Brexit has not only failed to deliver on its promise of reducing immigration and controlling borders, but it has also made the immigration issue worse and more difficult to manage. The government’s chaotic and ineffective immigration policies, such as the Rwanda policy, have only added to the problem.
We need a Brexit inquiry
29/11/2023
The Covid inquiry has shone a light on the government’s pandemic response. Now it’s time for scrutiny of another national disaster.
In his rambling, incoherent 115-page witness statement to the Covid-19 inquiry, Dominic Cummings, the disgraced former senior adviser to disgraced former prime minister Boris Johnson, puts the blame for the Covid lockdowns on ‘the blob’ or as he describes it “insiders refusing to accept the referendum result”.
A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?
When the prime minister was first informed, his response was: “You keep an eye on it. It will probably go away.”
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."
The Prime Minister’s reckless disregard for truth is starting to destroy trust among his own party and could soon be his downfall.
Dominic Cummings, the mastermind behind the 2016 U.K. vote to leave the European Union, said it would be a “disaster” if Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended parts of the Brexit deal over trade in Northern Ireland.
Dominic Cummings claims PM did not grasp what leaving EU trade area meant until after Brexit
12/11/2021
“It wasn’t until October 2020 that he finally understood even vaguely what leaving the customs union meant.”
Ireland's deputy PM has warned governments doing trade deals with the UK that it is a nation that "doesn't necessarily keep its word".
Boris Johnson never understood what his Withdrawal Agreement with the EU really meant, his former chief adviser has said.
Ex-adviser to PM says flawed Brexit deal was way to ‘whack Corbyn’ and ‘of course’ government can break it.
Former No 10 adviser pressed for appointment to be hurried through, saying he had ‘ordered it’ from PM.
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”.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
Dominic Cummings: Damaging legacy of ‘unelected bureaucrat’ will take years to undo, says Guy Verhofstadt
15/11/2020
European Parliament’s former Brexit chief takes aim at departing aide.
Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings is expected to leave his position by the end of the year.
Exit is chance to restore trust between No 10 and MPs, says one senior backbencher.
Confusion over Dominic Cummings’ departure as No 10 refuses to say if he has formally quit
13/11/2020
Unclear whether loser in Downing Street power struggle will sever his links entirely, or even retain a ‘hot desk’.
Departure of Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘brain’ signals end of influence for Vote Leave team.
Appointment would cause ructions in Westminster as many hope for outsider to take key role.
Europe Letter: UK’s reputation diminished as EU capitals digest declaration to break law
UK’s Rival to Galileo - A Brexit Farce
30/07/2020
The sorry tale of Britain’s as-yet-unnamed rival to the EU’s Galileo programme took another unexpected, miserable and hugely expensive turn in the past few days.
Proposed rewriting of data protection rules said to put vital cooperation in doubt.