The government – led by Boris Johnson – needs to rethink its approach and put the national interest above Brexit ideology

Wales voted for Brexit by the same margin as the UK overall, 52 to 48 per cent, in sharp contrast to Northern Ireland and Scotland. / There is evidence that disproportionate support for Leave among the 21 per cent of Welsh voters who were born in England tipped the vote for Leave in Wales.

It might have had five years to sink in, but for those with deep roots on the continent, the pain of Brexit still feels raw – particularly at this time of year.

How Britain resolves — or fails to resolve — Brexit and the terms of its divorce from Europe, is of more than passing interest to Australia.

It divided the country, dominated politics for years and delivered the premiership to Boris Johnson. It’s five years ago tomorrow since the Brexit referendum produced its shock 52-48 result in favour of the UK quitting the European Union, and even though it was last year that we actually left, the consequences of that decision still have a long way to run.

Britain Humiliated Itself by Imploding From a Modern Democracy into a Far Right Wing Country — And the World Is Running Away From It as Fast as It Can.

Ministers have undermined Britain’s hard-earned reputation abroad by riding roughshod over conventions and the law

The far right does not seize power. It is invited in to power by mainstream conservatives, who boast of their commitment to free societies. They do it for partisan gain.

Ministers are saying “this won’t be as bad as the winter of discontent”. I dread to think what they’ll promise next.

Dear Reader, please look away now if you cannot bear any more about the negative effects flowing from the 2016 Referendum decision to withdraw from the European Union.

In the US they call it ‘starving the beast’ – cut taxes and, as revenue decreases, you create irresistible pressure for austerity.

This is the story of Luka the Amur leopard ... No prizes for guessing that Luka was going to be yet another victim of Brexit.

A no-deal Brexit will be grim for patients. Yet gagging orders are being used to keep the truth from coming out.

‘Global Britain’ now apparently means making silly gestures and pretending to be more powerful than we are, at enormous cost to our economic well-being.

Everyone is fishing in the same pond. Stocks built up in readiness for Brexit are having to be replenished. If another pandemic strikes, we’ll hardly be in the best position to get through it.

It is an old story about people promising a utopia on the horizon. It’s ending the same way it always ends: in misery, poverty and decline. / This is when the myth finally dies. The last few weeks have seen the complete and utter destruction of fantasy-land politics. We’re witnessing the end of the age of Brexit.

The EU withdrawal bill contains a power grab of critical devolved areas such as fishing and farming – and even aspects of our independent justice system

The UK economy looks sickly against international comparisons, so let’s be honest about the three causes.

'I keep hearing my fellow unionists complaining that their anger over the existence of the Northern Ireland Protocol is not being recognised or taken seriously.'

A major feature of the 2016 Leave campaign was a refusal to define what, precisely, Brexit would mean.

In 2020, the appointment of David Frost as UK Brexit Chief Negotiator – not as a minister, not as a civil servant, but as a special adviser – raised a set of accountability issues once the Department for Exiting the EU was abolished.