Professor Dougan has repeated his criticism, asserting that the Leave campaign was “one of the most dishonest campaigns this country has ever seen”, potentially resulting in “untold damage to the quality of our national democracy”.
Claims by Brexit campaigners 76 million Turks could come to the UK unless it left the EU were false, home secretary Sajid Javid has said.
Boris Johnson Claims He 'Didn't Say Anything About Turkey' In The Brexit Referendum – But He Did
18/01/2019
Boris Johnson has been accused of being a “bare-faced liar” after he claimed to have never mentioned Turkey during the EU referendum – even though he did.
Man behind controversial £350m-a-week for the NHS Brexit bus slogan admits leaving EU could be 'an error'
04/07/2017
One of the masterminds behind the infamous slogan claiming the UK sends the EU £350m a week has admitted that leaving Europe could be “an error”.
Anger as government admits it will fail to strike Japan or Turkey trade pacts by exit day in event of no-deal
21/02/2019
The government has been accused of breaking its promises after it emerged that key trade deals would not be ready by Brexit day in a no-deal scenario.
The UK won't be able to roll over an EU trade deal with Japan in time for a no-deal Brexit, Trade Secretary Liam Fox has said.
A no-deal Brexit will mean the UK trading under World Trade Organisation rules with some countries, including Japan and Turkey.
As Theresa May flies out to Saudi Arabia, we should beware of Britain's new Brexit allies
03/04/2017
In the last six months, Liam Fox has been on a whistle-stop tour of authoritarian regimes.
The threat of a hard British exit from the European Union looms large over a country that has a big stake in the process but no official say: Turkey.
Turkey "cannot become a member of the European Union," Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People's Party (EPP) tipped to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President, told Euronews on Tuesday.
Brexit flashback: Is Turkey joining the EU?
26/02/2019
Is Turkey joining the EU? That was a claim made back in 2016, in one of nearly 1,600 pro-Brexit adverts run by the official Brexit campaign, "Vote Leave" and two associated campaigns, "BeLeave" and "DUP Vote to Leave".
Did the unfounded claim that Turkey was about to join the EU swing the Brexit referendum?
15/02/2018
Even in 2016 – before Turkey’s latest turn towards authoritarianism – the chances of the country joining the EU before 2030 were remote. Yet this did not prevent Vote Leave from claiming during the UK’s EU referendum campaign that Turkey was poised to join.
"EU rules are divided into 35 policy areas and in 10 years Turkey only managed to adopt the rules on one: science and research. In most other areas it has not even made a start."
Turkey is losing its champion in Europe, just as the president distances himself from the EU – and democracy.
Boris Johnson: The most infamous lies and untruths by the Conservative leadership candidate
24/04/2019
Prominent Tory's falsehoods range from incorrect 14th century history to the EU banana police. / Boris Johnson’s flirtation with dishonesty has cost him at least three jobs and damaged his standing with the people of Liverpool and London.
As the British government continues to debate the kind of customs relationship it wants with the European Union after Brexit, one question looms large: how will it solve the Irish border problem?
I recognise Boris Johnson’s coup for what it is because I’ve seen this before – in Turkey
31/08/2019
Johnson, Erdogan and Trump are alike in specialising in aggressive patriotism, defence of an endangered national independence, and nostalgia for past glories.
Former Tory grandee accuses Boris Johnson of pursuing an ‘utterly disastrous’ Brexit policy.
British Steel: France in threat to veto sale
31/01/2020
The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention.
Boris Johnson’s government is waging a war of words not against the EU but the British people.
Fake news handed Brexiteers the referendum – and now they have no idea what they're doing
18/01/2017
'Would we have won without immigration? No. Would we have won without...the NHS? All our research and the close result strongly suggests no. Would we have won by spending our time talking about trade and the single market? No way'
Truck drivers bemoan long queues and endless paperwork needed to enter EU.