Lessons of Brexit: the Conservative Party
23/01/2023
Brexit is an existential threat to Conservatism. When it fails, the party will need to ask itself some searching questions.
Russian Interference in Brexit [10 mins]
20/01/2023
The UK government has been asked by the European Court Of Human Rights (ECHR) to respond to ‘credible allegations’ of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.
Although a narrow majority UK-wide (not, of course, in Scotland) voted for Brexit, many have already realised it was a grave mistake. It is the biggest economic, diplomatic and constitutional mistake in the history of the United Kingdom. It is likely to be proximate cause of the United Kingdom’s ultimate collapse.
We unionists who foresaw that Brexit would cause problems at the Northern Ireland border were ignored
14/05/2022
'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.'
Public concern about immigration to the UK may be down, but it has always been a surrogate question to living standards.
eter Jukes tracks Putin’s long war against democracy and the West – and the Russian President’s allies in Britain’s pro-Brexit establishment.
Millionaire Brexit-backing businessman Arron Banks has lost his Court of Appeal fight over a six-figure inheritance tax bill on his donations to Ukip.
How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
Ex-Ukip deputy leader David Bannerman under fire for proposing post-Brexit update.
Police raid of Dean Morrice’s home found stockpile of chemicals and cache of terrorism manuals.
Brexit: is it sustainable?
08/07/2021
In January 2020, as Britain was about to exit the EU, a post appeared on the London School of Economics (LSE) blog musing about the mechanism and conditions that might apply if Britain ever wanted to re-join.
Leave campaigners behind project only won charitable status by vowing it would tell balanced story.
Make Britain Great Again: How Ukip tried to ride the Trump wave – and it ended in disaster
15/01/2020
As Ukip welcomes Katie Hopkins as a member, Lizzie Dearden looks at the party’s journey into the far right.
Tesco baby food blackmail farmer revealed as former North East Lincolnshire Councillor and Tory chairman
22/08/2020
The man behind the plot to blackmail Tesco for £1.4m by contaminating jars of baby food was a Ukip MP candidate and a Grimsby Conservative chairman.
'It is hard to predict how full Brexit would play out, because this scale of multiple simultaneous renegotiations of global trade agreements is unprecedented – and no country has ever left the EU. It certainly can’t be assumed that Britain is bound to get quick and good deals because it is a large economy.'
If not, and the vote is to exit, it will be no good saying afterwards that “we didn’t understand what we were voting for” – the repeated complaint made by eurosceptics about the 1975 Referendum. By then it will be too late.
HMRC says millionaire owes money for inheritance tax liability on Ukip donations.
The MP says the sun, not the moon, primarily causes ocean tides.
A FORMER MEP for UKIP, who defected and joined the Brexit Party, has warned voters to avoid his own colleagues ahead of December's general election. / "I would strongly urge anyone thinking of voting @brexitparty_uk not to do so...it is a hollowed out shell with no members but supporters and no manifesto"
UKIP has suspended its leader and three other members after they were accused of stealing data from the party.
Farage’s September 2012 remarks contrast with Ukip’s new claims that it is opposed to privatisation of health service.
The newly-elected leader of Ukip has been condemned for “virulent Islamophobia” after footage emerged of him arguing it should be illegal to publicly distribute the Qur’an in the UK and that some British towns are no-go areas for non-Muslims.