Brexit

MICHAEL WHITE on how a brief moment of common sense was engulfed by intransigence of the leavers It must have been a coincidence. But on near-adjacent pages last Saturday’s Times carried high-minded visions of the Brexit process from two cerebral Conservatives who ought to have much in common, but currently don’t. As such their views […]

STEVE ANGLESEY counts down the worst Brexiteers of the week 10 Stella Fellas No-one is suggesting that Brexiteers are desperate for some good news, but Daily Telegraph chief political correspondent Christopher Hope appeared to have caught a glimpse of those famous sunlit uplands when he excitedly tweeted ‘Stella is now selling beer in pint cans. […]

The UK face “chaos” unless it is properly prepared for all potential Brexit outcomes, Chancellor Philip Hammond said today after he used his Budget to set aside a £3bn war chest to cope with leaving the EU. Mr Hammond said Brexit preparations were “not an optional piece of expenditure” and it was an “absolute obligation” […]

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A look at the week’s big stories, including a riddle over Jeremy Corbyn’s name, the fresh-faced new mayor of Lübeck and France’s averted butter crisis Angela Merkel’s domestic discomfort has been the source of some schadenfreude for the Brexit brigade with Jacob Rees-Mogg, predictably, among those suggesting it could give the UK some handy leverage […]

MPs will finish their line-by-line assessment of key Brexit legislation by Christmas, Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said today. The Commons leader and arch-Brexiteer said the eighth and final day of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill’s committee stage will be December 20 – the penultimate sitting day before the Christmas recess. The Bill, which seeks to […]

Philip Hammond attempted to challenge his image as a grey spreadsheet obsessive in his Budget speech with a string of jokes. So how did he do? The Chancellor peppered his annual speech on the nation’s finances with a number of one-liners. We put them all in one place so you can avoid the dull bits… […]

A Brexit war chest of at least £3bn has been set aside to prepare the UK for the prospect of failing to secure a deal with Brussels. Hard Brexiteers have put pressure on Chancellor Philip Hammond to commit money to preparations for a “no deal” scenario to show the European Union that the UK is […]

Tory former cabinet minister Nicky Morgan has warned Chancellor Philip Hammond to guard against a march to “economic nationalism” under the banner of Brexit. Speaking after Mr Hammond delivered his Budget, the Treasury Select Committee Chair warned that post-Brexit, the UK needed to retain its commitment to “openness, trade, investment and migration”. She said the […]

The UK government is failing to offer credible answers to the “hard questions” about the fate of the border post-Brexit, the Irish foreign minister has said. Simon Coveney rejected suggestions by Brexiteers that politicians in Dublin and Brussels were seeking to exploit the uncertainty over Northern Ireland’s position to strengthen the EU’s hand in the […]

Brexit Secretary David Davis today warned there was a possibility of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal – before falling off the stage himself. The arch-Brexiteer said a trade deal was the most likely outcome of the divorce talks, but added that the government was prepared to leave without a deal. […]

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Brexit has left Britain exposed to the sort of mockery and pity we once reserved for other countries, argues former Minister for Europe DENIS MACSHANE Brexit is fast turning Britain into the laughing stock of the democratic world. In the past, our politicians and journalists liked to mock Latin American or Mediterranean nations for their […]

My fellow parliamentarians should remember that voters will not forgive those who stand by and allow the country to be downgraded, says Labour MP NEIL COYLE Boris playing the rear of the ass and David Davis widow Twanky may appear funny to some but our Parliament becoming a pantomime is far from amusing for our […]

The NHS – and false claims about that £350m – helped tip the referendum. But as the threat from Brexit to the health service becomes clearer, it must now be the battleground on which the argument is finally won, argues senior doctor CHARLES HOUSE Even those who made the promise now appear to accept the […]

Our editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the ‘holy trinity’ required for any winning organisation – leadership, strategy and teamship I’ve written here before about some of the public opinion tests I do on any UK audience I speak to … ‘show of hands please… optimistic/pessimistic re Trump Presidency; optimistic/pessimistic re Brexit; will Theresa May fight the […]

Many in Grimsby voted Leave to revive its fishing heritage. So why are locals now seeking an exemption from Brexit for its seafood industry? ANTHONY CLAVANE reports There are some fantastic bargains on offer at Fred’s Fisheries. Cod, sea bass and small haddocks to name but three. Lovely fresh fish sold by a traditional fishmonger […]

Comedian, musician and writer MITCH BENN on a year in which politics is quite literally crazy So, where were you on November 8 last year? I can remember exactly where I was; I was alone in a room in the Holiday Inn in Media City, the gleamingly futuristic development in Salford Quays to which much […]

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Britain’s tech sector is flying. But, asks ANGELA JAMESON, will new Government cash be enough to stop Brexit bursting the bubble? Bill Gates is to create a smart city called Belmont in Arizona in an attempt to build the desert state into a tech hub to rival Silicon Valley. Of course there is a long […]

This week’s New European Podcast has dropped – and we are focusing on Brexit’s dreamiest couple. Michael Gove and Boris Johnson famously fell out amid the referendum vote aftershock – so why are they now back together? We also look in depth at the Daily Telegraph’s ‘mutineers’ splash and ask how the Brexit press will […]

MICHAEL WHITE on a Tory party as bitterly divided over Europe as they ever were Let’s sum up the week. Boris and Michael are in love again, but David is cross with both of them for sending an interfering ‘Orwellian’ love letter to Theresa about Philip’s ‘insufficient energy’ in wooing the fair maid, Brexit. Theresa […]

Noel Gallagher was today branded a “lad” by Nigel Farage after telling Brexit opponents to “f***ing get over it”. The former Oasis guitarist and songwriter said that, although he did not vote in the EU referendum and was himself a Remainer, there had been too much ‘noise’ in the aftermath. The comments, from a man […]

STEVE ANGLESEY counts down the worst Brexiteers of the week 10 BILL ETHERIDGE ‘I have been extremely naïve,’ said West Midlands MEP and failed UKIP leadership candidate Etheridge back in 2015, after he had repeated Enoch Powell’s warning that multiculturalism would lead to ‘rivers of blood’. Happily Bill is a changed man and now acts […]

RICHARD PORRITT with the week’s big stories All hail to the mutineers! The Daily Telegraph pulled off a remarkable feat this week by outraging both Remainers and Leavers with their bonkers splash labelling Tory Brexit rebels ‘mutineers’. Even Brexit minister Steve Baker took a shot at the Conservative Party’s in-house newsletter, saying ‘colleagues have sincere […]

Tim Martin, boss of the Wetherspoon pub chain, is pestering drinkers with his pro-Brexit beer mats. ANTHONY CLAVANE wonders whether his customers might find it too much to swallow

What do the Hard Brexiteers think of ‘taking back control’ only to have the US wade into the UK’s trading standards? ANGELA JAMESON investigates whether chlorinated chicken is back on the menu This summer Liam Fox turned many people’s stomachs when he suggested the UK should be open to accepting poultry that is washed in […]

As the Brexit Bill continues its chaotic progress through the Commons, pro-European peer HUGH DYKES warns that the Lords are ready to take up the fight when it reaches them For the UK – a country with a proud tradition of proper governance alongside lively party politics – the progress, or otherwise, of the infamous […]

Research by the British Election Study suggests the ethnic minority vote was crucial in the EU referendum. Only a third voted Leave, but those voters could well have clinched it for Brexit. Before that momentous June day, I went round the country to meet black, Asian, Arab, Chinese and various other non-indigenous Brits. In October […]

The playwright, author and critic on the fight against change The American journalist and author, Thomas L. Friedman, has given the times we live in a name: the Age of Acceleration. Change has come and is coming so quickly that it compares to looking out of the window of a jet in flight. We cannot […]

Editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on why leaving the EU is so damaging to the health service Another day, due to end with another anti-Brexit speech to another anti-Brexit meeting, but something truly upsetting happened en route to delay my arrival. Given that one of my exhortations to the meeting when I made it was that those […]

Article 50, which triggers Britain’s exit from the EU, can be reversed, according to the man who wrote it. Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, a former EU ambassador, said Brexit could be reversed right up to the last minute, despite Theresa May today announcing a withdrawal date and time would be on the bill going before […]