Emails released by the parliamentary standards watchdog show the European Research Group has a second bank account. / A group of hardline Brexiteers, led by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has been questioned by a parliamentary watchdog over funding concerns as it emerged the group had a second bank account.
'I've spoken to ambassadors from various countries and there is no hope of us getting a veto to stop an extension'
It will spark outrage - but picking a fight over Brexit moves an embattled PM onto safer territory
12/06/2022
One senior Tory has told Sky News that planned legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol is "clearly not in the national interest but is about appeasing the ERG".
Hunting for Brexit Benefits [17 mins]
22/11/2022
In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt realise Brexit is in trouble. ... The Conservative Party is incapable of extricating itself from Brexit. The force of economic circumstances and changing public opinion may however encourage Labour leader Keir Starmer reluctantly to abandon his futile hope of "making Brexit work".
How balanced was the debate over Brexit?
13/07/2020
In the debate over Brexit, accusations of an anti-Brexit or pro-Brexit bias by the media have been a recurring feature.
Hardline European Research Group branded ‘a corruption of Conservatism’ by senior Tory MP
06/08/2020
Organisation which drove UK to a hard Brexit made up of ‘climate change deniers’ and ‘Trump sympathisers’, new book is told.
The hard-Brexit lobbying group, which produces research paid for by taxpayer-funded expenses, appears to be losing support.
Ex-adviser to PM says flawed Brexit deal was way to ‘whack Corbyn’ and ‘of course’ government can break it.
Deirdre Heenan: No way to fix protocol problem until Britain acknowledges Brexit was a giant mistake
29/10/2022
The North is facing another toxic, polarising and futile Assembly election.
Former Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has told The Independent she is too afraid to advertise meetings in public because of death threats and abuse – and said some of her former Tory colleagues are to blame for encouraging a culture of violent hostility towards politicians.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts.
Conservative minister accuses Tory Brexiteers of 'treachery' and suggests they join Nigel Farage's new party
14/02/2019
Richard Harrington also dismisses the so-called Malthouse compromise, which is intended to bridge Tory divisions.
Conservative Brexiteer pushes far-right anti-Semitic conspiracy theory of 'cultural Marxism' used by Anders Breivik
26/03/2019
A former Brexit minister and leading Conservative MP has been accused of pushing a "far-right" anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about the spread of "cultural Marxism" in the UK.
In which your hosts mock the ERG. We talk about the European Research Group and its unpublished policy proposals which, apparently, have significant flaws and, so we hear, may be widely mocked. Keep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.
Chris pops back with special guest host Nick Crosby to discuss another bonkers week in Brexit.
Bernard Jenkin says MPs only voted for bill because Johnson promised it could be rejected.
There are good reasons to believe latest move is partly theatre, but there are hefty issues at stake.
This week, the practical realities of what Brexit is going to mean came into central focus for perhaps the first time, with a new government information campaign.
Anthony Robinson presents a panoramic view of the current travails defining a post-Brexit nation.
Theresa May has been accused of failing to be honest with the public about Brexit by the UK’s former ambassador to the European Union, who warned that “fantasies and delusions on all sides” risk plunging the UK into a democratic crisis.
Boris Johnson’s next Tory rebellion could be on Brexit as Eurosceptic MPs wake up to the true nature of withdrawal agreement
05/08/2020
Senior Brexiteers endorsed the Prime Minister’s deal but some have now turned against it and want to see it replaced.
Boris Johnson threatens to withhold £39bn from EU as he wins support of hardline Brexiteers
09/06/2019
Boris Johnson has said he would refuse to pay the promised £39bn to the EU unless it offers better terms on Brexit.
Boris Johnson still considering trying to bring down Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal as Tory MPs look for loopholes
01/03/2023
The former prime minister is expected to break cover only when it becomes clear whether or not he would be backed by a critical mass of allies.