Brexit

Chancellor Philip Hammond has launched a ferocious counter-attack on cabinet rivals who have been briefing against him claiming Brexiteers are behind the plots. He accused them of trying to undermine his attempts to secure a Brexit deal which protected jobs and the economy. Hammond has been hit by a series of press reports claiming the […]

It’s becoming clear what the British people want from Brexit. But they are not being given the option, says former PM Tony Blair This was on any basis an extraordinary election, unique in recent British political experience and with major political consequence. The country is deeply divided: between young and old; metropolitan and outside the […]

A new Big Lie is currently entering the Big Lie lexicon. It is that 51.9% having voted Leave last June 23 – National Self-Harm Day – the number has now risen to over 80%. When the Brexit pathology is studied, hopefully by historians examining how the UK found its reverse gear and pulled back from […]

Cock ups, chaos and calamity – Brexit is a shitstorm like no other. We pick over the carcass of another rotting week of Brexit madness 10) Theresa May ‘Only the Conservatives can deliver a successful Brexit’ – remember that? It seems Theresa May is flip flopping on yet another election promise. She has now made […]

The Government’s actions based on the 2016 referendum’s outcome were politically illegitimate It is plain to every impartial observer that Brexit is a disaster, and promises yet worse. The harm to the UK, already happening and already mounting in ever larger quantities, is as clear as day. In any rational order a stop would have […]

Where can I buy The New European? What stories are in the latest issue of The New European? https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/885430400377606144 The New European is a unique newspaper; launched in the heat of the Brexit vote – and designed to last only four weeks – we are still here, more than a year later, and thanks to […]

Where can I buy The New European? What stories are in the latest issue of The New European? https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/877894208572407808 It’s one whole year since the referendum vote and a year many may want to forget. But one thing we can all be cheerful about is the latest brilliant issue of The New European – which […]

Brexit talks kick off on Monday – but there won’t be any talk about trade. The Brussels talks will focus on the status of expats, the UK’s ‘divorce bill’ and the Northern Irish border, rather than on any future trade relations with the European Union. The European Commission said the one-day meeting between its chief […]

Tell this new voting tool your constituency and it recommends who to vote for to prevent Theresa May’s Hard Brexit PA Archive/PA Images – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Tactical voting to oppose Brexit could still have a huge impact on the General Election. Labour’s muddled EU policy and a weakened Liberal Democrats mean there is […]

Get your weekly dose of politics as Matt Kelly, Steve Anglesey, Richard Porritt and Geri Scott dissect the Tory manifesto and crown Brexiteer of the week In episode two of The New European podcast, the team take a look back at a week in Brexit focusing on the Conservative Party’s manifesto, the state of the […]

Don’t turn your back on democracy on June 8, urged Miller Speaking at The Convention – a two-day public debate on the deep impacts of Brexit – Brexit campaigner Gina Miller urged voters to use their ‘enormous privilege’ by voting in ‘a smart, tactical way.’ ‘As for you, who maybe feel betrayed, or apathy or […]

Theresa May has resisted calls to lower the voting age to 16, insisting young people could get involved in politics without casting a ballot. If you are 16 or 17 you can get married, join the armed forces and if you are working you will have to pay tax. And yet you have no say […]

An exclusive poll conducted by The New European shows Lib Dems set to profit in the election of June 8 In the 2015 general election which party did you vote for?Create line charts Support for Labour among anti-Brexit Remain voters has swung dramatically to the Liberal Democrats, a survey of readers of The New European […]

‘We can’t just destroy a beautiful country’ says Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson Branson has said a hard Brexit would be a disaster for the UK and could warrant a second referendum. ‘The people voted for the Government to come out of Europe based on £350million more going into the NHS and a whole lot […]

A win for the Tories team could be bad news for foxes as the PM pledges a free vote to overturn hunting ban. Theresa May has outraged animal lovers with a pledge to hold a free vote on overturning the ban on fox hunting. The Prime Minister said she was in favour of the outlawed […]

Is May running a Trump-style campaign? Five things we learned yesterday 1. Theresa May has denied that she is running a presidential-style campaign amid claims she is ashamed of the ‘nasty’ party. The Conservative brand has played second fiddle to ‘Theresa May’s team’ at events so far. But the Prime Minister insisted: ‘If you look […]

Election news, reaction and analysis on May 10. .

The populist right has been dealt a heavy blow after Marine Le Pen was defeated in the French election. Emmanuel Macron looks set to become France’s next president after exit polls gave him a strong lead over Le Pen. Polling agencies project the 39-year-old political novice has won 65% of the vote, with Le Pen […]

Disagreements, defectors, election speak: Our (Brexiteer) diarist Iain Dale records a new election week I do wonder whether the right-wing polemicist Christopher Booker has undergone a brain transplant. For more years than I can remember he has written a column in the Sunday Telegraph pointing out the corruption and absurdities endemic in the Brussels beast. […]

The game is back on… and you have to ask why? Well I did NOT see that coming. Literally; as you may even remember, in an early column I dismissed the notion of Theresa May calling a snap election before 2020 as I could see no electoral advantage for her in doing so. What’s changed? […]

… they never do, says The New European’s election editor At least Theresa May deserves a round of applause for pulling off a real surprise. Even her cabinet did not know. Those of us who saw her as a risk-averse, Anglo-Catholic vicar’s daughter, raised in the gentler, Ovaltine conservatism of small town Oxfordshire, never spotted […]

We pick out the worst Leavers of a week in which people came together and united behind the opportunities which lie ahead. Probably. The UKIP Paw Patrol (NEW ENTRY) When a UKIP supporter shouts for his bulldog to come, it doesn’t necessarily mean he wants the hound to move closer. A YouGov poll has found […]

Don’t miss your chance to vote on election day, June 8: This is everything you need to know about registering to vote in GE2017 Who needs to register? If you have never voted, have moved constituency, or have turned 18 recently then you will need to register if you have not done so already. When […]

Theresa May wants to railroad Britain into a Hard Brexit by increasing her majority in the House of Commons to stifle any opposition or Tory rebellion. The Prime Minister has admitted she called the shock General Election to give her a clearer ‘mandate’ during negotiations with the European Union and many now fear her apparent […]

Parliament gives Theresa May’s snap election the nod. . . . . .

Here is Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement announcing that a General Election is to be held on June 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIlWw0xLGco ‘I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet, where we agreed that the Government should call a general election, to be held on June 8. ‘I want to explain the reasons for that decision, […]

The Prime Minister has shocked the nation by announcing a snap General Election. The poll will be held on June 8. The news comes after repeated denials by Number 10 that the PM would call a snap election but also just days after some polls showed Labour at an historic low. As a stunned Westminster […]

Theresa May used her traditional Easter message to talk of people ‘coming together’ ignoring growing fears over Hard Brexit Theresa May has again claimed the whole country is backing Brexit. Seemingly ignoring the fact that 48% of Britons – including the PM herself – voted to remain inside the European Union May used her Easter […]

A former MI6 chief has called the allegations of contact between Trump’s team and Moscow ‘unprecedented’ A top British spook has suggested Donald Trump has deep financial links back to Russia which could return to haunt the US President. Ex-MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove claimed the President borrowed money from Russian lenders to keep his […]

A group of MPs have called on the Government to ensure Brexit does not impact science MPs have urged the Government not to slam the door on scientists and experts from overseas after Brexit. The Commons Science and Technology Committee also said the Government should fully commit to making up any shortfall in research funding […]

MPs have expressed their fears that hackers attacked the voter registration website in the weeks before the EU referendum A voter registration website that crashed in the run-up to the Brexit vote may have been brought down by foreign hackers. The Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) said it was deeply concerned about […]

What is at stake and what needs to change to ‘save the country’? I write these words in the warm autumn of the antipodes, where incredulous Australians and dismayed, distressed and unhappy British expatriates look at the farce, the lunacy, of Brexit from afar, and shake their heads. I tell them that Brexit will collapse […]