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Northern Ireland farmers and businesses who trade over the Irish border are being kept in the dark about how their livelihoods will be affected post-Brexit, according to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee members. The New European is an award-winning national newspaper campaigning against Brexit. If you find this article informative, please share it and also […]

Tory rebels defeated the government on a key element of the Trade Bill – but Theresa May sneaked over the line on the customs union vote. There were frantic scenes in parliament as Tory Whips threatened the rebels in a bid to get them to vote down the amendments. But MPs voted in favour of […]

Boris Johnson has been accused of not being fit to be an MP as it emerged he broke ministerial rules in taking a new job as a Daily Telegraph columnist. The New European is an award-winning national newspaper campaigning against Brexit. If you find this article informative, please share it and also consider supporting our […]

Labour has accused the government of a trade policy “power grab” as veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke criticised his frontbench for a “scandalous abuse” of Parliament. The New European is an award-winning national newspaper campaigning against Brexit. If you find this article informative, please share it and also consider supporting our journalism by subscribing. The […]

Claims a boost in NHS spending could be covered by a ‘Brexit dividend’ have been rubbished by the Office for Budget Responsibility. In a devastating assessment of Britain’s finances it dismissed suggestions that the increased NHS spending could be paid for with extra cash after we leave the EU stating ‘Brexit is more likely to […]

Brexit is now being shaped by ministers who have a record of failing and dismissing the young, says TOMMY GALE of Our Future, Our Choice The New European is an award-winning national newspaper campaigning against Brexit. If you find this article informative, please share it and also consider supporting our journalism by subscribing. You may […]

A former Liberal Democrat leader has been forced to apologise after missing a key Brexit vote in the House of Commons. Both previous leader Tim Farron and current boss Sir Vince Cable were absent for the government-backed amendments to Theresa May’s Chequers proposal. One of the amendments was passed in favour of the government by […]

After the death of Franco and the end of censorship, Spanish cinema entered an erotic film phase which helped shape the modern nation. Madrid, June 1978. A sweltering heatwave is matched by the tensions bubbling through newspaper headlines. Nearly three years since the death of dictator Francisco Franco, politicians are intensely debating the new constitution […]

Vote Leave has been slapped with a fine and reported to the police over spending breaches during the Brexit referendum. At the conclusion of a probe into spending, the Electoral Commission said its investigation found ‘significant evidence’ of joint working between lead campaigner, Vote Leave, and another campaign group, BeLeave. But Vote Leave hit back […]

Theresa May is facing the possibility of another Commons defeat after attempting to bring forward MPs’ summer holidays in the middle of the latest Brexit political crisis. MPs are due to rise for the summer recess on July 24 but a motion tabled last night would see the Commons rise on Thursday, with a vote […]

Today’s cave-in from the prime minister has led to an extraordinary series of blue-on-blue attacks in the House of Commons as Tories on both sides of the debate traded insults. The most notable exchange came from Anna Soubry who warned that the PM no longer appeared to be in charge of her party, and said […]

TIM WALKER on the plays that show nothing ever changes in politics. Gielgud Theatre, London, until September 7 If there’s one political speech that’s stood the test of time – and I always wonder at how brilliantly manipulative it is every time I hear it – it’s the ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’ eulogy that Mark Antony […]

Theresa May has bowed to pressure from Tory Brexiteers after accepting crucial changes to her Chequers Brexit plan. Eurosceptics tabled amendments to the Government’s Customs Bill aimed at imposing strict conditions on the Prime Minister after she produced a plan at Chequers that would keep the UK closely tied to Brussels’ rules on goods and […]

Psychotherapist Emmy van Deurzen on the impact of Brexit on mental health and the launch of an initiative which tries to help those affected Each day brings new information about the devastation that leaving the EU will visit upon us from next April, when we plan to cut ourselves off from our trusted partners. Our […]

A new round of major EU meetings are taking place this week, but Britain’s new Brexit secretary Doninic Raab will not be attending. British diplomats have confirmed that Raab will not be attending the first round of negotiations on Monday, instead choosing to speak at a summer drinks event organised by the right-wing free market […]

Brexit is moving into a new and hopefully terminal phase. Aware that they have no majority in the parliamentary Conservative Party, the Brexiteers are in retreat. I expect this new era will be soundtracked by moans about how their special Brexit has been ruined and how all its golden opportunities have been lost in a […]

Theresa May faces a make-or-break period as she battles to keep her premiership on track until Parliament’s summer recess. MPs will drift away from Westminster and its febrile atmosphere when the Commons rises on July 24, potentially giving the Prime Minister some breathing space – but further challenges remain in the autumn. Here are some […]

Another ministerial aide has quit as Theresa May comes under intense pressure from Brexiteers to change her controversial blueprint for leaving the European Union. North Cornwall MP Scott Mann resigned as parliamentary private secretary to the Treasury on Monday morning. He has become the ninth Tory MP to hand in his resignation in just ten […]

No wonder Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is so desperate to go for the kill. But the prospects of an early general election, which Corbyn so eagerly desires, seem remote. Unless the Government is defeated on a vote of confidence. Rarely has an official position faced such a ragbag of a Government in such a state […]

Theresa May is facing a Commons showdown with Tory Brexiteers determined to force her to abandon her controversial blueprint for leaving the European Union. Amid rising backbench anger, MPs are set to vote on Monday on a series of Commons amendments intended to wreck her Chequers plan for a ‘common rule book’ covering a new […]

Grace Campbell discusses how much women have to lose from the UK’s departure from the EU. If Brexit had a face, it would be that of a man. It would look a lot like Voldemort. Voldemort insecurely trying to cover his ugly head with a blonde wig he’d borrowed from Boris Johnson, a pair of […]

The US president criticised Theresa May’s Brexit proposals as he gave a press conference in Brussels. The New European is an award-winning national newspaper campaigning against Brexit. If you find this article informative, please share it and also consider supporting our journalism by subscribing. Donald Trump inflicted a fresh blow on Theresa May just an […]

Former education secretary Justine Greening has denounced Theresa May’s Brexit plans as the ‘worst of both worlds’ and has called for a referendum on the final say. Writing in The Times Greening explains that the final decision needs to be taken out of the hands of ‘deadlocked politicians’, and given back to the people. ‘The […]

A petition demanding a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union surpassed 215,000 signatures following a spate of cabinet resignations. Anti-Brexit demonstrators fill Parliament Square in central London, during the People’s Vote march, which called for a vote on the final Brexit deal. Picture date: Saturday 23rd June, […]

The Doors’ frontman was supposed to go to the French capital to find inspiration, but found only disintegration. Sophia Deboick pieces together his final weeks. For three days after his death in an apartment at Number 17 Rue Beautreillis, Jim Morrison’s body remained at the property. Wrapped in plastic and packed in dry ice, it […]

Boris Johnson’s use of the term ‘the dream is dying’ is revealing. Dreams always end when reality intrudes. The Brexiteers have now received their wake-up call and know that the central thesis on which their argument was based – that ‘they need us more than we need them’ and therefore that at zero cost we […]

The PM defended her revised Brexit plan, agreed by the Cabinet at Chequers, which led to the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. Theresa May has revealed that Donald Trump advised her to sue the EU over Brexit. Appearing on BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show, the prime minister said: ‘He told me I should […]

On its 10th anniversary, James Rodgers looks back on a conflict which could turn out to be one of the 21st century’s great turning points. A column of Russian armoured vehicles moves towards the Roki tunnel on the border with Russia as they leave South Ossetia in August 2008. Picture: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images – Credit: […]

DAVID TARBOX is happy to come to your social club to show you his new film. He asks just one thing in return So I’ve got a real problem. I’ve made a short film about Brexit, but I don’t think anyone wants to see it. Been asking friends to watch it. The most common reply? […]

Thousands of anti-Trump campaigners descended on the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for a national demonstration against the US president’s visit. Many carried placards with messages including ‘Dump Trump’, ‘Love Trumps Hate’, while others carried signs with messages for the American leader, including ‘Tweet off Twitter twit’ and ‘Bolt ya rocket’. Some protesters dressed up for […]

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has strolled straight back into his lucrative role as a Daily Telegraph columnist, it was announced today. Mr Johnson was forced to give up the £275,000-a-year column when brought in to the Cabinet by Theresa May in 2016. But on its front page today the Brexit-backing paper announced with a […]

The lessons Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn could learn from a previous incumbent of Downing Street who faced a challenging time over Europe. Theresa May has lost her Brexit secretary, David Davis, and her foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, as the Brexit negotiations reach a climactic point. Her already-fragile position becomes even more wobbly. She has […]