Archive: Brexit

Last-gasp Brexit deal fix will poison our politics for years

A deal is in sight, but it'll be an obscenity for all sides in roughly equal measure

Brexit - a challenge and an opportunity

Brexit has shaken our political landscape and provides many challenges to the food and farming industry, but it also provides a unique opportunity.
NOAH statement on ‘no-deal’ Brexit planning

NOAH welcomes the publication of the first of government’s ‘no-deal’ Brexit planning notices but stresses that business remains very concerned about the lack of sufficient time to execute a smooth EU Exit process without interruption to the availability of vital veterinary medicines.
Infrastructure spending key post-Brexit

Major increases in infrastructure spending will be needed across the UK in the aftermath of Brexit, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission Lord Adonis have urged.
Brexit triggers project skills fear

Uncertainty over the status of EU workers in the UK following the Brexit vote is likely to lead to delays in major infrastructure projects

Talks breakdown: Don't blame the EU for what Leavers got wrong

There was only ever one backstop and if the British government still haven't understood that, things are going to get very difficult.
Strip away the propaganda and evidence shows public view on Brexit is softening

New poll shows softening of Brexit views among Leavers and Remainers

Brexit: It's time to check our English privilege

We need the same self-reflection over our attitude to Europe as men are learning to have over how they treat women
Johnson speech: It really looks like May is going to lose that Brexit vote

The Brexit debate is between compromise and extremes - Chequers can't survive

The self-defeating ignorance of May's immigration plan

The pride in the way Theresa May says she's ending freedom of movement, like it's some kind of accomplishment
How not to screw up a People's Vote

If we're going to campaign for a vote, let's not screw it up

This is how the Labour leadership could kill the People's Vote tonight

Corbyn making warm words, but there'll be efforts to kill off the campaign behind closed doors this evening.
Brexit: Brussels just got serious

Unexpected attack from European leaders signals bad news for May, amid diminishing signs of a deal

Doing what the Today programme won't: In praise of Brexit's unsung nerd heroes

With most journalists treating Brexit like a standard political rumour-mill, it's been up to experts to show us what's really going on
'The damage will be huge, the benefits illusory': Peer demolishes govt's Brexit trade plans

Last night, Labour peer Lord Livermore systematically took apart Liam Fox's plan to rejig Britain's trading structure.

The garbled nonsense of Jacob Rees-Mogg's new press release

It is hard to find a single accurate sentence in the entire thing
Brexit is sabotaging the British video games industry

Another national success story at risk of destruction

Britain's feta cheese war

Everything you need to know about Geographical Indications - the latest Brexit battleground
Brexit will make the arts even more London-centric

Starved of regional funding and talent, Brexit is set to shrivel up the UK arts scene

Last ditch battle: Our fight for EU citizenship for Brits after Brexit

One million backers in seven countries could protect UK citizens' EU rights
Week in Review: The 'civil unrest' horror story

The cautious warnings of Labour politicians are increasingly looking like an accommodation of the far-right.

Sweaty and nervous, Raab fumbles his Brexit no-deal announcement

New Brexit secretary cuts an unconvincing figure as government throws out desperate no-deal technical notices.
As a Remainer vicar, I've finally found myself on the same side as the atheists

And they're using the arguments now that failed to convince us back then.

No moral high ground: British treatment of EU citizens is a stain on our national reputation

We promised them safe status, then kept them in limbo for years. Britain has disgraced itself over EU migrants.
EU migrant numbers are falling because Brand Britain is damaged

We shouldn't welcome the decline, it just reflects our diminished reputation

'Appeasers' vs 'traitors': WW2 rhetoric shows we're losing our grip in the Brexit debate

With both sides now routinely using Second World War terminology, it's becoming impossible to even think of Brexit without turning it into warfare.
The land of unicorns: How magical thinking conquered British politics

Brexit has triggered a dangerous new trend where political debate comes unhinged from objective fact.

No-deal is not just insanity, it's sadism

The crazed rhetoric of Liam Fox suggests we should sacrifice insulin supplies so we can get a trade deal with New Zealand.
Bottleneck on Brits residency applications in Europe as Brexit looms

The spectre of no-deal Brexit is causing a surge in residency registrations from British citizens living in France. But success is far from guaranteed.