Brexit

Follow The New European’s live reactions to the BBC’s topical debate broadcast from Gillingham on April 6 On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley, businesswoman and broadcaster Michelle Dewberry, and Gerard Coyne, the West Midlands secretary of […]

UKIP’s former leader gets dressing down after ’embarrassing’ rant to EU parliament Nigel Farage has been labelled a ‘clown’ after accusing the European Parliament of ‘behaving like the mafia’. The former UKIP leader’s outburst came during a Strasbourg debate outlining the European Union’s Brexit negotiating red lines. Farage was told to retract his ‘unacceptable’ remark […]

MEPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a hard stance with Britain over Brexit The European Union will take a tough line with Britain over Brexit after MEPs voted in favour of a hefty divorce bill and barring the Prime Minister from cherry-picking privileged access to the single market. And European Commission’s president Jean-Claude Juncker […]

Comparing EU parliament to the Mafia (or to gangsters) because you’re unhappy with its Brexit demands is ‘unacceptable’. Ouch! https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/849531467273293824 Former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, was jeered by members of the EU parliament in Strasbourg for his unacceptable remark in which he compared the EU parliament to the Mafia. Farage said: ‘You have shown yourself […]

The Brexit Committee has called on the Government to publish a thorough assessment of the consequences of crashing out of the EU An influential group of MPs has attacked the Prime Minister’s belief that ‘no Brexit deal is better than a bad deal’ saying the claim is ‘unsubstantiated’. The House of Commons Exiting The European […]

The Commons Brexit Committee wants the Government to prove how Britain would cope if the Prime Minister fails to get a deal on leaving the EU A parliamentary report has called on Theresa May to provide evidence to back up her claim that leaving the European Union without a trade deal would be ‘better than […]

There is no ‘fall-back option’ for airlines if the UK is unable to secure an aviation agreement during Brexit negotiations, says travel trade organisation Abta The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) claimed it is ‘critical’ that existing deals are replaced or retained otherwise there could be a ‘hugely damaging’ reduction in flights. All of […]

Tory MPs give stamp of approval to return to the blue of 1980s Britain, claiming the ‘humiliation of having a pink European Union passport’ The UK passport could turn dark blue again after Brexit under a £490 million contract to redesign and produce a new version of the document. The passport is routinely redesigned every […]

Lord Michael Howard has compared the row over Gibraltar to the Falklands War after the PM failed to mention the Rock in her Brexit letter Just days after Theresa May formally triggered Britain’s exit from the European Union the debate has already descended in to threats of military action after a former Tory leader compared […]

Could Britain be forced to surrender the long-disputed territory of Gibraltar as part of Brexit negotiations? Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of a Brexit blunder after she failed to mention Gibraltar in her Article 50 letter. Now the EU is set to hand the Spanish government – which has long held a claim […]

We round up the losers and losers (because there are no winners) of another crazy seven days on Planet Brexit 10. Neil Hamilton (RE-ENTRY) When Labour AM Eluned Morgan marked Article 50’s triggering by telling the Welsh Assembly, ‘today is a profoundly sad day for the nation … of course, those who will pay the […]

The Prime Minister has pulled the trigger on Article 50 signalling an end to the Brexit phoney war Sir Tim Barrow hand delivers the Brexit letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk, in Brussels. Alexander Britton/PA Wire – Credit: PA Article 50 has been triggered – but the battle for Britain’s place in Europe has […]