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MPs react with fury after Theresa May blames them for national 'crisis' and failing to back her deal
21/03/2019
Prime minister accused of putting colleagues in harm's way with 'incendiary' speech.
Don't fear chlorinated chicken says US official - poultry is now being washed in acid instead
21/05/2019
British governments have 'consistently shown that they are both unwilling and unable to stand up to giant multinational companies', says Jo Swinson. / Fears about chlorinated chicken in UK shops after Brexit have been dismissed by a US food official – as he revealed poultry is now being washed in acetic acid instead.
British Steel is the canary in the coal mine - we need to prepare now for the Brexit threat to jobs
22/05/2019
The announcement that British Steel is to enter insolvency is the latest example of how uncertainty over Brexit is threatening livelihoods across the country. This does not just affect the 5,000 workers at Scunthorpe, but also a support staff of 20,000 across the whole supply chain. / Sadly, many other firms face the same danger ...
Pro-EU Labour MPs would lose seats to Liberal Democrats unless parties form ‘Remain alliance’, study finds
01/07/2019
New analysis released as more than 70,000 people sign petition urging anti-Brexit parties to work together.
Lib Dems’ hopes rise in Brecon and Radnorshire as Greens and Plaid Cymru stand aside.
New Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson: "I will do whatever it takes to stop Brexit."
MPs and peers taking legal action to stop Boris Johnson from suspending Commons to allow no deal
22/07/2019
Cross-party group of parliamentarians want Scottish court to rule before MPs return to Westminster in September.
So it’s come to this… Boris Johnson finally gets to sit in the Big Chair. Where do we go from here? / Plus special guest Gavin Esler talks us through his new book Brexit Without The Bullshit, his short rollercoaster ride as a Change UK candidate, and the war of facts vs fiction that defines Brexit. Oh, and there is hope! Her name is Jo Swinson.
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has urged the so-called “Gaukeward squad” of pro-European Tory former ministers to “stand up and be counted” on Brexit – because she fears not enough of them will try to stop Boris Johnson crashing the UK out of the EU without a deal.
Legal bid to stop Westminster shutdown
13/08/2019
A legal challenge to try to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is to get under way later.
No-deal Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn appeals to Tory MPs and opposition to leaders to appoint him temporary Prime Minister
14/08/2019
Opposition MPs have been in private talks for weeks about a government of national unity.
"We agree that our common priority should be to work together in parliament to prevent no-deal Brexit."
Guto Bebb, an ex-minister, says quitting EU without an agreement would cause "generational" harm.
Conservative MP Ken Clarke has said he would not reject an offer to become caretaker prime minister if it was "the only way" to stop a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn is "open to" using legislation to prevent a no-deal Brexit if his plan to overthrow the government in a vote of no confidence fails, the BBC has learned.
Just 34 per cent of voters want a Halloween no deal if no agreement possible – blowing hole in prime minister’s claim of a mandate.
Rebel MPs vow to occupy alternative parliament as thousands to protest Boris Johnson's prorogation plan
31/08/2019
Parliamentarians must not allow the government to 'avoid scrutiny at this time of national crisis', MPs say. / More than 50 cross-party MPs have vowed to sit in an alternative House of Commons if Boris Johnson suspends parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline.
Boris Johnson plotting scheme to render EU ‘no longer legal’ in desperate bid to escape Brexit trap
08/09/2019
Boris Johnson is threatening to sabotage the EU to make it cave in on a Brexit deal – or reject MPs’ plan to stop the UK crashing out of the bloc.
Boris Johnson And Michael Gove 'Breached Ministerial Code' With No-Deal Brexit Ads, Says Jo Swinson
12/09/2019
'Get Ready For Brexit' ads "misleading" and "nothing more than a Conservative Party case", MPs claim in letter to top civil servant.
During a Q&A session at her party conference, the Liberal Democrat leader said many of the problems the UK was facing stem from the former Tory prime minister's "shocking misjudgement", where he "put the interests of the Conservative Party ahead of the national interest".
Lib Dem leader says party looking at ways to make PM go to Brussels before 19 October.
Jo Swinson says prime minister cannot be trusted to obey law that blocks a no-deal Brexit on October 31.
'No Labour MP could support such a reckless deal': Opposition parties unite against Boris Johnson's Brexit plan
03/10/2019
Jeremy Corbyn insisted there is nothing new in the plans sent to Brussels this week.
Public should have final say on any deal PM brings back from EU summit, Lib Dems argue.
Labour and Tories prefer one-on-one format, which would mean no place for Jo Swinson’s party.