The passionate environmentalist served as MEP for Wight and Hampshire East between 1979 and 1984. / Boris Johnson might be one of the highest profile proponents for leaving the EU, but his father has other ideas. 78-year-old Stanley Johnson is a staunch Remainer who spent the 2016 EU referendum arguing against his famous son.

Boris Johnson's father is in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with Europe after Brexit.

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley is applying for a French passport to allow him to work and move freely throughout Europe after Brexit.

The father of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the European Union.

Boris Johnson's dad has successfully applied for a French passport despite last month claiming Brexit was "probably a good idea" after voting Remain in 2016.

Water companies in the UK have been accused of failing to monitor the amount of sewage pumped into the sea at popular beaches across the country.

"You have to blame the government for this whole sorry mess. The industry is out of control and it's our rivers and beaches that are picking up the tab for that profiteering."

At risk are vital environmental and wildlife protections my colleagues and I worked tirelessly to establish in the European Parliament.

REUL: Scant time remains to assess which former EU legislation to keep, amend or revoke – and the environment is likely to pay the price. / While we were EU members, the UK adopted some legislation created by the EU. Jacob Rees-Mogg called them “diktats” and promised that after Brexit we’d “take back control of our laws”. This is disingenuous: the UK was fully involved in drawing up EU law.

Lisa Bischoff analyses Eurosceptic novels published by British authors long before Brexit.