Ken Clarke tells MPs: 'I do think the Prime Minister has a tremendous skill in keeping a straight face whilst he's being so disingenuous'. / Boris Johnson has been defeated again as MPs pass bill blocking no-deal.
Ken Clarke: Anti-Brexit Hero [10 mins]
01/02/2023
Brilliant speech against Brexit by Ken Clarke. / MPs overwhelmingly backed the bill, supported by the Labour leadership, by 498 votes FOR, to 114 AGAINST. Ken Clarke was one of the 114 MPs. He was the ONLY Tory MP to vote against triggering Brexit.
In this Federal Trust video, our Chair John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the current state of the Conservative Party in the light of Brexit’s failure. / They predict that after losing the next election the Conservatives will veer dramatically to the right, particularly on European policy linked to Brexit.
Neil Kinnock on Brexit: 'No effort of any kind' has ever gone into educating the public on the EU [4 mins]
03/05/2023
Marking three years since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, and 50 years since its accession to the European Economic Community, UK in a Changing Europe will bring together leading authorities to discuss the UK/EU relationship. Panelists include former EU Commissioners, journalists, academics, and politicians.
Neil Kinnock on Brexit: "Democratic Deficit" in the EU is no longer any of your business! [4 mins]
24/02/2023
Neil Kinnock addresses the myth of the 'democratic deficit' in the EU.
On the 23rd June 2016, Gibraltarians were having their say on whether or not to remain part of the European Union. / As the count the next day revealed - to little surprise - the answer was overwhelmingly in favour of Remain. / We headed down to Main Street - and seven years on, the people we spoke to were no keener on Brexit.
Two of London's major summer art fairs have been cancelled this year, with organisers saying Brexit is partly to blame.
Sadiq Khan unable to fly EU flag at City Hall on seven-year anniversary due to 2021 law change [1 min]
23/06/2023
Many flags, such as national flags and that of the United Nations, are exempt from requiring permission - but not the EU flag. / City Hall is unable to fly the EU flag outside its Newham HQ on the anniversary of Brexit, after a 2021 change to legislation means it could be prosecuted unless planning permission is granted.
'It's an act of solidarity:' Sadiq Khan defends bid to fly EU flag above City Hall on Brexit anniversary day [3 mins]
23/06/2023
Sadiq Khan has defended his blocked attempt to fly the EU flag above his office on the seventh anniversary of the referendum to leave the bloc while speaking to voters on LBC's Speak to Sadiq.
Formula shortages causing stress for parents - Brexit one of the reasons given for the issue [4 mins]
21/06/2023
Parents are reporting ongoing difficulties finding formula to feed their babies. / Complications importing goods post-Brexit is one reason that has been given for the issue.
Good Morning Britain host Susannah Reid had a heated exchange with Nigel Farage after the former UKIP leader claimed he could team up with Boris Johnson to 'defend their Brexit legacy'.
Hugh Grant is no stranger to making his feelings known when it comes to politics, and this time, he's having the last laugh on Brexit.
In this Federal Trust video our Director Brendan Donnelly and Council Member David Gow discuss the economic effects of Brexit. They conclude that these effects, which are already damaging the British economy, are likely to worsen with time. Popular pressure will soon begin to mount for the UK to rejoin the structures of the European Union.
After Brexit, Tories face "long-term electoral oblivion" | UK politics | The New Statesman [40 mins]
30/05/2023
Conservatives hoped Brexit would be a "silver bullet". Instead the party is being ripped apart from the inside. Two conservatives explain why.
Brexit has cost the GHA nearly £600,000 in ambulance transfers in the last two years alone. / This is because GHA staff do not have work permits to drive ambulances in Spain unless it's an emergency.
‘They’re like drug dealers!’: Tearful anti-Brexit caller doesn’t feel he belongs to a country anymore
23/05/2023
James O'Brien hears from a caller who says that the Brexit referendum "took his rights away".
Blur's Damon Albarn has told Sky News that there are people in government 'tainted by Brexit', which made the UK 'more remote' and 'diminished the value of arts and creativity'. He was speaking alongside his Blur bandmates - announcing a new album and first tour in 8 years.
Brexit Is COLLAPSING [12 mins]
17/05/2023
We were promised sunny uplands and a oven ready deal: instead we've been served extra helpings of cow excrement. As Nigel Farage admits Brexit is a disaster, car manufacturers threaten to walk and Keir Starmer calls for a renegotiation, it's time to accept reality.
Major's Foresight on Brexit [10 mins]
03/03/2023
What the former Prime Minister warned BEFORE the referendum.
Financial Times US Editor-at-Large Gillian Tett says many people in the United States “are just baffled” Britain went along with Brexit, describing it as an “act of self-sabotage”. / “Britain has got the worst performance amongst the G7,” Ms Tett told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.