Book Review – Complicit: Britain’s role in the destruction of Gaza by Peter Oborne
In his new book, Peter Oborne describes in excoriating terms the UK’s complicity in Israel’s destruction and slaughter in Gaza
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Ministers Face “Staggeringly Expensive” Energy Bill Support Without More Targeted Scheme
A government intervention to protect energy bills from the impact of the Iran war risks being "staggeringly expensive", a leading economist has said.
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Ed Davey takes aim at the unpatriotic right
The Liberal Democrats have opened a new front in the battle with right-wing parties and commentators
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Sheffield charity Causeway launches online tool to fight modern slavery
A new way for the rising numbers of people affected by exploitation and trafficking, thought to be costing the UK £60bn, to seek help
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Unequal exchange and immigration
In international trade, one side always comes out worse, an ‘unequal exchange’ that creates migrants: fairness must be restored
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MPs Urge Support For Homeowners Threatened By Coastal Erosion
After a year of unprecedented rates of coastal erosion, Matilda Martin visits a Suffolk village where she finds homeowners left liable for the costs of demolishing their own homes – but only after a bat survey
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ADHD Me: my experience of living with neurodiversity
My brain has the acceleration of a Lamborghini and the brakes of a pushbike, but nobody told me why until I was 27
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Are your taxes becoming synonymous with waste?
UK taxpayers fund billions in government waste and debt interest annually, raising serious questions about where the money is really going
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Paying more for worse — and what happens when you say it out loud
Calderdale’s housing numbers sparked one word from Cllr Scott Patient: “volatility”, but damp walls and freezing rooms don’t obey statistics
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What Is The Iran War Doing To UK Energy Bills?
The conflict in Iran has triggered concern about an energy bill shock in the UK. How likely is a spike in prices? And what could the government do to mitigate it?
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Government Confident Of Defeating Legal Challenge Over Anti-Muslim Hate Definition
Exclusive: The government is confident that any legal challenge launched by free speech campaigners over the new anti-Muslim hostility definition will fail.
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Gas-Powered Data Centres Endanger Net-Zero Targets, Warns Polly Billington
Polly Billington, chair of Labour’s coastal group of MPs, talks to Noah Vickers about how her party can deliver for the seaside, why Ed Miliband was ahead of his time as leader, and the need for a 'national conversation' about data centres
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Tribunal hears of campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist
Chilling effect on public interest journalism: MI5 and police admit unlawful surveillance of communications
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Marrakech, a hectic and enchanting city
Exploring the food, history, and lifestyles of one of Morocco’s oldest and bustling cities
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Media bias: is anyone truly free from influence?
From trolls to newsroom pressure, bias is rarely as simple as readers think
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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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Everything We Just Learned About Government Plans For Digital ID
The government has launched its long-awaited consultation on digital ID. Here is what we learned, as well as questions that remain unanswered.
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How Reform UK’s ‘family friendly’ agenda threatens women and girls
With Reform UK still polling highly, we take a hard look at what the party’s politics could mean for abortion, contraception and motherhood
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Gorton and Denton makes the case for electoral reform
The Gorton and Denton by-election demonstrates the fragmentation of UK politics and the urgent need for proportional representation
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Why Oxford? An examination of the Interim Report of the Oxford Growth Commission
The Oxford Growth Commission puts too much faith in the private sector and lacks a credible plan for housing, transport, and sustainable development
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Zack Polanski: “There’s A Lot Of Inauthenticity In Politics, But It’s Not Coming From Me”
Green Party leader Zack Polanski talks to Sienna Rodgers about his by-election success, potential Labour defectors, and how his upbringing shapes his views on Zionism
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Press release: posthumous premiere for lost work by Bristol-born composer Ailsa Dixon
From Sunrise to Nightfall performed by the Villiers Quartet, with soprano Lucy Cox. St George's lunchtime concert
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Government Announces New Social Cohesion Strategy
The government has announced its new cohesion strategy which includes a long-awaited definition of anti-Muslim hatred.
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UK "Stands Ready" To Support Emergency International Energy Reserves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the UK is ready to back a coordinated release of International Energy Agency oil reserves to help stabilise fuel prices, as the Middle East conflict continues.
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Jeremy Corbyn Officially Elected Parliamentary Leader Of ‘Your Party’
Exclusive: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially become parliamentary leader of ‘Your Party’ after being elected to the role by the new party’s executive committee.
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Is Badenoch leading the Tories down no-win alley?
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch issues an ultimatum to party moderates, but wherever the Tories head now is fraught with challenges
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An East Riding Young Poet Laureate
A young poet from Beverley takes tenure in an inaugural role conferred by East Riding Libraries designed to support early-career creatives
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International Women’s Day – women who have changed the world
On International Women's Day, we celebrate women who have brought about important changes in society's attitudes and their role in the world
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Roz Savage: Lib Dems "Need A Plan" For A Coalition
Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage speaks to Matilda Martin about why she became a record-breaking ocean rower, how the breakdown of her marriage liberated her, and why she would like to see Ed Davey’s party have a strategy for coalition
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Breaking the silence
A personal account of how the culture at Harrods and within the Al-Fayed network allowed it to traffick female employees
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The Epstein files: listen to the women
As we approach International Women’s Day, the androcentric handling of the Epstein files spotlights how badly we are still failing women and girls
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How The Defence Industry And MoD Ended Up At Loggerheads Over 'Britishness'
When the Ministry of Defence launched a string of reforms targeted at improving its work with small business, they did not stint on the rhetoric.
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Pioneering political feminists of Hatfeild Hall – part two
The continuing account of the successes and milestones achieved in the long campaign for equal suffrage by the women of Hatfeild Hall
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The octopus and the handmaid: Reform’s Epsteinian cultural agenda
From Epstein’s web to Reform’s proposed raft of policy ideas, creeping misogyny now risks redefining women’s rights in Britain
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Is it time to reform the Equality Act?
Reform UK to repeal the Equality Act 2010 if winners of the next election, but how well does the present Equality Act protect disabled people?
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Daily Telegraph disinformation check
This blog challenges statements made by The Daily Telegraph by quoting other sources and giving our own editorial view
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How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming
Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran
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Why The Iraq War Still Haunts Labour MPs
As the Iran conflict continues, the lessons and warnings from the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its long aftermath are shaping the response of Labour ministers and MPs.
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An incredible network of women: the cricket team driving the women’s game
From Prosecco mums to league champions, Belper has built an incredible network of women – and a thriving pathway for the next generation
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International Women’s Day 2026: We feature the powerful women of Bylines Network
This International Women’s Day, Bylines Network invites you to celebrate the women who make the Network what it is
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International Women’s Day 2026: strong women leading the Bylines Network
For International Women’s Day, the Bylines Network invites you to celebrate the women who make the network what it is
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International Women’s Day 2026: The powerful women of the Bylines Network
This International Women’s Day, the Bylines Network invites you to celebrate the women who make the Network what it is
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Keir Starmer Says UK Is Sending Four More Typhoon Jets To Help Defend Brits In Middle East
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK is sending more jets to “maintain the shield” over the British people in the Middle East, after Iran launched a fresh wave of attacks against Israel and US targets in the region.
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Shabana Mahmood Warns Labour MPs They Cannot “Retreat To Comfort Of Fairytales” On Immigration
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said reforms to the immigration system are about "compassion and control" as she faces down Labour MPs concerned by the changes.
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More Ministers To Be Paid Under Government Payroll Reforms
Exclusive: The number of paid ministerial roles is to increase as part of new government reforms to be announced on Thursday.
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Turning The Tide On A New Imperialist Era
As a new imperialism dawns, wars rage, the planet burns, and governments are in thrall to oligarchs while a weakened UN is powerless to act
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Labour Chair Warns Party It Must Tackle Immigration “In A Way That Stays True To Our Values”
Exclusive: Labour chair Anna Turley has privately warned her party that it must tackle immigration – but only “in a way that stays true to our values”.
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Press Release: Oxford Climate Choir to perform “We’re Gonna Switch Our Bank” in support of ‘SWITCHED’, the ethical banking campaign
Climate Choir singers take to Oxford’s streets, calling on customers to move their money for the planet
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Andy Burnham Says Labour's By-Election Defeat Shows "Chasm" Between Westminster And Voters
Andy Burnham has said that Labour’s historic defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election demonstrated the “chasm” between Westminster and the public.
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Parliamentary Staff Overwhelmingly Reject Pay Deal Worth Less Than MPs’
Parliamentary staff have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer that falls below the salary increase awarded to MPs, according to a trade union survey.
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Women in Westminster: The 100 2026 list is revealed!
It is my pleasure to introduce the seventh edition of The House magazine’s Women in Westminster: The 100.
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Labour Deputy Leader Opposed By-Election Attack On Green Drug Policy
Lucy Powell was among the Labour figures privately concerned about attacking the Greens' drug policy during the Gorton and Denton by-election campaign, PoliticsHome understands.
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What You Need To Know About The Spring Statement
As expected, Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement was a relatively low-key affair — but there was a major elephant in the room in the form of conflict in the Middle East.
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Trump Is No Ally Of Britain – He Is A Threat Like Putin, Says Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski has declared that Donald Trump cannot be an ally of Britain, and the UK can no longer have a “special relationship” with the US, because its President is a “real threat” in the same mould as Vladimir Putin.
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Parliamentary Staff Furious Over MPs Getting Bigger Pay Award
Parliamentary staff are furious over MPs being offered a larger pay increase than their employees, despite staff bearing the brunt of increased casework loads.
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Keir Starmer Says UK Not Joining US And Israel "Offensive Strikes" On Iran
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the UK will not join the US and Israeli offensive strikes on Iran, but will continue its “defensive actions” to protect British civilians and military personnel in the region.
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The Future Of The WHO: Another Brexit?
Donald Trump has already left the World Health Organization, and Nigel Farage says Britain could follow suit. Sally Dawson reports on the backlash to the global health agency
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John Healey Warns UK Bases At Risk Of ‘Indiscriminate’ Strikes After Ayatollah Death
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a coordinated United States and Israeli military offensive.
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Why Are Prime Ministers Struggling To Govern?
Britain’s two-party system has outlived previous predictions of its demise but could a breakdown of party discipline at Westminster mean this time the duopoly really is in a death spiral, asks Ben Gartside
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How The Greens Won The Gorton And Denton By-Election
The Green Party's historic by-election victory in Gorton and Denton sent shockwaves across British politics. Campaign insiders tell PoliticsHome how they pulled it off
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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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Keir Starmer Says Greens Won By-Election Off Back Of George Galloway Endorsement
Keir Starmer has accused the Green Party of embracing "sectarian" politics and claimed that its historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election was driven by support from George Galloway.
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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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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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New year, same old UK-EU relations?
I notice it’s been some six months since my last post here, which reflects on both the new pace of UK-EU relations and the lack of anything useful to add to the debate. I did bestir myself to write about the return of finance-based framing back in November, as various people noticed this was a […]
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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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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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Sandeel fishing ban to remain in place
Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
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Benn defends decision not to pull Stormont brake
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says he's disappointed but that the government are now taking action over unionist concerns.
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Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements
The Northern Ireland Assembly spent six hours debating controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements.
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Small businesses being 'crucified' by sea border
Stormont will vote on whether NI's Brexit deal should continue to operate for another four years.
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No Windsor Framework alternative, says government
The UK government has provided its advice ahead of a vote at Stormont next week.
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Why Brexit is not 'done' for Northern Ireland
Events this week show that Brexit will keep rearing its head, writes economics editor John Campbell.
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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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How the NI Protocol became the Windsor Framework
BBC economics and business editor John Campbell looks at the in and outs of the 2023 Brexit deal.
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Britain, Spain, Singapore? Gibraltar mulls its future
As talks resume on its future, the British overseas territory fears for its sovereignty and border.
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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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