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15/07/2026
The Consequences Of Inaction On AI-Driven Job Loss Are Coming Into View
The scale of the disruption to the labour market from AI is becoming clear; we cannot leave it to big tech or populists to frame the debate about what to do about it, argues Roa Powell


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21/05/2026
Rachel Reeves Announces Cost Of Living Package For Households
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a package of measures to alleviate the cost of living for households as the war in Iran threatens to place more pressure on household budgets.


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21/05/2026
Women Labour MPs "Disappointed" By The Prospect Of Another Male Leader
Female Labour MPs are “disappointed” by the prospect of a man replacing Keir Starmer as prime minister, with the Labour Party not having had a permanent female leader in its 120-year history.


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21/05/2026
China And Clean Energy: Is Britain Swapping One Dependency For Another?
As the conflict in Iran highlights Britain’s exposure to fossil fuel markets, Zoe Crowther examines fears UK’s shift towards clean energy might mean replacing one dependency with another


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21/05/2026
Meet Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki, Who Loves Pubs, Paddington And The Premier League
Diplomacy is having a lean period as wars rage on, but it has found a star in Hiroshi Suzuki. Japan’s ambassador to the UK tells Ben Gartside about his love of the UK, the power of social media and travels with his stuffed toy


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21/05/2026
How Philosopher John Stuart Mill Spent His Time In The House Of Commons
Most people know of John Stuart Mill as a philosopher, but for three years he was also an MP. Helen McCabe records a reluctant celebrity politician unafraid to be right


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21/05/2026
Proud to be Southern, but…
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A son of the Southern USA explores his roots through music and culture

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20/05/2026
X Accused Of Failing To Remove Racist Abuse Despite New Ofcom Commitments
X has been accused of failing to honour commitments made to the UK communications regulator, after dozens of racist posts targeting ethnic minority public figures remained online for more than 48 hours after being reported.


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20/05/2026
Brexit Scars And UK Political Instability Temper Brussels Enthusiasm For EU Reset
The European Commission and national leaders can see the benefits of a rapprochement but Brexit scars, unresolved disputes and uncertainty over who will be in No 10 are tempering Brussels’ enthusiasm, finds Christian Spillmann


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20/05/2026
Cost Of Living Champion Lord Walker: Rejoining The Single Market “Would Be A Terrible Idea”
The government’s cost of living champion, Lord Walker, tells Noah Vickers about defecting from the Tories to Labour, Keir Starmer’s future and why rejoining the single market would be ‘a terrible idea’


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20/05/2026
Meet The Tech Insiders Advising UK Politicians On How To Manage The AI Revolution
The scale and pace of AI-powered change continues to astonish – just look at the markets. Two former tech insiders have recently taken advisory roles to help shape, respectively, the responses of the Chancellor and Mayor of London. Zoe Crowther hears...


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20/05/2026
Farage, Harborne, £5 million and Reform UK’s cryptocurrency bill
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Within a year of receiving £5mn from a crypto billionaire, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK published a draft crypto bill

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20/05/2026
Mixed ruling in Luigi Mangione New York state murder trial
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Judge allows gun and notebook in Mangione’s trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, suppresses some backpack evidence

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19/05/2026
A day trip to Cardiff revives a memory of a Welsh treat
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Taking shelter in a café from a downpour stirs up tasty memories of an old family recipe for Welsh cakes

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19/05/2026
Rage Against The Machine: How Long Before The US 'Techlash' Spreads?
Ruining childhoods, increasing energy and water costs and now, increasingly, destroying jobs – voters’ resentment against big tech is growing. Ben Gartside and Francis Elliott look across the Atlantic at the gathering storm and ask when it will hit t...


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19/05/2026
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
New data shows young people are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support. Could the trend be an effective way of relieving pressure on an overburdened health service, or are we already playing catch-up in our attempts to limit the fallout? Ma...


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19/05/2026
Emily Thornberry: “I Wanted Keir To Have More Of An Opportunity To Be Himself”
Foreign Affairs Committee chair Emily Thornberry tells Sienna Rodgers Labour needs ‘bold and brave and open leadership’ – from radicalism at home to the EU reset and British soft power around the world


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19/05/2026
EU Reset: We Still Cannot Escape Brexit’s Core Trade-Off
A decade on from the Brexit vote, the UK and EU are still confronted with the same fundamental trade-off between market access and autonomy, write Sam Lowe and Kathryn Watson


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19/05/2026
Trees for Britain’s future?
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A look at four books about trees and what we can learn from them

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18/05/2026
Keir Starmer Will "100 Per Cent" Support Andy Burnham In By-Election
Keir Starmer has insisted he will “100 per cent” support Andy Burnham in the upcoming Makerfield by-election, which is shaping up to be a straight contest between Labour and Reform UK.


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18/05/2026
Labour Cannot Rely On An EU Reset – Or Rejoin Pledge – To Win Over Voters
Could an EU reset save Keir Starmer – or indeed the Labour Party? Taking a look at the evidence, political strategist and pollster Scarlett Maguire is not convinced


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18/05/2026
Caitlin Prowle: “People Want The Labour Party To Look, Talk And Feel Like The Labour Party”
As the Labour Party finds itself in the middle of an internal battle while in government, its sister party thinks it can see a way forward. Sienna Rodgers speaks to the Co-operative Party’s assistant general secretary Caitlin Prowle


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18/05/2026
What Software Engineering Can Teach Us About AI And The Future Of Work
Junior developer jobs are under threat as AI coding tools become commonplace. Sienna Rodgers explores this early case study of how AI reshapes a labour market


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18/05/2026
Harvey Weinstein rape retrial ends in second mistrial
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A hung jury means another mistrial in the latest case against Weinstein

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17/05/2026
John Healey Set To Push For More Defence Investment To Stay In Britain
Exclusive: Defence Secretary John Healey is set to argue that more defence investment must stay in Britain.


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17/05/2026
Letter to Sir Keir Starmer
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It is not in Starmer’s nature to do anything radical which would actually make much of a difference

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17/05/2026
Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms
As consensus grows around the need for social media and smartphone restrictions for under-16s, Sienna Rodgers reports that campaigner mums across the country are now bringing the fight to edtech


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17/05/2026
Yorkshire MPs back bill to close fox hunting loopholes
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A private member’s bill aims to close the legal loopholes that the government’s trail hunting consultation would leave open

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16/05/2026
Wes Streeting And Andy Burnham Set Out Their Labour Leadership Pitches
Former health secretary Wes Streeting and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham have begun to set out their pitches for the direction of the Labour Party, as they prepare to stand in a future leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer.


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16/05/2026
Labour MP Says Government's Migration Rhetoric Has Failed To Cut Through
Labour MP Uma Kumaran has criticised the government’s media messaging on migration as being “too timid” and failing to cut through with voters.


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16/05/2026
The Emerging Labour Leadership Camps And Their Visions For The Country
As rivals prepare to challenge Keir Starmer's leadership after Labour’s bruising local election results, PoliticsHome examines the emerging contenders, the factions forming around them, and the ideologies underpinning them.


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16/05/2026
Is the UK government being clear on the destination of arms exports?
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The government’s lack of definitive action does little to give confidence in its support for an already fragile ceasefire

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15/05/2026
Labour Ruling Body Approves Andy Burnham Standing For Selection In Makerfield By-Election
Andy Burnham has received approval from Labour's ruling body to run for selection in the Makerfield parliamentary by-election, bringing the Greater Manchester mayor one step closer to being able to run in a leadership contest to replace Prime Ministe...


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15/05/2026
Race For Next Labour Leader Heats Up As Starmer's Authority In Peril
Andy Burnham remains the favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister, after the Labour leader faces his biggest crisis to date.


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15/05/2026
UACES Fieldwork Scholarship: Exploring EU–Brazil Diplomacy in Practice

I am honored to have received the UACES scholarship to support my fieldwork in Brasília. As a doctoral candidate at KU Leuven, my research focuses on how the diplomatic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Brazil unfolds in practice at the bilateral, inter-regional and multilateral level. By tracing the strategies and practices present in […]

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15/05/2026
Burnham Expected To Be Allowed To Stand Despite Labour Fears Of “Bankruptcy”
Senior Labour figures are concerned that the party will be dragged towards “bankruptcy” if Andy Burnham successfully stands as its candidate in the Makerfield by-election, triggering a mayoral by-election and possibly a leadership contest.


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15/05/2026
Familiar garden birds in sharp decline as dawn chorus fades
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Latest survey of the dawn chorus reveal a bleak picture as bird numbers continue to fall, but conservation measures are helping some species

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14/05/2026
Josh Simons To Step Down As MP To Pave Way For Andy Burnham
Former minister Josh Simons is stepping down from Parliament to allow Andy Burnham to run as a Labour candidate.


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14/05/2026
Andy Burnham Launches Bid To Return To Parliament
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has announced his intention to stand as an MP in Makerfield in order to return to Parliament and potentially pave a path to No 10, as calls by Labour MPs for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down grow.


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14/05/2026
How Will A Labour Leadership Contest Work?
A leadership contest to oust Keir Starmer as prime minister looks imminent, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting having resigned, an MP standing aside to allow Andy Burnham to potentially return to Parliament, and more than 90 MPs having called on Sta...


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14/05/2026
Wes Streeting Resigns As Health Secretary
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has resigned from the Cabinet, saying it is "now clear" that Keir Starmer will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election.


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14/05/2026
Why Palantir’s NHS data tools may not improve our healthcare
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Uptake of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform has been limited, and it faces continuing strong opposition from patients and NHS staff

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14/05/2026
Bristol dancers take centre stage in major new RWA exhibition
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The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is turning its galleries into a dancefloor for a new exhibition this summer.

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13/05/2026
The ascent of man
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A poem from one of our regular contributors which almost certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with recent events…

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13/05/2026
Sudan: genocide, revolution, and a health system under siege
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Speakers at Gloucestershire event trace Sudan’s descent from Darfur to today’s humanitarian catastrophe

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12/05/2026
In a multiparty system, first past the post no longer works
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After a drubbing in local elections, Labour must make bold policy changes and implementing electoral reform is a top priority

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12/05/2026
The Value of the UACES Annual Conference: Academic Quality, Community and Value for Money

The UACES Annual Conference is widely recognised for its academic quality, but it also stands out for the value it offers to delegates. At a time when conference costs are rising across the sector, UACES has taken a deliberate approach to ensuring that high quality academic exchange remains accessible, inclusive and affordable. You can discover […]

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11/05/2026
Hull, Holmes and Halifax: film’s best Sherlock was a Yorkshire lad
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A look at the York-born actor who played Doyle’s great detective 45 times, as new BFI restorations of three silent films are launched

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11/05/2026
Daily Telegraph disinformation check
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This blog challenges statements made by The Daily Telegraph by quoting other sources and giving our own editorial view

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11/05/2026
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches
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Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches

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09/05/2026
Book Review: Stalin Ate my Homework by Alexei Sayle
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An hilarious story of Sayle's childhood in Liverpool coloured by his parents’ struggle for socialism from the start of the 20th Century

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09/05/2026
Government action on stronger hunting laws
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Local campaigners celebrate Labour’s plans to close loopholes in 2004 Hunting Act, and encourage wider participation in public consultation

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09/05/2026
“Consulting Citizens? Be Our Guest – But Only on Our Conditions”

By Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka (Polish Academy of Science & Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne) & Jan Kotýnek Krotký (Masaryk University) On 9 May 2026, we celebrate Europe Day and the fourth anniversary of the closing event of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) hailed as a landmark transnational democratic experiment. During CoFoE hundreds of […]

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01/05/2026
Why Research Needs a Supportive Environment as Much as Funding Priorities

Ask any academic about how they have come to their present station in their careers and they will talk at some point about the role of chance. The conversation in a queue at a coffee break at a conference, the sitting in on a departmental seminar series, the email on a disciplinary mailing list: the […]

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27/04/2026
Chasing Indicators or Changing Practices? Ukrainian Universities under Performance‑Based Funding

Kateryna Suprun In the increasingly turbulent economic environment facing many European higher education institutions (HEIs) (Pruvot et al., 2025), performance-based funding (PBF) remains a popular instrument for allocating at least part of core public funding (European Commission, 2023). Traditionally, PBF involves governments rewarding HEIs for meeting specific objectives – an approach often assumed to improve […]

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17/04/2026
Conflict Is Underrated: From Unity to Complementarity in EU Foreign Policy

A small meeting room in the European External Action Service is an unlikely place to get goosebumps. Yet, this happened time and time again as I spoke to European Union (EU) officials about the ground-breaking decision to deploy the European Peace Facility (EPF) to support Ukraine’s military response against Russia’s full-scale invasion during a cold […]

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14/04/2026
Why are there holiday delay warnings over the EU's new border system?
The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.


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10/04/2026
Explainer: Your Guide to Hungary’s Election on 12 April

Although I am currently immersed in the London local elections — speaking with residents, listening to concerns, and experiencing democracy at its most immediate level — I didn’t want to miss the chance to reflect on Hungary’s 12 April vote. I have analysed Hungarian politics for many years, and this election is among the most […]

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27/03/2026
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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19/03/2026
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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11/03/2026
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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11/03/2026
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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04/03/2026
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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26/02/2026
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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11/02/2026
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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27/01/2026
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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04/01/2026
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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27/12/2025
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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11/12/2025
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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07/12/2025
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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04/12/2025
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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30/11/2025
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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10/11/2025
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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31/10/2025
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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23/10/2025
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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12/10/2025
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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29/09/2025
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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25/09/2025
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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27/08/2025
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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02/02/2024
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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30/12/2020
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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31/01/2020
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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13/12/2019
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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11/12/2019
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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11/12/2019
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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11/12/2019
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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10/12/2019
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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10/12/2019
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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10/12/2019
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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10/12/2019
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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09/12/2019
Tory “punch” propaganda backfires

To cover up Johnson’s NHS disaster, Tories fabricate story about Labour activist punching Hancock aide.

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09/12/2019
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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