Matt Withers
03 September 2026
The Brexit debate which Reform ducked
Parliament held a debate on the impact of the EU referendum, 10 years on. Only one member of Nigel Farage's party turned up, and it wasn't him
Read the full article27 August 2026
What has the world’s worst stag night got to do with Iceland’s EU referendum?
Oddball peer Daniel Hannan has popped up to tell Icelanders how to vote this weekend - but he has a reason to be entitled to
Read the full article20 August 2026
Has Nigel Farage really got ‘more contacts across Europe than most people’?
Robert Jenrick made the unlikely claim as he insisted Reform would easily renegotiate Britain's withdrawal agreement from the EU
Read the full article13 August 2026
Project Fear? Tell the 78-year-old British widow fighting deportation from Sweden
The Leavers promised British citizens living in the EU would have their rights fully protected after Brexit. The reality is somewhat different
Read the full article06 August 2026
Some advice to Shabana Mahmood: follow Suella Braverman’s example
The Home Office is telling potentially thousands of EU citizens they have no right to remain. The home secretary needs to stop before it becomes a fiasco
Read the full article30 July 2026
Want to know Burnham’s EU policy? Watch Ed Miliband
The new foreign secretary appears to have successfully wrestled back ownership of European policy from the Cabinet Office
Read the full article23 July 2026
Should Burnham really have nixed Nick Thomas-Symonds?
The outgoing Europe minister, a Starmer loyalist, has paid the price despite putting in the hard yards on a Brexit reset
Read the full article16 July 2026
Yet more Brexit baggage we’re left with
The EU is banning airlines from charging for hand luggage. Guess who will only, at best, half-benefit?
Read the full article09 July 2026
How Gibraltar got the best of both worlds
Next week residents of the Rock will be able to travel anywhere in the Schengen area without restriction, leaving the UK in the shade
Read the full article02 July 2026
The Brexit advice Andy Burnham should throw in the bin
A letter from a little-known business organisation imploring the incoming prime minister not to dilute Brexit is best ignored
Read the full article25 June 2026
The Daily Express is demanding a ‘Proper Brexit’. What’s it talking about?
The newspaper has launched a fresh campaign for Brexit, just a decade after the electorate voted for it and five-and-a-half years after it was delivered
Read the full article21 June 2026
British voters ready to integrate with the EU, says new survey
New polling suggests that old Brexit red lines are falling away, with a majority now open to freedom of movement
Read the full article18 June 2026
The foreign policy-shaped hole in Burnham’s CV
He’s got a plan to reach No 10. Does he have one on dealing with Europe and the world?
Read the full article15 June 2026
How Makerfield fell out of love with Brexit
As Andy Burnham’s crucial by-election nears, a new poll eases fears that he may be damaged by his enthusiasm for the EU
Read the full article15 June 2026
Albania’s message to Jared Kushner – see you next Tuesday!
Trump’s son-in-law plans to build a tourist resort in Albania on a protected piece of coastline. But the people have other ideas and have taken to the streets to let Kushner know just what they think of him
Read the full article04 June 2026
Ignore the Daily Telegraph: the Brexit horror stories are true
The paper claimed that 'Project Fear' was pure propaganda - but the economic facts show it was all too real
Read the full article28 May 2026
Three countries, three referenda and one helpful example of what not to do
As Iceland, Switzerland and Alberta go to the polls, all have one warning ringing in their ears: Brexit
Read the full article21 May 2026
Brexit was for the rich, and they’re not even pretending anymore
Brexiteers used to claim their victory was for "real, ordinary, decent" people. Now they openly boast it was for billionaires
Read the full article14 May 2026
Is Wes Streeting the man to take Britain back into Europe?
Under a Streeting premiership, it is highly likely the government would take on a far more pro-EU approach
Read the full article07 May 2026
Why Starmer should, can and has no option but to move towards Europe
After the elections, a serious pivot to the EU is necessary, possible and the only card the beleaguered prime minister has left to play
Read the full article30 April 2026
The Reform candidate who says Brexit reduced the UK to a “state of disarray”
Julie MacDougall was a firm opponent of Britain leaving the EU - until she ditched Labour for a safe seat with Nigel Farage's party
Read the full article23 April 2026
Brexit Unleashed, a festival of the most consistently wrong people in Britain
A gathering of the most hopeless Brexit soothsayers is set to take place in London
Read the full article16 April 2026
Bill Cash is back. Have I gone back in time?
The veteran Brexiteer is in the Daily Telegraph railing against the government kowtowing to the European Union. Is it 1993?
Read the full article09 April 2026
Rejoining Europe: the policy which could ironically unite Britain
The message from the British public is now clear and consistent: they are in favour of having a closer relationship with the EU
Read the full article02 April 2026
The Brexit hardcore who still think it was right to leave
Believe it or not, they are still out there and still arguing that it was a tremendous success. What is wrong with them?
Read the full article26 March 2026
Will Brexit be on the ballot paper in Scotland this year?
For the SNP, promoting EU membership can portray independence not as leaving something, but joining something
Read the full article19 March 2026
Sadiq Khan speaks the Brexit truth the nation needs to hear
The Labour mayor of London has made a big intervention on Brexit – and his timing looks very canny indeed
Read the full article12 March 2026
The Brexiteers all in a pickle over Monster Munch
A new deal with the EU has roused the ERG from its slumber to defend the nation against a vicious attack on our Pot Noodles and Bacon Fries
Read the full article05 March 2026
So prime minister, are we European or not?
Starmer, it seems, just doesn’t want to deal with the question of our relationship with the EU – or at least, not in public. That now has to change
Read the full article04 March 2026
Special investigation: The strange case of Allister Heath
The Telegraph opinion writer is very strange indeed. An afternoon spent poking around in the archive revealed a trove of relentless, baffling weirdness
Read the full article26 February 2026
Yet another Brexit prediction turns to dust
The europhobes said if we left the EU, other countries would follow. Wrong. In fact, the opposite has happened – nations are now clamouring to get in
Read the full article21 January 2026
Where did Davos rank in Trump’s 11 maddest speeches?
The president’s lengthy rant about Greenland and wind farms was seriously unhinged - but he’s done worse
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