West England Bylines on tour at Bristol Transformed
We will be at Bristol Transformed, Saturday 4th of April. Come and say 'hi'
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Take Three Eggs
A poem for Easter
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The union did us wrong – a workers’ rights crisis
In a vacuum of official guidance, unions in the UK are letting down trans workers with their lack of advice on use of toilet facilities
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Britain’s far right: the state of hate 2026
A report from HOPE not hate analyses the rising popularity of the far right, from Nigel Farage's Reform UK to those even more right wing
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Travelodge Given Almost £70m In Public Money Since 2022 Hotel Room Assault
There are growing questions over whether Travelodge should continue to receive taxpayers' money after PoliticsHome revealed that the public sector had given the hotel chain over £68m since a woman was sexually assaulted in one of its rooms in 2022.
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Rail And Bus Fares Should Be Cut To Protect Public From Iran Petrol Spike, Says Ed Davey
Ed Davey has called for the government to reduce public transport fares to protect people from cost-of-living pressures triggered by the Iran war.
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Easter and more at Sewerby Hall
Jousting and other family fun for all ages during the Easter holidays – and hosting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in May
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Barnum – The Circus Musical returns to the north
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford welcomes an exuberant revival of this colourful musical extravaganza as it starts its UK tour
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PM Warns Reopening Strait Of Hormuz "Will Not Be Easy"
Keir Starmer has warned that attempts to resume the vital flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz "will not be easy" in a Downing Street statement on the Iran war.
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Students Consider Legal Action After Being Given Loans Worth £190m In Error
Students could take legal action after over a dozen universities wrongly classified their courses as being eligible for maintenance loans, leading to thousands being told they owed money.
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King's US State Visit To Go Ahead Despite Trump Attacks On UK Over Iran
King Charles and Queen Camilla will meet US President Donald Trump on a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
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Labour Suspends Outspoken MP Karl Turner
Karl Turner MP has had the Labour whip suspended after a series of strong public criticisms of No 10 and government policy.
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"I Feel Proud And Privileged": House Of Lords Employee Retiring After Almost 50 Years In Parliament
The Printed Paper Office’s Shaun Connor is retiring after an extraordinary 48 years of service to Parliament. He tells Noah Vickers about his varied career and the ‘privilege’ of working in Westminster
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Iran: a growing campaign around Iran’s future supporting the third option
A London rally and a parliamentary event for Nowruz underscore the increasing national and international support for democracy in Iran
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PM Says Iran Conflict Is "Not Our War"
Keir Starmer has reiterated that the conflict in Iran is "not our war" and the UK is "not going to be dragged into it" as the government tries to protect households from the economic impact of the conflict.
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"Every Movement Was Controlled": The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders
There has been a 13-fold increase in the use of court orders that deny children freedom to move and associate in the last seven years. Justine Smith explores the reasons behind this huge increase in what are supposed to be emergency orders
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Chariots, Treasure and Power: secrets of the Melsonby Hoard
Authority and ritual revealed as UK’s largest collection of Iron Age metalwork goes on view in a landmark Yorkshire exhibition
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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky
As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty
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Sonia Kumar MP On Training Physiotherapists In A War Zone And Why She Quit The NHS
Labour MP Sonia Kumar tells Sienna Rodgers about travelling to Ukraine with a team of British clinicians to train local therapists, helping injured soldiers recover faster
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Research Security and the EU’s Geopolitical Turn: Governing Knowledge in a Changing World
Cristina Pinna Over the past decade, research security has moved from a technical concern discussed among specialists to a central issue in European research policy. What began as a debate about protecting sensitive technologies has expanded into a broader question about how knowledge should be governed in a changing geopolitical environment. Today, it shapes funding […]
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Over A Dozen Universities Wrongly Spent £190m Of Taxpayers' Money On Student Loans
Exclusive: A student loans mistake by universities has seen up to £190m of taxpayers’ money wrongly given to unaware students, PoliticsHome can reveal, leaving thousands of them facing repayment orders.
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Book review: Trading Game by Gary Stevenson
A working-class boy succeeds as a city trader and sheds light on the crash of 2008 and the failure of a generation of economists
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Brian Leishman: "We’re Miles Off Where A Labour Party Should Be"
After a life in golf and football, Brian Leishman finds himself at the sharp end of the new government’s whipping operation. He speaks to Ben Gartside.
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The Rundown Podcast: We Are Taking On Forces Of Nimbyism, Says Housing Minister
On this week’s episode of The Rundown, housing minister Matthew Pennycook talks about taking on nimbyism and how plans for seven ‘new towns’ will help hit ambitious housebuilding targets.
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Northern growth strategy: repackaging old ideas as change
Although a welcome step, the government’s new strategy for northern growth continues the piecemeal approach to Yorkshire’s needs
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Curiosity Cube™ inspires future scientists in Oxford through hands-on discovery
Merck volunteers provide access to STEM programmes for children across the world
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If Labour Doesn't Revamp The Civil Service, Reform UK Will Dismantle It, Warns Hermer
Attorney General Richard Hermer has warned that failure by the Labour government to improve Whitehall delivery will pave the way for Reform UK to "dismantle" the civil service.
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Former AI Minister Warns Social Media Ban Could "Cut Off" Education For Young People
Labour MP and former AI minister Feryal Clark has warned that restricting young people’s access to social media could "cut off" vital education resources for disadvantaged or vulnerable children, as parliamentarians consider whether to introduce a ba...
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Out Of The Rough: Cricket's Battle To Open Up To All
Cricket has long been seen as an exclusionary and rarefied sport, but it is undergoing huge changes, including a drive by its chiefs to open it up to all. Alan White reports
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Iran elementary school attack: innocent children of war
In Iran, the attack on an elementary school cannot be dismissed as a consequence of war; it was illegal, and inhuman that children died
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Yorkshire campaigners at Westminster demand action on polluted water
Pushback against the recent white paper on water pollution shows much more change is needed before parliament meets campaigners goals
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British values must include faith, not exclude it
A British Muslim woman challenges claims that public prayer undermines national values, arguing tolerance must apply equally to all faiths
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Sir Lenny Henry Centre hosts student debate on BBC Charter
Press release: students join the debate on BBC Charter Renewal, as LHC drives youth voices into a pivotal moment for the broadcaster’s future
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Political Donations From Overseas To Be Capped At £100,000
Political donations from British citizens living overseas will be capped at £100,000 as part of a major reform to the role of money in politics.
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Labour MPs Told To Block Amendments Giving Victims Right To Free Court Transcripts
Labour MPs have been told to vote down House of Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill which would allow people to have free access to transcripts of court proceedings in which they are the victims.
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Olympic Medallist Baroness Davies: “I’m Not Going To Lie. Is That A Problem?”
From racing doped East German swimmers to campaigning on women’s sport, Olympic medallist turned Conservative life peer Baroness Davies tells Sienna Rodgers that fairness will drive her work in the Lords
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Would New North Sea Drilling Protect Households From The Iran Energy Shock?
There are growing calls, including from US President Donald Trump, for the UK to allow new drilling in the North Sea in response to the spike in energy prices triggered by the Iran war. How much difference would it make?
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‘Mr. Nobody’ wins an Oscar for democracy
A teacher acts with remarkable courage against an oppressive regime – a lesson from Russia we all need to learn
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A legacy of home baking
A tender look back at a grandmother whose collection of recipes still provides inspiration to her family today
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Culture Clash – Lisa Nandy On Keeping Hope Alive
Critics say Lisa Nandy should spend more time meeting stakeholders in her brief, but the Culture Secretary tells Francis Elliott she’s fighting for the government to give hope to the most vulnerable. Photography by Tom Pilston
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Fitting memorial for a young man no longer the ‘unknown soldier’
Finally, a definitive answer to a decades-long mystery: the identity of an ‘unknown soldier’ buried in an unmarked grave a Belgian cemetery
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PM Warns Iran War "Could Go On For Some Time"
Keir Starmer has told MPs that the country must not fall into "false comfort" thinking that there will be "a quick and early end" to the Iran conflict and that he is planning on the basis that "it could go on for some time".
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Turning The Tide: Can Digital Nomads Breathe New Life Into Seaside Towns?
Britain’s seaside towns are often emblematic of economic ill-health, but Zoe Crowther finds hope that digital entrepreneurs will breathe new life into coastal economies
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Press release: From Cathedral City to construction sites, Chichester joins the UK’s Builders’ Brew Relay
With two tradespeople lost to suicide every working day, Fix Radio launches Tea-Lay to encourage more open conversations about mental health
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Life in limbo: how the asylum debate is reshaping a coastal town
Bournemouth offers a microcosm of the UK’s asylum system – here, support networks, political tensions, and long waits shape everyday life
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From ‘Workington Man’ To Clubs On The Brink: Rugby League’s Fight To Survive
Rugby league is cherished by many of the 'left behind' towns that have become central to Britain's electoral politics. But now community clubs are fighting to stay afloat, reports Adam Payne
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Don’t ban Freddie please! Tesco gets petitioned
Petition launched to allow much-loved moggy back into Skegness Tesco store
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Inside The Battle For Labour's Mainstream: Luke Akehurst Vs Luke Hurst
Two internal players called Luke are battling to claim Labour’s mainstream. The outcome of their rivalry will shape the future of the party – and possibly the country. Sienna Rodgers reports
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Press release: Venice comes to Great Malvern with Monteverdi’s Vespers
On Saturday 30th May, Great Malvern Priory’s glorious acoustic will resound to a recreation of the musical grandeur of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice in the early 17th Century
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Racist Debates Happening Now Weren't Taking Place A Decade Ago, Warns Sajid Javid
Former cabinet minister Sajid Javid has said that division is on the rise in the UK.
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Ladybird summer
In the ladybird summer of 1976, the little red insects were all over the West of England
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Book review: The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Nicholas Stern
In The Growth Story, Nicholas Stern sets out the large-scale change required to shape a path to future sustainable growth
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Public Backs Long-Term Protection For BBC, Poll Suggests
A poll shared exclusively with PoliticsHome has found widespread public support for the BBC charter being put on a permanent footing, in a move which the government has said will help protect the corporation from "culture wars".
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Sadiq Khan says Labour should pledge to rejoin EU
Downing Street has repeatedly said the government will not rejoin the single market or customs union.
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Red Wall Labour MPs Urge Government To Stick With Immigration Reforms
Labour MPs on the right of the party are urging Keir Starmer to stick with a planned tightening of immigration laws after Angela Rayner called the reforms "un-British".
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The View from the Top
OK, there never was a plan but here’s the thing – I am the man
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Angela Rayner Joins Fightback Against Government Immigration Reforms
Former Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has given her backing to the efforts of a large group of Labour MPs currently lobbying the government against its immigration reforms.
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Travelodge Pulls Out Of Meeting With MPs About Hotel Security
Travelodge has pulled out of a planned meeting with MPs who wanted to raise issues of room security with the hotel chain.
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CO₂ is not just changing our climate, it’s attacking our physiology
It’s not just climate change we should worry about, increased CO₂ is already changing our physiology, and not in a good way
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A long time in politics – are the wheels falling off Reform?
Gorton goes green, Reform responds with bad grace, the Mandelson fallout continues and council chaos ensues
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‘Racist’, ‘offensive’, ‘useless’, ‘pathetic’: Reform UK and the Tory defectors, in their own words
Braverman, Jenrick, Zahawi, and Farage tell us how the Tories’ moral bankruptcy has led to Reform UK
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An open letter to Adrian Warwick
Warwickshire’s chaos isn’t an accident – it survives because Conservatives keep the ladder steady while denying they hold it: an open letter
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Queering the EU’s Foreign Policy and external relations: What does this mean and why does it matter?
By Dimitris Bouris (University of Amsterdam), Saul Kenny (Article 109), Hanna L. Mühlenhoff (University of Amsterdam) In our recent article for JCMS we set out to queer the European Union Foreign and Security Policy. But what does this mean? Queer, once a slur, is now a popular term that captures the variety of sexual orientations […]
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When Development Policy Becomes Migration Policy: Side Effect or by Design?
By Agnese Pacciardi (School of Global Studies, University of Sussex) In June 2026, the European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum will enter into force. The Pact explicitly recognises the role of civil society organisations and NGOs in EU migration management, acknowledging their practical expertise, especially in working in contexts that are outside the EU. […]
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Lorries skipping border checks is disease risk - MPs
Government data shows a rise in trucks failing to turn up at Sevington after arrival in Kent.
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Summary: “Public Health, Markets, and Law” – A Symposium in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
On 24 February 2026 3-4.30pm GMT, EUHealthGov hosted the launch of a Symposium entitled ‘Public Health, Markets, and Law’ published recently in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, and guest-edited by Dr Mina Hosseini and Professor Imelda Maher (both UCD). The role of markets in […]
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Spain to check Gibraltar arrivals under post-Brexit deal
Arrivals at the Rock's airport would have to show their passport twice under a new UK-EU treaty.
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A UACES-funded fieldwork trip exploring big tech companies’ roles in translating what cybersecurity is
I am honored to have received the UACES scholarship to support my fieldwork in Brussels. As a doctoral candidate at KCL, my research focuses on how tech companies contest securitization processes after being labelled as national security threats. Exploring tech companies’ contestation of these security claims aims to ask a bigger question of how tech […]
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Why could the EU's new border system mean holiday delays?
The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.
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Reeves argues for deeper trade partnership with EU
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says closer partnership with the EU is beneficial for economy and security.
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Soft Authoritarian Transformation of Higher Education in Hungary: Taming Academic Freedom with Neoliberal Precarity
Zahra Jafarova In the shifting landscape of European higher education, neoliberal reforms used to be celebrated as tools for financial efficiency and institutional autonomy. But how does such a market-oriented framework function when it is instrumentalized by a regime drifting away from democracy towards authoritarianism? In Hungary, the transformation of the university system stands out […]
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The boundless mystery of Assimilated EU Law?
This piece was originally published on the UK in a Changing Europe site. It’s something of a truism to say that Brexit is a process, not an event, but nowhere is this more evident than in the UK’s continuing difficulties in managing the pieces of legislation it adopted during its time as a member […]
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Legitimacy and legacy of the EU’s socio-economic crisis governance during Covid-19
By Marius Guderjan (Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Mario Kölling (Department of Political Science, Spanish National Distance Education University) Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems something of the past and meanwhile overshadowed by other crises, we should still remember its profound impact on public health, people, employment and businesses. In 2020, the real […]
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In memory of my grandparents
The photo accompanying this article shows the memorial stone at the site of the Nazi extermination camp based in Treblinka, Poland. It was one of over 40,000 death camps and incarceration centres purposely built to mass-murder or enslave millions of people during Hitler’s regime. I drove to Treblinka in 1991. It was one of the […]
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In memory of my grandparents
The photo accompanying this article shows the memorial stone at the site of the Nazi extermination camp based in Treblinka, Poland. It was one of over 40,000 death camps and incarceration centres purposely built to mass-murder or enslave millions of people during Hitler’s regime. I drove to Treblinka in 1991. It was one of the […]
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From Capital Markets Union to Savings and Investments Union: Why the EU keeps changing the story on financial integration
By David Howarth (University of Luxembourg) and Lucia Quaglia (University of Bologna) Financial market integration has been a core objective of European integration since the 1950s. Over several decades, the European Union (EU) has adopted hundreds of legislative acts aimed at removing barriers to cross-border finance and harmonising the regulation and supervision of capital markets. […]
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Starmer ready for closer EU alignment 'in the national interest'
It is the clearest indication yet the PM wants to pursue a closer relationship with Europe in a broader number of areas.
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Don't rule out EU customs union, TUC boss tells Starmer
Trade unionist Paul Nowak says he wants to see the "closest possible" economic relationship with the EU.
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How Rejoin can win
For years the pro EU side has been fragmented. Different groups protected their own branding, their own messages, their own direction. But no single organisation can deliver Rejoin. Not the European Movement, not any party, not any individual campaigner. If we want to rejoin a union of European countries, our first task is to become […]
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Knowledge is how we win against Brexit
The antidote to lies is the truth. Britain left the EU because the public were systematically misled. Many now recognise this, but millions still do not. When the truth becomes widely understood, the UK can reset its view of the EU. A fresh start. A chance to see Europe not through myths, but through facts. […]
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Henry Zeffman: Less than meets the eye to Starmer's words on Brexit
This week, the PM was trying to set the scene for what is to come on the UK-EU relationship, sources say.
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The message Britain ignored: Why we need migrants
The warning was clear over a decade ago, but Britain failed to listen. Back in 2014, on the BBC’s Sunday Politics London programme, Andrew Neil was discussing David Cameron’s plan to curb EU migration, a plan driven more by fear than common sense. Nick Watt, then of The Guardian and now of BBC Newsnight, offered a […]
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Europe’s first single market 2,000 years ago
The first time Europe had free movement of people, a single market, and a single currency was under the Roman Empire. The Itiner-E project, created with Google’s support, has digitally recreated the enormous 186,000-mile road network that once connected Rome’s dominion from Britain to the Balkans. People, goods, and ideas travelled freely across a continent ruled […]
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Polish pilots helped us to win the Battle of Britain – but later they were shunned
It was 85 years ago, on 31 October 1940, that Britain finally crushed the relentless Nazi air assault on our country that had lasted for over three gruelling months. Without brave Polish pilots it’s unlikely that the Battle of Britain would have resulted in the first major defeat against Hitler. The Poles were extremely skilled […]
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Labour can’t make Brexit work
My poster in October 2024 said the black hole in Britain’s finances was Brexit. Now the Chancellor agrees: Brexit is the cause of many of Britain’s economic problems. Rachel Reeves has finally drawn a straight line from leaving the EU to the choices in her budget. In an interview with The Guardian, she admitted that […]
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Migrants are not to blame for Britain’s problems
Britain depends on migrants – yet our leaders and some newspapers still scapegoat them for the nation’s ills. The truth is the very opposite: without migrants, Britain would struggle to survive, let alone thrive. Ten years ago, in October 2015, I gave a speech about how UK newspapers were publishing shocking lies about migrants and […]
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Churchill’s dream has almost come true
In May 1948 Winston Churchill declared at the launch of the Congress of Europe: “We cannot aim at anything less than the union of Europe as a whole.” Churchill’s dream has nearly come true. Today, almost every European country is either in the EU or has applied to join. The outsiders? Russia, Belarus, and Britain. On […]
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Brexit: How Britain was out-negotiated
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, kept a secret diary of the talks. Published in 2021, it revealed in painful detail why Britain lost so badly at the negotiating table. Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street chief of staff, summed it up. Britain was left with: “a flawed withdrawal agreement and a deeply disadvantageous future […]
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Sea border for food and agricultural products 'in place until 2027'
The border for such goods will not be dismantled until 2027, the UK government is expected to confirm.
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What is the new Northern Ireland Brexit trade deal?
Ministers have set out new trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and the EU.
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A quick guide to what's in the Brexit deal
These are the most important aspects of the UK-EU deal, and what they mean for people's lives and businesses.
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Full Brexit journey in under two minutes
It's been more than three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union but how did we get here?
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Why we lost – and where we go from here
When the history of Brexit is written, the Lib Dems’ decision to let Johnson hold this election will be seen as a key strategic error.
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7 reasons to vote Johnson out
We can kick Johnson out. So brave the elements and vote for the candidates with the best chance of beating the Tories.
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Trump sabotages Brexiters’ last-ditch safety net
Relying on the WTO for our trade was always a terrible idea. Now that the US president has ripped a hole in it, it’s economic suicide.
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With a final tactical voting push, we can beat Johnson
Good news from YouGov poll is Tory lead is shrinking. Bad news is they are still ahead because too many pro-European votes are being wasted.
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Johnson won’t stop the chaos – that’s just propaganda
A Tory victory means more chaos. The only way to end the arguments over Brexit and fix our real problems is to vote them out.
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Tories bully BBC because it’s easily cowed
Johnson yesterday hinted he would axe the licence fee. This had two purposes: cover up his NHS blunder and pummel the BBC into submission.
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At Christmas you tell the truth, but not if you’re Johnson
PM rips off Love Actually in his video but misses out the punch line: “Just because it’s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth.”
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Don’t worry about voting tactically for Corbyn. He won’t win
Right-wing press has branded Corbyn unelectable. They are right - he is. Not for the reasons they suggest, but because of simple maths.
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Tory “punch” propaganda backfires
To cover up Johnson’s NHS disaster, Tories fabricate story about Labour activist punching Hancock aide.
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Johnson’s dishonesty and disorganisation on Irish Sea border
Not only is Johnson lying about surrendering to the EU demand for an internal UK border, he isn’t ready to deliver a deal by December 2020.
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