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'Here he [David Davis] is at the People's Pledge Congress for a [confirmatory, i.e. 2nd] EU Referendum'
22/10/2011
Here he is at the People's Pledge Congress for an EU Referendum on the 22nd October 2011
'My God. They're idiots': EU leader's extraordinary denunciation of UK ministers' Brexit behaviour
18/07/2019
‘Perhaps I am being a bit harsh, but it’s about time we became a bit harsh,’ says Frans Timmermans.
The reality of Brexit is starting to hit us all - and even those who voted to leave the EU are getting upset.
"Good to see the BBC wading into the fray at last, now that the damage it's causing is too great to conceal", one person said.
Former PM in four-letter tirade against Sunak’s new Brexit deal.
PM opens debate in parliament, with vote after 4pm expected to be tight. / The government is also under pressure from a group of philanthropists, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who said over the weekend that they would provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some of the UK aid cuts.
Boris Johnson wrong to use Brexit to justify ‘morally delinquent’ Rwanda plan, says senior Tory
19/04/2022
‘We are better than this – or at least, we used to be’, says David Davis.
Brexit and the ‘Merkel myth’
27/10/2023
Drawing on their recent article, Tim Bale and Karl Pike explore the consequences of the ‘Merkel myth’ for Brexit – the notion that the key to UK withdrawal lay with Angela Merkel.
Brexit Briefing #130 – a final look at the UK still trying to have its cake and eat it - BEERG Brexit Blog
04/05/2021
This is my last Brexit Briefing. / Because it is the last it is longer than usual. A long goodbye if you will. Over the past 5 years I have written 130 of them, following the twists and turns of the Brexit saga, as various UK actors came and went upon the stage, generally full of sound and fury, but often signifying little.
Brexit brings a blight, not a boon
22/11/2022
We need the word “rejoin“ to have the same weight and significance as the word “Brexit“.
Entries in the famous Davis Downside Dossier hit the one thousand mark this week – and still counting.
This week, the practical realities of what Brexit is going to mean came into central focus for perhaps the first time, with a new government information campaign.
‘The project is probably now unsalvageable’, says former PM’s old employer. / The Conservatives have made such a “hash” of Brexit that the project is probably “unsalvageable”, according to Boris Johnson’s favourite newspaper.
Brexit protesters unfurl giant banner mocking David Davis during Put It To The People March
23/03/2019
Protesters demanding a second referendum on Brexit mocked David Davis on Saturday by unfurling a banner emblazoned with one of the former cabinet minister’s old statements. / Quote comes from a speech by former DExEU secretary in 2012.
Sugar cane importer Tate & Lyle Sugars, which was very vocal in supporting the campaign to Leave the European Union, is set to benefit from several government measures. / Former Brexit secretary, David Davis, worked for Tate & Lyle Sugars for almost two decades.
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.
Brexit: reckless, a colossal mistake and the result of a fatally flawed referendum – part 2
19/02/2023
All this past week, Jon Danzig has been posting videos reminding us of the fatal flaws in the Brexit referendum and demonstrating that it was a sham.
David Davis suggested the turn in fortunes could be because the UK media have stopped “kicking Brussels all the time”.
Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said trying to circumnavigate Brussels was always going to backfire.
The former Brexit secretary, David Davis, has suggested this week that the UK might not have to pay a “divorce” settlement to Brussels if we leave the EU without a deal. So can we really cut and run?
The formal warning demands written assurances from the think tank that it will not engage in further political campaigning.
Ministers are facing a clash with opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit.
First came Brexit. Now comes Britain’s bonfire of European laws. / Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to remove all remaining European Union laws from Britain’s statute book by the end of 2023, despite opponents’ claims that the move is rash and unworkable.