders in Salzburg, the prime minister attempted to come back fighting, saying there could be no further progress in […]

The tale of what binds together Sunderland’s communities is my story. It’s a story about quiet moments in factory floors when people wonder quietly and desperately about their purpose. It’s a story about the European Union, mixed martial arts, and giving people something to believe in. When I was 19 years old I’d been looking […]

Theresa May has used a speech to issue ’empty threats’ to the European Union following the summit in Salzburg – but it was delayed due to a lack of power in Downing Street. In an afternoon speech just a day after the humiliating rejection of her Brexit plans at the EU summit in Salzburg, the […]

While some might think that such ardent Brexiteers would prefer the withdrawal method, but at the UKIP conference this year they are keen to promote the use of protection. The conference ‘must have’ accessory are these condoms branded with Nigel Farage’s face – a sure fire way to kill the mood. The condoms are being […]

When the Sun’s political editor pondered how Theresa May could have got it so wrong at the Salzburg summit he probably wasn’t banking on a former British diplomat joining the conversation. ‘The PM has undergone an almost unprecedented humiliation here today,’ mused Tom Newton Dunn, before asking ‘how did her No 10/UKREP team allow it […]

Brexit barman Tim Martin has warned the cost of food and drinks in his Wetherspoon pubs is set to spiral – despite his claims prices would not rise on the back of leaving the EU. The prominent Leave campaigner has warned that food and drink ‘may have to go up a bit’ after a slowing […]

Anti-Western philosopher Aleksandr Dugin is said to hold sway over Vladimir Putin. But it is not just the Russian president who is in thrall to him

Mitch Benn on the danger of creeping optimism and the power of Scotland. Something dangerous is creeping into our movement. Optimism. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with optimism. But like anything else that makes you feel good, you have to take it easy with optimism. A little bit will put a spring […]

Emmanuel Macron has launched an extraordinary attack on prominent Brexiteers, branding those in charge of the Leave campaign ‘liars’. The French president hit out at the likes of Farage, Johnson, and Rees-Mogg in a press conference at the end of the Salzburg summit of European leaders. He described Brexit as a ‘a choice pushed by […]

Alastair Campbell clashed with Jacob Rees-Mogg during a heated television debate, in which he accused the Brexiteer of peddling ‘false promises’. The pair clashed on the BBC’s Politics Live programme with Rees-Mogg accusing Campbell of being a ‘bad loser’ for wanting a People’s Vote. He claimed: ‘We voted and then had a general election where […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from the Town Hall in Dewsbury, considered to be the smallest town in the country to host a classical concert season. But whose answers will be music to your ears? And […]