Iain Duncan Smith has been branded a “dunce” by a prominent historian, after he compared Brexit to the Reformation in a column extolling the benefits of leaving the EU.

Historian Sir Simon Schama has warned that Donald Trump is a president "ready to pounce" in the event of a no-deal Brexit as he criticised the US ambassador.

The continent faces its biggest challenge since the 1930s. We urge European patriots to resist the nationalist onslaught.

Letter signed by more than 300 prominent historians says voters can ‘stiffen cohesion of our continent in a dangerous world’.