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"Not one of those things he promised us has been delivered. So I have seen no evidence that that man is capable of negotiating his way out of the tea room in the House of Commons, let alone us into the biggest market in the world." - Peter Kyle
Shadow chancellor wants more openly pro-referendum and pro-remain approach. / John McDonnell has expressed renewed frustration at the slow pace of change on Labour’s Brexit policy, praising Jeremy Corbyn for seeking a consensus view, but warning: “We need to move now.”
A group of 80 Labour MPs have told Jeremy Corbyn to secure a guaranteed second referendum as a ‘bottom line’ of any Brexit deal he reaches with Theresa May.
ix years after the EU referendum, the United Kingdom is being forced to confront an inconvenient truth: Brexit is a process, not an event. It is emphatically not done. Only now are the consequences of the “oven-ready deal” of which Boris Johnson boasted becoming clear.
The shadow foreign secretary said the current UK-EU trade deal is damaging the British economy.
Sophie Stowers and Alan Wager look back on a year in Brexit, using the UK in a Changing Europe/Redfield and Wilton Strategies Brexit tracker poll to highlight five key trends in attitudes to Brexit in 2022.
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to step up their fight to protect the NHS after a legal bid to prevent it being “on the table” in post-Brexit trade deals was voted down by Tory MPs.
ANAS Sarwar has admitted that Brexit has been a "disaster" for the UK economy - but said he won't back another referendum on rejoining the EU.
Labour’s leader in the House of Lords, Angela Smith, is spearheading a cross-party bid to force the government to set up a powerful new committee to report by September on the risks of a no-deal Brexit.
Leading Labour activists are warning Jeremy Corbyn that they could boycott the party’s campaign for the European elections unless it backs a confirmatory referendum on Brexit, as pressure mounts on the leadership to support a fresh public vote.
Pro-Remain Labour activists have launched a drive to push the party’s leadership into an anti-Brexit position. In the wake of European elections forecast to be a disaster for Jeremy Corbyn, left-wing campaigners have published a motion calling for the party to adopt a radical “remain and reform” agenda at the party’s conference in Brighton in September.
Two-thirds of Labour supporters in Leave areas want fresh public poll amid widespread support for remaining in EU, poll finds.
Boris Johnson has come under fire for reportedly telling a virtual meeting of Conservative MPs that devolution had been a "disaster" in Scotland.
The NHS is at critical risk as Boris Johnson wields the national treasure as bait in trade talks with the US, Labour claims.
Boris Johnson has been warned his prospective free trade deal with Australia could “decimate” the British farming industry, as opposition parties unite against a zero-tariff agreement.
Conservative manifesto plans mean continued Brexit uncertainty and risk no-deal crash-out at end of 2020, says thinktank.
Prime minister under pressure as Commons coalition attempts to force closer relationship with EU after Brexit.
In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.
Voters have punished the two main parties over Brexit as the Tories and Labour both suffered early losses in the English local council elections, with the Liberal Democrats making big gains.
Britons must look at themselves calmly and honestly, recognizing the tough times that lie ahead and the changes needed to get the country back on track. Unfortunately, the country's political leaders remain unwilling to treat voters like grown-ups.
Keith Brown challenged pro-Union parties at Holyrood to explain how they would reverse "the dismal downwards trend" caused by the UK leaving the EU.
The First Minister will address the London School of Economics. / Scotland’s First Minister will use a speech in London on Tuesday to attack Labour and the Tories over Brexit.
Seven years on from the referendum, the divisions it exposed still affect how people vote.
Keir Starmer’s tedious, hardline rhetoric on Brexit actually reveals our path back to Europe.
Labour said the warning underlines the need for a ‘more productive’ relationship with Brussels following Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.
The Liberal Democrat leader accused the two main parties of avoiding confronting the economic impacts of Britain’s departure from the EU.
Giles Merritt assesses British remorse for leaving the EU, and suggests that Brussels should weigh the advantages of a constructive new relationship.
Speaking at the Trade Unlocked conference, Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds gave new details of how the party would amend the deal struck by Boris Johnson.
Our fundamental values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law are under direct threat. The next election has to produce a different outcome, and we'll get it by holding the prime minister accountable
Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke to Channel 4 News ahead of her conference speech. She said she has “no plans whatsoever” to increase income tax adding that Brexit has “played a part” in the shortage of HGV drivers causing fuel shortages and queues at petrol stations across the country.
Britain's role in foreign affairs has been in decline for a long time, and that will continue unless the country joins with other European countries in a very sustained way.
The British Labour party has accused Boris Johnson’s government of putting political stability in Northern Ireland at risk with its unilateral postponement of plans agreed with the European Union for post-Brexit checks on goods.
Amid political quagmire, Starmer must kill false narrative about EU intransigence.
Britain’s Labour party will whip its MPs to back a second Brexit referendum rather than offer a free vote, its shadow chancellor John McDonnell, has said.
Seven in ten Britons support a closer relationship with the EU than we have now. / As we approach the fourth anniversary of Brexit, 52% of Britons now believe that the UK leaving the EU was the wrong decision. The Labour party – likely to form the next government – have so far resisted calls to move towards rejoining the single market...
Ahead of next week's local elections in England, Steve and Chris wonder why Labour isn't doing better in the polls, what Labour's Brexit policy really is, and what Labour's strategists are smoking? Also: civic engagement, plastic toffs, and Lie(s) of the Week.
Pro-EU Labour MP says second referendum will only happen with frontbench support.
The Labour leader has been warned he risks tying his party to the continuing damage of a Brexit process that isn't working.
Labour have reprimanded a frontbench MP after she told a private meeting she hoped the UK could return to the EU single market if the party formed a government.
Change UK has urged disillusioned pro-EU Labour members to “lend” the party their votes in the looming European elections to build support for a Final Say referendum.
“This is the first big Remain constituency by-election in England, and I think the dismal ‘embrace Brexit’ mantra may be at least partially to blame," Rejoin EU's leader has said.
The Conservatives have been accused of releasing a misleading campaign video after doctoring footage to falsely suggest that a senior Labour figure had been unable to answer a question about Brexit.
To break parliamentary deadlock, deal has to be put to public vote, Labour leader says
Almost 90 Labour MPs and MEPs demand party make ‘clear commitment’ to Final Say vote in manifesto for European parliament elections.
'I think it should be now - we need to take the bull by the horns', says Jenny Chapman - piling fresh pressure on Labour leader. / Labour’s Brexit spokeswoman has told Jeremy Corbyn he must come off the fence and commit to a fresh referendum “now”.
Jeremy Corbyn aims to stop a no-deal Brexit by becoming the head of a caretaker government after winning a no-confidence vote in the government.
Backers of second referendum express disappointment as Labour leader reiterates his position.
A generation of young people could desert the party, says Richard Corbett, leader of Labour MEPs.
Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that his refusal to commit to a fresh Brexit referendum is causing Labour members to abandon to party in their droves, as its ruling body prepares to meet to decide the party's manifesto for next month's European Parliament elections.
Jeremy Corbyn will plunge his own position into jeopardy if he “betrays” Labour supporters by refusing to push for a further Brexit referendum, a shadow minister has said, in an outspoken interview.
Brexit is fomenting a significant split in the alliance of Labour left-wing activists that keeps Jeremy Corbyn in power, because of his and the party leadership’s reluctance to commit to hold a referendum on any Brexit deal.
The U.K.'s anticipated accession to an encompassing trans-Pacific economic agreement in July will provide an "imperceptibly small" boost economically and will not compensate for its exit from the European Union, said Bill Emmott, former editor-in-chief of The Economist, in a recent interview with Nikkei.
Jeremy Corbyn’s unwillingness to back a second referendum could lead to a near-fatal split in the Labour Party, David Lammy has warned.
Electric vehicles moving between the UK and the EU face a 10 per cent tariff once a grace period expires in 2027.
Move would punish shadow foreign secretary for backing second Brexit referendum
Steve Race says he wants to see the UK back in the EU in his lifetime. / Exeter’s would-be Labour MP Steve Race has vowed to keep campaigning for the UK to rejoin the EU. Mr Race has been chosen as the successor to the city’s long-serving MP Ben Bradshaw.
Labour says import quotas are so high they are meaningless and raises concerns about animal welfare
Jeremy Corbyn is facing a fierce backlash from Labour members after a draft leaflet for the European elections said the party would press ahead with Brexit.
Touring musicians coming to Scotland are still struggling with "massively damaging" visa issues in the wake of Brexit, Labour's shadow culture secretary has claimed.
In the UK, disillusionment with Brexit has set in. The limitations of Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement are evident. But Labour’s Keir Starmer, the likely winner of the general election, has only modest ambitions for Britain’s relationship with the EU. Andrew Duff suggests that Labour should be much bolder by adopting a phased approach back to full membership.
The tide in Britain appears to have turned since the 2016 Brexit referendum. / According to a new poll, only 43% of the British population consider that the UK's departure from the European Union was a good decision, while 57% believe it was a mistake.
Between 2001 and 2019, the Conservative share of ‘more English than British’ voters rose from 40% to 68% while ‘more British’ voters still preferred to vote Labour. ‘Political Englishness’ was also evident in support for UKIP and the Brexit party in the 2014 and 2019 EU elections and in support for Leave in the EU referendum.
Scotland has been damaged by Brexit, but both the Tories and Labour are in denial, Humza Yousaf is set to say.
In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt realise Brexit is in trouble. ... The Conservative Party is incapable of extricating itself from Brexit. The force of economic circumstances and changing public opinion may however encourage Labour leader Keir Starmer reluctantly to abandon his futile hope of "making Brexit work".
The lack of clarity around Labour’s Brexit policy was a deliberate attempt to split the difference between different groups. But today it should be clear we needed to come off the fence.
The best way to stop Brexit is to support those parties which are unequivocal about staying in the European Union.
Labour’s shadow cabinet needs to put its weight fully behind the push for a second Brexit referendum, the Independent Group (TIG) of MPs has said.
Former First Minister Carwyn Jones garnered significant press coverage recently with his statement that the chaos in UK politics was driving curiosity about Welsh independence.
A plot to kill a Labour MP and a police officer was only disrupted after an informant within the neo-Nazi group National Action blew the whistle. Robbie Mullen passed the details on to Hope Not Hate’s Matthew Collins.
We are stuck in the Tory game of make-believe that everything is coming up roses in an English country garden. The reality is that following Brexit the rest of the world looks at England with a mixture of perplexity, pity, and amused contempt.
The Labour leader suggested he would not seek to introduce a new immigration regime for EU citizens.
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour is calling for a public vote on any Brexit deal after months of heated debate within the party.
There are three separate attempts to redraft leader’s strategy so it ties party unambiguously to giving UK a second vote.
Document written by left-wing allies is endorsed by every sitting Labour MEP set to contest their seat.
Jeremy Corbyn has conceded that Brexit may have to be delayed to allow Labour to get a better deal with the EU.
Shadow cabinet ministers are backing a new public vote alongside MPs from the left and right of the party. / Jeremy Corbyn is under intense pressure from within his shadow cabinet to give a strong commitment to a new Brexit referendum as part of Labour’s European election campaign offer.
Labour leader insists he could lead a "strictly time-limited" national unity government to delay Brexit, call an election, and stop no deal on October 31.
Labour would “immediately legislate” to hold a second referendum if the party wins the next election, leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed.
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons.
Leader braced for backlash from Remain MPs and activists, but allies think no-deal outcome would be worse.
Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, tells delegates at the Labour party conference in Liverpool that if Theresa May ends negotiations without a deal, 'campaigning for a public vote must be an option … and nobody is ruling out remain as an option'.
Labour leadership frontrunner was only candidate at Dudley hustings not to reject idea of reversing Brexit.
Shadow ministers poised to resign and defy three-line whip when MPs vote on trade deal on Wednesday.
A number of Labour MPs believe there is a palpable shift in public opinion on Brexit due to comparatively worse inflation figures in the UK to Europe and ongoing issues with the trade deal with Brussels.
The Labour leader has been under pressure to criticise the pact with Brussels amid disruption at Irish Sea ports and complaints about export difficulties.
The Labour leadership contender said he would 'of course bring back, argue for, challenge' as he made a passionate plea for EU citizens to live and work in the UK - and vice versa.
Labour leader will announce plans to push power away from Westminster in keynote speech.
Labour activists call on leader to intervene as deadline to apply for settled status looms.
The Opposition leader tried to win over firms after Boris Johnson's "rambling" Peppa Pig speech to the CBI conference was panned.
Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass parliament, warning up to 150 Labour MPs would reject an agreement that did not include one.
Brexit's the elephant in the room that can be avoided no longer when quitting the European Union plunges a Disunited United Kingdom deeper into economic horror.
Dire warnings from British industries after Chancellor Sajid Javid admitted businesses will be hit, exposes why the Prime Minister focuses on the trivial.
Ex-Scottish Labour leader to focus on restoring faith in fact-based politics.
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has quit the party over its stance on Brexit, the BBC has learned.
The party’s former leader in Scotland is expected to confirm her decision within days. / Kezia Dugdale, the former Scottish Labour leader, is expected to quit frontline politics after becoming increasingly disillusioned with the party’s stance on Brexit.
Labour big beast Neil Kinnock has warned Keir Starmer he might struggle to meet a key election pledge without rejoining the EU’s Single Market.
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson is to urge his party to "strongly" make the case for the UK staying in the EU.
Party now says it would ‘not be right’ for public to be given Final Say vote on prime minister’s plan after it was again rejected by MPs.
Theresa May has been accused of offering “meaningless empty rhetoric” on workers’ rights to win support for her Brexit deal, while quietly eroding vital protections in a no-deal scenario.
Local parties demand their leader ‘support revoking Article 50 if necessary’ – paving way for another titanic conference battle to change policy
Party hopes to attend meetings of EU foreign affairs council should it win UK election.
Smaller parties hope to capitalise on anger over Brexit process – if poll is not cancelled.
Sir Ed Davey said conversations are ongoing with a number of MPs to defect to his party
Discussions could lead to new party consisting of six or more Labour MPs plus some Tories.
'MPs cannot be bystanders while the next Tory PM tries to crash the UK out of the EU,' says Starmer. / Labour will mount a bid to seize control of the Commons agenda to prevent the next Tory prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn says the party will support a public vote to "prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country".
Boris Johnson must rebuild relationships with neighbours to ‘make Brexit work,’ says shadow foreign secretary.
Michael Gove told numbers trained falls far short of 50,000 promised last year
We are Labour members and supporters united in our commitment to defending and extending the free movement of people in the context of the debate around Brexit.
Fury among delegates as card vote denied amid chaotic scenes at party conference.
Labour should promise to fix the "mess" caused by Brexit at the next general election, a former minister has said. / Hilary Benn said people "can see what is happening in front of their eyes" and it was time argue for "a new relationship with the EU".
A senior Labour figure has stamped on talk of an early deal with Theresa May to rescue Brexit, warning her proposals would see private US health giants “getting their hands” on the NHS.
Shadow home secretary says MPs need to act quickly after recess to avert no-deal Brexit.
The shadow Northern Ireland secretary appeared alongside Charlie McConalogue at a Business Post event in London.
The party can capitalise on Tory failure.
‘The way they have been treated over the past three years is shameful,’ says frontrunner.
In Nigel Farage’s old stamping-ground, voters turn to a party they once scorned.
Party could recommend a "Labour deal", says frontbencher. / Labour may not campaign for Remain in a second Brexit referendum, Shami Chakrabarti has said.
Grassroots consultation will be launched next month – with ‘overwhelming response in favour of a second referendum’ expected.
The Labour Movement for Europe is a Socialist Society affiliated to the Labour Party whose aim is to improve and broaden the understanding of the European Union and its potential throughout the wider Labour movement and the United Kingdom. It is the home of the pro-Europeans in the Labour and trade union movement.
A Labour MP who claimed that Labour is ‘not a Remain party’ has now expressed concerns that it is losing Remainers after a series of member resignations.
Among 71 MPs signing up, six said to be backing ‘people’s vote’ for first time
High command fears that criticising Boris Johnson’s flawed deal with the EU would be damaging for the party.
MPs from the main opposition parties and rebel Tories have been frantically trying to wargame scenarios to work out how best to stop no deal Brexit.
Shadow chancellor refuses to say which side he will back but says he will not follow Jeremy Corbyn in staying neutral.
Corbyn faces opposition from at least 60 MPs to a customs pact with May without a second vote.
The message from the top has been that there should be virtual “radio silence” on the issue, a senior backbencher has said, even when the Tories make a pig’s ear out of the exit.
Boris Johnson's call for an election before Christmas looks set to flop as opposition parties signal they will not back him.
Labour leader struggling to balance conflicting forces in his party over Brexit.
Deputy leader says far more Remain supporters than Leavers have abandoned the party. / Watson’s intervention comes after the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, appeared to suggest a shift in Labour’s position towards stronger support for a second public vote.
Polls makes Vince Cable’s party the favourite for remainers and puts it in first place in London. / Senior Labour figures were engaged in a desperate battle to shore up the party’s support on Saturday night, amid warnings that its stance on Brexit was helping to “detoxify the Lib Dems”.
Former MEP Michael Cashman says he 'can't trust' Jeremy Corbyn and urges people to back second referendum parties. / A Labour peer has resigned from the party after announcing that he will vote for the Liberal Democrats in this week's European Parliament elections.
Huge constitutional clash looms if Tory rebels join bid to spike guns of a new Tory leader. / Boris Johnson’s vow to deliver a no-deal Brexit is facing a major cross-party ambush after Labour moved to give parliament new control over the process.
Labour has said it is prepared to back another EU referendum to prevent a "damaging Tory Brexit".
Keir Starmer’s party set out ‘new deal’ for sector – as figures show 6,000 farms have gone bust.
"Let's be clear, shortages right across the country, shortages of fruit pickers, shortages of builders, shortages in terms of lorry drivers: all of that is down to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and the promises they made to the British people," David Lammy said.
Mr Corbyn said that the two sides were unable to agree due to the 'weakness and instability' of the Government. / Cross-party Brexit talks between Labour and the Conservatives have broken down, with Jeremy Corbyn saying they have “gone as far as they can” but have been unable to agree.
Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson must agree "oven ready" deal with Brussels that he promised in 2019.
Shadow minister Rebecca Long Bailey refused to say if the party would back a new referendum.
Labour has tabled a cross-party motion to try to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs.
Motion tabled in name of former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett would require a public vote before any deal with the EU.
'I mean, it's for the Labour front-bench to determine what we're going to do on the day, but that is my view'
The leader of the GMB union said the UK ‘needs a new settlement’ with the EU as Brexit was ‘hitting trade’.
There are so many reasons not to back any agreement brought forward by the PM that it is hard to know where to start. So let’s look at the arguments being made by those who think they should.
Emily Thornberry says lack of economic impact assessment ‘makes no sense whatsoever’.
Motion likely to be voted on when Theresa May puts her revised Brexit deal before the Commons next week.
Labour is redrafting European election leaflets after accusations of ignoring a pledge to hold a further Brexit referendum, the BBC has been told. / They will now refer to the party's preparations for a general election, with a referendum if necessary to avoid what it calls a "bad Tory deal".
Liz Truss urged to sign off deals quickly to spare African states high tariffs once Brexit transition period ends.
A Labour government under Keir Starmer will “fix the holes in Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal,” including on electric vehicles, the party’s trade chief said Tuesday, promising to mend ties with the U.K.’s largest trade partner.
Shadow chancellor says MPs will 'have to go back to the people' if compromise deal cannot be agreed.
Jeremy Corbyn’s party is losing three times as many supporters to rivals who back Remain as to Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. / Labour will be unable to win a majority in a general election unless it changes its stance on a second referendum, new analysis of polling suggests.
Shadow chancellor says MPs will be whipped to support plan to give public Final Say on EU withdrawal.
Shadow foreign secretary to mark out diplomatic mission of a future Labour government in landmark speech.
“We will vote against that legislation because it doesn’t have the support of any of the political parties here in Northern Ireland,” he said.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would be trounced by the Liberal Democrats in a general election unless it changes its Brexit stance, according to a new poll.
London activists upset at small mention of holding a second public vote. Local election results trigger fresh row over party's Brexit policy.
Talks between Labour and the government aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse have ended without an agreement.
It seems that Labour is finally getting its act together on holding the government’s feet to the fire over Brexit, after what has appeared like a few months of sidestepping the issue.
Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.
Strong support for closer EU relationship as Labour pledges to leave deal in place.
The Labour Party has hit out at leaked plans to diverge from EU workers' rights laws after Brexit.
Brexit is an existential threat to Conservatism. When it fails, the party will need to ask itself some searching questions.
Labour and Tories prefer one-on-one format, which would mean no place for Jo Swinson’s party.
The anti-Brexit party is up by more than 250 seats in early counting while both Tories and Labour struggle.
The Liberal Democrats are to set out a roadmap for Britain to rejoin the European Union single market – reversing the most damaging parts of Brexit. / The proposed policy would ultimately reinstate free movement and trade.
Manufacturers based in Boris Johnson’s new freeports will not be able to enjoy the full benefits if they are exporting to a series of countries with which the UK has signed post-Brexit trade deals.
Labour has warned Liz Truss against signing a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia before there is sufficient parliamentary scrutiny.
The Conservatives and Labour have faced a backlash at the ballot box over the Brexit deadlock, with smaller parties and independents winning seats.
An increasingly large majority of Brits now think Brexit was a mistake, new polling suggests. / After years of wrangling an exit deal with the EU and the ongoing Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, 57% of the country now believes leaving the bloc was an error.
Theresa May is ready to delay Brexit to August in yet another bid to buy time for a compromise deal with Labour.
Shadow business secretary says plan to bring PM’s deal back to Commons is dangerous. / The government is refusing to budge on Labour’s central demand for a permanent customs union in cross-party talks on Brexit, according to Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary.
Shadow chancellor indicates Labour will back a referendum on any deal that is agreed by parliament. / Politicians will move heaven and earth to prevent the country leaving the EU with no deal, John McDonnell has said, adding that such an outcome would be catastrophic for the economy.
New chair of the European Movement gives surprise backing to Labour’s cautious approach.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another bout of Brexit madness. / The team tackle Gavin Williamson's sacking and yet more disappointment from Labour while Geri explores the existential crisis gripping the Tories.
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey are joined by New European editor Matt Kelly to look back, and forward, as the paper celebrates its third birthday. The team also reflect on a week when the normal rules of diplomacy died and Labour backed Remain - almost. And there's a big Brexit Quiz!
The team run down what the Tory leadership hopefuls have planned to solve Brexit and tackle The Donald's visit to the Palace. Meanwhile Geri digs deep into another confusing week for Labour.
Legal experts say bill is badly designed and ‘undemocratic’. / Opposition parties will next week try to delay government plans for a bonfire of nearly 4,000 EU laws and key workers’ rights from the UK’s statute books after Brexit.
Opposition leaders are using Donald Trump's visit to the UK to raise concerns about the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
Labour would fall behind the Liberal Democrats in the polls if Jeremy Corbyn helps the Tories to secure Brexit, according to a huge new poll.
“The reason the UK will have the lowest growth in the G7 next year is Brexit. We’re not going to reverse the decline until we begin to remove the barriers – economic, social, scientific – that we chose to erect with the rest of our continent. That’s not rocket science. Just say it.”
Growing discontent over policy on Brexit, anti-Semitism and Venezuela spur breakaway movement .
Mike Buckley is joined by Hilary Benn MP, Natalie Bennett (Green Party member of the House of Lords) and Richard Wilson (Leeds for Europe and Grassroots for Europe) to talk about how we can rebuild our relationship with Europe following Brexit.
The shadow minister’s position went far further than Keir Starmer, who has spoken only about improving Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
Huge thanks to May and Corbyn for laying on some quality material for our extended 100th podcast. Labour finally, finally comes out for a People’s Vote. But what needs to happen first? Can TIG claim credit? And are we in for another grudging 60% campaigning performance from Jeremy?
This week, the last desperate moves before next week’s descent in the Hellmouth of Final Votes. Has Theresa May’s attempts to bribe Labour MPs from Leave constituencies backfired? Just how wobbly is Labour’s “commitment” to a People’s Vote? And who will run candidates in the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections if Brexit is extended and Britain has to participate?
As Labour’s NEC enrages members by pushing a Confirmatory Referendum into Never-Neverland and recommitting to “Soft” Brexit, we invite Guardian writer and Corbyn supporter RACHEL SHABI into the Remainiacs bunker for a candid discussion of Labour’s Brexit contortions.
How did a sweeping local elections vote for Remain parties become an instruction to “just get Brexit done”? / ALEX SOBEL, the pro-People’s Vote Labour MP for Leeds North West, joins us to unpick the spin around a vote that saw both Labour and the Tories receive a bloody nose – and then try to explain it away.
As the EU Election clock ticks remorselessly down to zero we’re joined by the New Statesman’s political editor STEPHEN BUSH. / What will Labour’s “all things to everyone” stance to do its vote? How do we fight the Brexit Party’s “all rage, no content’’ politics? Just how screwed are the Conservatives?
It’s Euro elections week and lots of us STILL don’t know who to vote for. On Friday 17 May we brought together people from the key national parties who are hunting the Remainer vote to make their pitch in semi-hustings format. London MEP candidates DINESH DHAMIJA (Lib Dems), LAURA PARKER (Labour) and JAN ROSTOWSKI (Change UK) plus AMELIA WOMACK (Deputy Leader of the Greens for England and Wales).
Who REALLY won the EU elections, the #DeniedMyVote scandal, the ruins of Labour and the Tories… / After the EU parliamentary elections turned into a straight-up showdown between the Remain bloc and the Brexit Party, who’s in charge now – and what’s left of the Tories and Labour?
So much for the Special Relationship… In an unprecedented week in which PM-to-be Boris Johnson effectively fired Britain’s ambassador to the USA to placate a bullying Donald Trump, we look into Britain’s humiliating future as a taker of orders from bigger international players.
As Parliament returns in righteous anger ... the Remainiacs team reconvene to find out if everything really has changed. / Should the Labour Party be grateful that the Supreme Court furore took the spotlight off the Brexit stitch-up at its conference? Who spiked Geoffrey Cox’s latte with crazy juice and how did Barry Shearman handle it? ... And why won’t Boris Johnson resign?
Eight Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna quit Labour over anti-semitism and Corbyn’s intransigence over Brexit. Then three Tory women – Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Woollaston – resign from the party they now say is irrevocably dominated by the hard Right and its ERG extremists. What can the Independent Group achieve and what must they do to achieve it?
Party seeks replacement as Tim Walker drops out in Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote.
Mayor of London calls for delay beyond the end of the year so businesses and public services will not have to face ‘another cliff edge in six months’ time’
Michael Shanks has taken a different position to leader Keir Starmer by saying he still believes the "European project is good for all of us".
Seven MPs have resigned from the Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism. They are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey.
The leader of the Labour Party has said his party will not support proposed UK legislation to change parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol - the post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.
The Labour leader is the only opposition boss not to have called for the transition to be extended.
United opposition would ‘send a powerful message to our European friends,’ says MP Ian Blackford — as ministers insist there’s no reason to change timetable.
The party would 'demand' closer ties with the EU if they were to support a minority Labour government.
The party would seek to restore free movement and single market membership ahead of fully rejoining the EU.
The SNP would “undo Brexit as far as possible” if the party held the balance of power in a hung parliament after the next general election.
Stephen Flynn questioned the PM’s description of the Windsor Agreement as "special, exciting and attractive". / The SNP's Westminster leader asked why other parts of the UK were denied the same status.
Control of the European Commission is in the grasp of the continent’s centre-left for the first time in decades. / The EU’s centre-left is planning to introduce a continent-wide minimum wage to correct the bloc’s “neoliberal failures” if it wins control of the European Commission after this month’s elections.
Economists at ING note that the Pound could thrive in the long term as the Labour party leader aims to rebuild good trade relationships with the bloc.
Several senior figures within the Labour Party have ripped into the impact of Brexit this week - and Keir Starmer has also had his say.
Closer alignment between a Labour government and the EU is a certainty. But the divisive binary choices of 2016 are ancient history.
Another Europe Is Possible says Labour must continue to hold Boris Johnson to account on Britain's withdrawal from bloc.
The Labour leader declares he will counter Boris Johnson's Brexit 'chaos and division' by negotiating the best deal for the British people.
Labour’s leader is perceived to be sitting on his hands over Europe. But private discussions with European leaders tell a different story.
Support for Labour among students has fallen by 10 percentage points in the last year.
Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal renegotiation can pave the way for Labour to agree closer EU ties if it wins power, a shadow minister has said.
DUP raises doubts on customs union, while Labour says it will whip MPs to support a second referendum.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield says party should show an ‘understanding of the catastrophe of Brexit’.
Professor Chris Grey’s analysis on how the budget aftermath exposed the costs and the lack of public consensus for Brexit. Some of the revived debate repeats the past, but there is a new context. How Labour responds now is crucial.
Remainers are about to fumble the European parliamentary elections and it is not because of a lack of formal cooperation or party alliances. It is because they have landed on entirely the wrong goals.
A surge in support for rejoining the EU means the debate on Brexit is far from over, according to the UK’s most-respected pollster, Adam Bienkov reports.
There's one thing that the two candidates locked in a bad-tempered battle to be Britain's next prime minister agree on: Brexit is nothing to do with any of the woes facing the UK right now. / The inconvenient truth, as the head of the port of Dover has confirmed, is that Brexit has indeed contributed to the chaos.
Michael Gold makes the case for membership of the European Economic Area, Simon Price outlines our slow economic decline after leaving the EU, and Dr David Mathieson urges Labour to rethink its policy.
More than 10,000 Labour members have signed up within hours to a new declaration calling on the party to lead the campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union.
At Labour Conference in Brighton from the 21st-25th September members can vote to strengthen Labour's policy for a People's Vote, and campaign to remain in the EU. Our app is a great way for any Labour delegate to find out more, come together and back the call to give the public a vote on the final Brexit Deal.
Deputy Labour leader says alternative is for Labour to campaign at election ‘unambiguously’ to stay in EU.
Jeremy Corbyn has put the party on an ‘election footing’ amid speculation over prospect of a snap poll, says deputy leader.
Relations between Jeremy Corbyn and his deputy plunge to new low - ahead of decision on European elections manifesto. / Tom Watson has walked out of a shadow cabinet meeting after Jeremy Corbyn refused to allow its members to see a draft policy on a fresh Brexit referendum.
Television star Tony Robinson has left the Labour party, citing the party’s policy on Brexit and its leadership’s handling of the antisemitism crisis.
Senior Conservatives and Labour believe the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill breaks international law and trashes the UK's reputation abroad - but Brexiteers threw their weight behind it.
After Rishi Sunak’s spring statement, the party can no longer rely on the economy to bolster support, so old battle lines are being redrawn.
Bid to force Boris Johnson to act thrown out – despite charities warning youngsters are in danger as they are forced to turn to smugglers.
Pat McFadden tells HuffPost UK that “perpetual” bad feeling with the EU might be a “perfect outcome” for hard Brexiteers.
Conservative MPs on both sides of the Brexit divide are telling Theresa May that a fresh referendum is becoming “inevitable”, as talks with Labour to break the impasse looked set to fail.
So far, in the first two months of Brexit, the following industries have indicated that they have been harmed: Aerospace; Airlines; Architecture; Art and Antiques; Beer; Bees; Cattle and horse breeding; Charities; Cheese; Chemicals; Cars; Classic Cars; Construction; Cosmetics and Perfume; e-Commerce; Fabrics; Fashion; Ferry services; Film and TV production; Financial Services; ...
Britain should push to rejoin the single market because Brexit is the “biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country,” says Sadiq Khan.
A persistent majority of Britons think Brexit was a mistake, one of the UK's leading pollsters said Wednesday, forecasting near-certain defeat for the Conservatives at the next election.
Big trade unions having now agreed a joint policy of an EU referendum in all circumstances and Labour campaigning to stay in the EU.
Survey finds almost two-thirds want public to have Final Say and 60 per cent want Labour to campaign for Remain – after party leader pledged to listen.
Big swings from Labour to pro-EU Liberal Democrats and Greens prove need to guarantee new referendum, Labour leader told - but he insists 'a deal has to be done'.
Now that we will face a new Prime Minister, what happens now with Brexit? And how should Labour react? Join our director Mike Buckley for a Q&A with Birmingham MPs Jess Phillips and Liam Byrne.
Preparations begin amid belief beleaguered prime minister will be forced to offer Labour the potentially crucial compromise.
Some seem to believe that Labour should now “move on” and ignore Brexit, hoping it won’t be an issue anymore. They are wrong, for three reasons.
Brexit has gone from xenophobic delusion to national embarrassment, sustained only by lies from government and press. We will rejoin the EU.
Brexit is three years old and less popular than ever. More people are unhappy with Brexit outcomes to date, and pessimistic about the gains to come today than at any point in the Brexit process so far. “Rejoin” has opened up a double-digit lead over staying out in polls asking voters how they would choose in a second referendum on EU membership.
Youth representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru urge MPs to back Final Say vote
Labour urgently needs to start campaigning for a People's Vote. And this should happen quickly – before the next prime minister – elected by just 0.25% of the population – tries to inflict an extreme form of Brexit on all of us.
Left-behind towns in England are to get a £1.6bn funding boost as part of a package of measures to win support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal among Labour MPs, who said the new cash would not buy their votes.
But the EU does not want to reopen debates about the terms of the Brexit deal: “Only in the UK are people still arguing about Brexit,” a source said. “No one in Europe thinks about it any more.”
The government's Brexit legislation is not being properly scrutinised because MPs are failing to turn up to parliamentary sessions about it, it has been claimed.
‘As with any attack on democracy, it is important that we stand together,’ says Labour candidate. / Properties displaying Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green Party posters in Sussex have been vandalised, in attacks thought to be linked to Brexit.

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