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The London bureau chief for Germany’s public broadcaster reflects on Britain’s government.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a compelling drama about one of the most controversial referendums in modern British history
Former No 10 adviser pressed for appointment to be hurried through, saying he had ‘ordered it’ from PM.
'The message must go out to all countries... that this is a British government that doesn't necessarily keep its word,' Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said in the wake of 'alarming' comments by Boris Johnson's former aide Dominic Cummings.
It's been five years since the UK voted to leave the EU. The vote appalled those who saw it as economic self-sabotage. But those in favor of leaving were not swayed by economic arguments — and likely still aren't today.
As part of our special edition looking at five years since the EU referendum, Alastair Campbell looks at the silence of the Leavers.
Buried in a 19,800 word Spectator essay written by former online editor and Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings is an admission: The Brexit referendum was won by lying to the public.
Shahmir Sanni co-founded BeLeave, an offshoot of the Vote Leave campaign, during the EU Referendum. He turned whistleblower last year when he exposed its law-breaking. Here he reveals how two of the contenders to replace Theresa May cannot absolve themselves of responsibility.
The most important Brexit event of the week came and went with relatively little fanfare, yet it marks a significant moment.
A no-deal Brexit will be grim for patients. Yet gagging orders are being used to keep the truth from coming out.
“It wasn’t until October 2020 that he finally understood even vaguely what leaving the customs union meant.”
Ex-adviser to PM says flawed Brexit deal was way to ‘whack Corbyn’ and ‘of course’ government can break it.
Get Brexit Done’ has unravelled in a spectacular fashion; a significant knock to the economy, removal of rights and freedoms, more red tape for business and – the most heart-breaking of all – trouble has returned to Northern Ireland. The obvious answer to this foreseeable problem is for the UK to be part of the single market and customs union.
Farmers are waking up to the effect Brexit could have on their industry, says PETER HETHERINGTON.
While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.
The Prime Minister’s reckless disregard for truth is starting to destroy trust among his own party and could soon be his downfall.
"Farage, Banks and Bannon. They are some of the well-known Bad Boys of Brexit. But there are many more. The Bad Boys of Brexit are an unholy alliance. They are global Money Men, small-state Regulation Burners and people with highly questionable Russian Connections, some of whom have undermined the very foundations of democracy."
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”.
In March last year, Dominic Cummings, former Campaign Director of Vote Leave, warned that after Brexit happens “we’ll be coming for the ECHR… and we’ll win that by more than 52-48…” For anyone who has paid attention to the public debate over the Human Rights Act (HRA) and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the past decade, those were chilling words.
The ex-£140,000-a-year aide also admitted the government had been “swamped by the Brexit problem”, which he said the PM branded a “huge nightmare”.
Recalling Newsnight's coverage, Maitlis said: "It might take our producers five minutes to find 60 economists who feared Brexit and five hours to find a sole voice who espoused it. But by the time we went on air we simply had one of each; we presented this unequal effort to our audience as balance. It wasn't."
Chlorinated chicken is just the start. The government intends to rip up food standards, public services and public protections.