Brendan is a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament, who left the Conservative Party in 1999 in protest against its anti-European policies. Since then, he has stood in the European elections of 1999, 2009 and 2014, always for pro-European parties.

itizens from EU countries living in the UK are being turned away at polling stations across the country. #DeniedMyVote

Brexit Party MEP Alexandra Phillips denies working for Cambridge Analytica in Kenya, speaking to @Channel4News. / A few days later she admitted working for the firm's parent company.

In this pre-recorded episode from the say after brexit was supposed to happen, 4 regretful leavers, Sim, Daniel, Emma and our host Chris chat about various aspects of our current politics. It includes the prospect of a general election, EU elections and what is next with brexit.

The threat of a no-deal Brexit remains on the table, Boris Johnson has suggested, as he confirmed preparations for an exit to WTO terms will continue if he wins the election.

1. Robbie Gibb asked me this question a while ago. I can’t say what he doesn’t know, but I can break down his article. / 2. I’m going to go through the article line by line to reiterate my original point, starting with the suggestion that our position is “all laid out” in the Conservative Manifesto.

Thousands of British nationals living abroad have been deprived of their votes in today’s elections due to administrative errors by UK authorities, according to widespread reports.

EU citizens in the UK are being denied their democratic right to vote in the European elections because of administrative errors by local councils. EU nationals across the country have been reporting that they arrived at polling booths only to find their names crossed out with officials confirming they were not eligible to vote.

'We are as much spectators in this as you are,' security source tells The Independent, as government blocks publication of documents until after election.

Powerful interview from Tony Blair. Should be watched by everyone. Whatever your views about Brexit, we’ve all got to be honest about what’s involved. Boris Johnson is trying to con the British people.

Nearly 200,000 people have applied to register to vote in just 72 hours, and more than half of them are under 35.

The Liberal Democrats have launched their European election campaign with an "unambiguous" pledge to stop Brexit.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said voting for her party in the upcoming European parliamentary elections will send a clear message that Scotland is not for Brexit.

Want a simple guide as to how to vote tactically? Try the new Tactical Vote Diagram!

Meaningful votes, Article 50 Extension, EU Elections, The Frauderendum, TIG, The ERG, Dictator May, Useless Corbyn, yet ANOTHER fine for Vote Leave... seriously, what the hell is going on?!!?!?! / Mike Galsworthy (Scientists for EU), Paul Somerville (OFOC) and I have been working furiously over the last few months to get #ProjectHope up and running.

Brits abroad and EU citizens could be stripped of their voting rights in local elections if we can't secure a deal.

The European elections this year coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, held in June 1979.

Opinium poll for the Observer also reveals 47% of public think Putin’s government affected UK’s 2019 general election.

An expected snap election in Northern Ireland would become a mini-poll on post-Brexit trade arrangements.

Green MP Caroline Lucas says millions at risk of losing right to have their voice heard. / Nearly 8 million people in Britain eligible to vote in the European elections are not yet registered, campaigners have said as the deadline looms.

Scottish voters are electing a new parliament this week, and again the pro-independence party SNP is expected to win. The vote could lead the way to the disintegration of the United Kingdom.

AC GRAYLING established himself as a leading thinker of the Remain campaign. He argues that the cause is not lost and that it is well worth continuing the fight.

Only an alliance can change the current two-party system, give voice to the voiceless and start to bring our country together. It’s time to embrace a genuine example of new politics and fix our democracy. / We, The Undersigned, ask all the pro-European parties listed above to agree an electoral alliance for the next General Election. The alliance would have two agreed objectives ...

Andrew Marr has hit out at Boris Johnson for his "ludicrous and offensive" comparison between Ukraine and Brexit, and said it was a calculated comment to "get back to talking about Brexit" in anticipation of upcoming local elections.

One Brexit Party candidate said he was stood down without any advance notice of leader Nigel Farage's news conference.

Brexit party leader claims other candidates were offered seats in Lords in move that ‘borders on corruption’.

Rishi Sunak has been dealt a fresh blow after experts predicted he'll fail to win the support of an extra 2.3million British expats getting a vote for the first time this year. / Earlier this month, new rules came into effect that gave British citizens living abroad the right to 'votes for life'.

Plaid Cymru's Adam Price says parties have to put the national interest first.

Political scientist and polling expert Dr Kevin Cunningham joins Hugh, Pat and Fiach to discuss a report he co-authored for the think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the shape of the next European Parliament.

Irish Freedom Party wants to run candidates in the European elections.

Enter your postcode to view results for your region and see how you can take votes from Hard Brexit parties

Former prime minister Tony Blair claims the Brexit "nightmare" will not be over if the Tories win the election and take the UK out of the EU on 31 January.

Nick Boles fears ruse is way to suspend parliament for general election – to be held after UK has crashed out of EU. / Boris Johnson is ready to “declare no confidence in himself” as a trick to thwart MPs and carry out a no-deal Brexit, a senior MP is warning.

Survey for anti-Brexit campaign predicts tactical vote could dent PM’s projected 44-seat majority.

No 10 vowed that 'nothing will come before parliament but the bare minimum' - but has now retreated.

Anger grows before West Country byelection as farmers say they will be left poorer and unable to compete with foreign producers.

A 2007 article by Boris Johnson has resurfaced in which he rails against the "arrogance" and "contempt" of Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair as prime minister without a general election.

No 10 explores bringing forward a bill – allowing a poll with a simple majority in Commons – despite dismissing identical Lib Dem-SNP plan as ‘gimmick’

PM to table motion for early poll as he abandons ‘do or die’ pledge to leave EU by 31 October.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to table a motion in the House of Commons on Monday for a general election to be held on 12 December.

Boris Johnson has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal, but only if they agree to a 12 December general election.

Under current PM, government is not Conservative but English Nationalist, says Chris Patten.

Lord Heseltine has claimed that Boris Johnson has crossed 'the threshold of insanity' by vowing to 'squat' in Downing Street even if he is unseated by MPs. / According to the Sunday Times, Johnson will dare the Queen to sack him rather than resign as prime minister in an attempt to ensure Brexit happens on October 31st.

Top Tories say attempt to appease hardliners means coalition of support for his leadership bid will not survive the autumn

From the same people who brought you the 'watertight' plan to rescue Owen Paterson, their latest proposal will reignite the Brexit debate.

The passionate environmentalist served as MEP for Wight and Hampshire East between 1979 and 1984. / Boris Johnson might be one of the highest profile proponents for leaving the EU, but his father has other ideas. 78-year-old Stanley Johnson is a staunch Remainer who spent the 2016 EU referendum arguing against his famous son.

MPs must pass a no-confidence vote in the government and trigger a general election

The UK would have to hold a referendum, general election, or some kind of other “political process” if it wants to delay Brexit again, the EU’s chief negotiator has said.

Britain's moves to leave the European Union may complicate life for our exporters but will not damage New Zealand’s economy, Prof Robert Patman says.

Northern Ireland politicians are making a last-ditch attempt to break a political impasse triggered by Brexit that has stopped the formation of a functioning government in Belfast.

Today, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris announced legislation that would push back the legal deadline for Northern Ireland Assembly elections to be called to 18th January 2024, after 12 months of political deadlock over the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP).

Hope Not Hate is taking out Facebook ads and sending mail shots amid fears Robinson needs just 125k votes.

I never thought “voter suppression” would be a phrase that I'd ever associate with British politics. Unfortunately, the events witnessed on European Election polling day, which left registered European citizens unable to vote, leave me struggling to find the adequate words to describe how much of a mess it was.

Nigel Farage has opened the door to a pact with Boris Johnson to deliver a no-deal Brexit, in a move that will alarm moderate Conservatives.

The Brexit Party has been ordered to pay just over £22,000 after losing a court battle over an unpaid advertising bill incurred during the 2019 general election campaign.

Nigel Farage says Brexit Party won't contest seats won by Tories in 2017 - but will stand in all Labour seats.

No reasons to be cheerful in either Labour or Tory ranks, a comeback of sorts for the Lib Dems and a surge for Independents. Was it a Brexit election? What does it mean for the Brexit process?

Another Brexit deadline passes, another Brexit election begins. Who is in for the trick and who is in for the treat as the UK's political parties go door to door.

From the outside, nothing much has changed yet. From the inside, however, the UK has undergone a radical and at times ugly transformation. The June 2016 referendum has helped set off a chain of events that has impacted many aspects of life in the country.

Pro-EU parties, including the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and the Independent Group, will not form pacts or alliances at the forthcoming EU elections, hoping to use the poll as a “soft referendum” to show a surge in support for remain.

Amy Dalla Mura was found guilty of harassing Change UK leader in London, but is now standing against her in Broxtowe.

The general election will be the point of no return for the UK in the current phase of its decline, and the US is heading in the same direction.

Johnson calls for election on December 12th to break Britain’s Brexit impasse.

Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods.

Extension would have to stop well before upcoming EU elections, or continue long after, document suggests.

Documents show ministers were urged to make preparations before EU parliament elections.

So we got another extension, to Halloween ... Also, how should we be approaching the European elections? Should we vote tactically? To what extent should we treat it as a proxy referendum for Remain v. Leave? How would this sit with our democratic responsibility as EU citizens to vote on a European platform?

We D'hondt tell you how to vote in the European elections, but we hope our prolix chat about infighting and outfighting and tactics and principles and manifestos and candidates and choices and dilemmas has given you a helping, er, hondt.

Chris, Tanja, and Axel Antoni offer a first take on last week's European election and its aftermath before examining in a bit more detail what led to the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens who were denied their vote, and what can be done about it.

We look at the ethics of tactical voting in the 2019 general election, and why you should hold your nose and vote for a candidate from a party you might not endorse as a party of government.

Campaigners who represent EU citizens living in the UK say they are taking stock after losing a High Court fight over the 2019 European Parliament elections.

The Chancellor has warned there will be no alignment with EU regulations after Brexit - despite a pledge being made in the North East by Boris Johnson that standards would be protected.

By re-distributing just 2 per cent of voters from the weakest to the strongest Remain party in each region, the pro-European side could snatch victory from the jaws of supposedly inevitable ‘defeat’.

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.

'If things continue as they are the remain vote will split in Scotland', he says. / One of Change UK's lead European election candidates has quit to back the Liberal Democrats over concerns the new party could split the Remain vote in the upcoming contest.

New party says it has received more than 1,000 applications to stand in Europe elections from defectors from other parties.

“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.

A Christian man whose message of solidarity with Muslims went viral after the New Zealand terror attack is taking on Tommy Robinson in the European elections.

We are candidates standing as independents in the upcoming MEP elections. The Climate & Ecological Emergency Independents are inspired by the Youth Strikes 4 Climate, Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion movement.

One of the main concerns is that any update will serve the Conservatives' own interests.

The Conservative Party has drawn up emergency plans to select candidates for 23 May elections.

Researchers warn that tactics could undermine public trust in government messaging amid coronavirus pandemic.

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.

At least three local councils across England and Wales have admitted that they ran out of time to print and send postal ballots for the European elections to some overseas voters, leaving them effectively disenfranchised.

David Dimbleby travels across the UK to reveal why this is going to be one of the most charged, unpredictable elections in his 50 years as a political journalist.

Former justice secretary accuses prime minister of plotting snap general election.

WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM PREPARING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION, WE INVITED IRISH PEOPLE TO WRITE OPEN LETTERS TO UK VOTERS. HERE IS A SELECTION OF YOUR RESPONSES.

Some are being told the problems are due to the election only being confirmed at the last minute. / EU citizens have reported being turned away at polling stations for the European elections, despite being registered to vote.

The government now stands at a crossroads, and the first step they must take is to expand full voting rights to every permanent citizen in the country.

The UK Government has promised that if elected, their deal will “Get Brexit Done and End The Uncertainty.” But does it? If they are elected and their deal is passed, what will the UK know on Brexit day? What will they not know?

It's cock-up, not conspiracy - but the end result is the same. Countless EU citizens in the UK are being blocked from voting in the European parliamentary elections by onerous bureaucratic requirements, institutional complacency, and an administrative system which was taken by surprise that they were happening at all.

Dr David Nicholl will contest West Midlands seat of Bromsgrove to expose ‘Brexit dishonesty’.

Have voters changed their minds about leaving the EU, and has Brexit fundamentally reshaped our political identities.

Intelligence and security committee chair says dossier has facts ‘germane’ to voters.

Ian Taylor launches attack on Boris Johnson's "misleading" promise to "Get Brexit Done".

The million who marched in London for a new referendum or the six million who signed the Revoke Article 50 petition will have a chance to vote for what they want.

Deputy leader says general election victory is much more likely than it has been in the past.

Four years on from Brexit, and seven and a half years after the referendum, the wounds we suffered still smart. Many were denied their democratic voting rights in the 2016 referendum. Many were denied the opportunity to vote against a Brexit government in subsequent general elections. / Yet we still had to deal with the consequences and the removal of our rights, benefits and opportunities.

Boris Johnson is considering seeking an early general election if MPs wanting to block a no-deal Brexit defeat the government this week.

As parliament goes through the process of calling a December election, MPs will also vote on an amendment that would extend the franchise to EU citizens.

England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies warned that a no-deal Brexit could lead to "deaths", amid suggestions the Government could adopt leaving the EU without a deal as an official position in an election.

Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell has called for an investigation into reports that EU citizens were unable to vote in the EU Parliament elections.

Voters described turning up to take part in the European parliamentary elections only to find their name had been crossed out 'in red pen'.

Campaign groups prepare legal challenge following ‘systemic denial’ of suffrage. / The government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections.

But government faces demands to extend the right unilaterally beyond next year.

Data shows only one in 10 EU citizens able to vote in some parts of Britain. / The government has been accused of “shocking complacency” over the European election voting rights controversy as new data revealed that as few as one in 10 EU citizens were able to cast their vote in some areas of Britain.

Rachel Johnson has revealed she will compete in the European elections next month for the newly-formed Change UK group.

EU leaders have “lost patience” with Britain and do not want to grant another Brexit extension when time runs out in October, Ireland’s prime minister has said.

Politicians from mainstream parties across Europe have called on voters to shun the far right in this week’s European elections after Austria’s vice-chancellor resigned over a video sting that showed him offering public contracts in exchange for financial and campaign backing.

Green candidates, on course for their best showing, could play a big role in a divided parliament. / Europe’s Greens are on course for their strongest showing to date in next week’s European elections – and could find themselves kingmakers in a newly fragmented EU parliament.

Gerard Batten's advisor Tommy Robinson and YouTuber Carl Benjamin also fail in bids to be elected. / Ukip's leader has lost his seat at the European Parliament elections, in the latest blow for the disintegrating eurosceptic party.

EU citizens living in the UK have told of their anger after they were unable to vote in the European elections.

The BBC has been contacted by British expats from across the world who say their postal voting forms have arrived late, or not at all.

The European Parliamentary elections are due to take place 23-26 May 2019. All EU citizens living in the UK will have the opportunity to vote in an MEP to represent their region for the first time since 2014.

Voting in the European elections differs to voting at a general election. / The polls, which take place in Britain on 23 May and elect MEPs to the European Parliament, uses the d’Hondt system of proportional representation for voters in England, Scotland and Wales.

'Do I betray my country or my party? That becomes a simple choice with a simple answer'. / Former Deputy Prime Minister and Tory peer Michael Heseltine said he will not vote for his party’s candidate in European elections if they are a Brexiteer.

Tory MP Huw Merriman suggested the Conservative Party was on course for an “absolute mauling” in the European elections on 23 May as they face a “perfect storm” of anger from both sides of the Brexit debate.

EU citizens will elect more than 700 MEPs in May.

The European elections will go ahead on 23 May, the government has confirmed, finally admitting it has failed to strike a Brexit deal in order to stop them.

The results were obtained by Freedom of Information requests submitted by the London Liberal Democrats and seen by Sky News.

Thousands of EU nationals living in the UK could inadvertently lose their right to take part in the upcoming European elections because of widespread confusion over how to register, campaigners have warned, amid reports some European citizens are yet to receive their poll cards.

The government is facing a legal challenge over its preparations for the upcoming European parliament elections amid fears that millions of EU citizens in the UK could be deprived of their vote.

'At the polling station my British husband gets the ballot while I am simply told: "Vote in your own country!"' / Hundreds of EU citizens hoping to cast their ballots in the European elections have reported being turned away from polling stations.

Tories are ‘myopically focused on forcing through biggest act of economic self-harm ever undertaken by a democratic government’, he says. / Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said he will not be supporting the Conservatives in the European election, and will instead vote Liberal Democrat.

Government accused of failing to make clear an additional form must be filled in - just two days before voting. / Millions of EU citizens are demanding urgent action to stop them being turned away from polling booths at the European elections because of red tape.

Candidates say the party is ‘almost in denial’ over vote and will not publish manifesto. / Conservative officials fear the party could come sixth in the European elections, with their support plummeting to single digits.

Group of MEPs writes to Electoral Commission over reports of ballot paper delays. / The Electoral Commission has been asked to permit late postal votes for the European parliament elections to be counted as reports continue of many British nationals living abroad receiving their ballot papers too late to return on time.

Far-right, populist and eurosceptic parties from countries across Europe have announced that they are forming a new alliance ahead of EU elections next month.

With its leader Manfred Weber tipped to succeed EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker, we take a closer look at the European People's Party (EPP).

Thousands of angry voters posted on Twitter using the #DeniedMyVote hashtag to report they had been turned away from polling stations, despite believing they had registered to take part.

Dr Phillip Lee to mount Brexit challenge against veteran Eurosceptic.

The Liberal Democrats could score victory at general election if Labour maintains it’s position of an ‘alternative Brexit’, according to a new poll.

Police have ended their fifth and final investigation into alleged electoral fraud at the Peterborough by-election.

Citizens of Europe, if I am taking the liberty of addressing you directly, it is not only in the name of the history and values that unite us. It is because time is of the essence. In a few weeks’ time, the European elections will be decisive for the future of our continent.

Jacek Rostowski, a former Polish minister of finance and deputy prime minister has announced that he is to stand as a candidate in the upcoming European parliamentary elections for Change UK, a party formed earlier this year by former Conservative and Labour politicians who oppose the UK’s exit from the European Union. Mr Rostowski is himself a former member of the Conservative party.

A former Tory Prime Minister is set to join an election rally aimed at preventing Boris Johnson from winning a Commons majority.

People's Vote, the cross-party campaign group revealed its priority list of recommended candidates in around 100 key target seats.

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.

Stopping Brexit will deliver a £50bn "Remain bonus" for public services over the next five years, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson will say later.

Campaigners for a Final Say referendum have released a list of 25 key general election seats where tactical voting could block a Conservative majority and pave the way for Brexit to be put back in the hands of the people.

Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have agreed a pro-EU electoral pact in 11 of the 40 seats in Wales, BBC Wales has been told.

Anti-Brexit campaigners unveil fresh analysis of most crucial marginals where tactical voting matters most.

Gerard Batten has officially stepped down as leader of Ukip after facing a crushing defeat in the EU elections.

The UK has had little influence in Germany’s upcoming election, experts say, after the country ‘shrugged its shoulders and moved on’ from Brexit. / "Germans generally think Brexit is a bit mad, they generally wish that Britain was still in the European Union, but they shrug their shoulders and they’ve moved on."

A 51-year-old immigrant has been elected mayor of a town in eastern Germany after beating a candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a campaign that drew international attention.

We intend to use modern advertising techniques to reach thousands of young people across social media and sign them up to vote.

EU citizens living in the UK can vote in local elections, but not in general elections. Each referendum has its own eligibility rules, which can exclude EU citizens. Yet these votes are making decisions that are very relevant to EU citizens.

Boris Johnson falsely claimed during the election that his Brexit deal didn't include new controls.

The Greens are calling for another referendum on Europe. / The Green party was formed in 1990, and has traditionally stood on a left-wing and environmentalist platform.

Voters at the European elections should ignore the Liberal Democrats and Change UK and back the the Green Party to be “tough on Brexit and the causes of Brexit”, according to the party’s co-leader.

He joined Vince Cable in London, saying the party offers an "alternative to nationalism". Verhofstadt is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the Europe-wide body of Lib Dem parties, and said he was there not as Brexit negotiator but "as the leader of the liberals and democrats for Europe".

The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.

The DUP collapsed the devolved executive last February in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

If Theresa May requests a three month extension of Article 50 (or longer), then the European elections will take place while the UK is still an EU member.

On the first official day of campaigning in the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections, polling expert Sir John Curtice considers the "intense" battle for every vote ahead of polling day on 6 May.

The European Union (EU) has agreed a Brexit delay until the end of October and preparations have started to take part in the European elections on 23 May.

Following the agreement to prolong the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union until October 31, the country will almost certainly be obliged to take part in forthcoming elections for the European Parliament. / These will take place across Europe between May 23-26; in the UK the scheduled date is Thursday, May 23.

The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps protect the rule of law, and the human rights and dignity of people living across the EU and those outside its borders.

I spoke up on the dangers of medicine supply plans for No-Deal Brexit, but was ignored by my MP Sajid Javid. So now I'm running against him.

If Remainers unite we can kick Boris Johnson out of Downing Street and stop Brexit from happening.

The best way to stop Brexit is to support those parties which are unequivocal about staying in the European Union.

Johnson’s deal splits the UK into two: Northern Ireland will follow EU rules without a say on them, effectively becoming an EU colony. And as for Great Britain.... well, he hasn’t nailed anything down.

The Independent Group (TIG) of MPs has applied to become a political party to take part in European elections in May if they go ahead. The group intends to call itself Change UK, and has named Heidi Allen as its interim leader.

European election is our chance to confront racism and xenophobia with our vote.

Emily Maitlis has turned her attentions to the Tory’s central Brexit pledge, which took a couple of seconds to fall apart, and less than a minute to demolish entirely.

I’m sad to say I predicted the #DeniedMyVote scandal months back, here I am in Strasbourg saying so. A group of MEPs is working on this now.

The Labour leader suggested he would not seek to introduce a new immigration regime for EU citizens.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned an apparent far-right surge ahead of next week’s European elections, likening it to Nazi Germany. / In a speech at a campaign event in Bootle on Saturday, Mr Corbyn drew a comparison to 1930s Germany as he attacked the far-right for “simplistic answers which can only breed hatred and division.”

Document written by left-wing allies is endorsed by every sitting Labour MEP set to contest their seat.

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.

'It would only work for the richest', Labour leader says.

Labour would “immediately legislate” to hold a second referendum if the party wins the next election, leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed.

The Conservative Party will put forward a candidate in the Buckingham seat of John Bercow in the next general election, breaking with a long-held convention not to contest the seat of the Speaker of the house.

Sir John Major will tonight call on millions of young people to use their votes to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans in an extraordinary general election intervention.

PM is delaying publication of report assessing threat posed to UK, says Dominic Grieve.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to call an election, British media reported on Monday, on the eve of an historic showdown with Parliament over Brexit.

One Nation leader Damian Green says PM ‘looked him in the eye’ as he said party will not endorse no deal.

Voting for one remain party in your region should reduce the number of seats Brexit supporting parties win.

Keir Starmer has said it “feels wrong” not to allow EU citizens who live and pay tax in the UK not to have the right to vote in general elections.

'I have to decide whether to vote Conservative if Boris Johnson is still the leader. That's my next problem'

'We appreciate this would involve a huge personal sacrifice,' campaigners say.

Smaller parties hope to capitalise on anger over Brexit process – if poll is not cancelled.

In Nigel Farage’s old stamping-ground, voters turn to a party they once scorned.

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.

Brexit Party leader says his climbdown is best way of preventing a second referendum.

Boris Johnson's call for an election before Christmas looks set to flop as opposition parties signal they will not back him.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.

The Withdrawal Agreement Bill is set to be the first time in the history of devolution that both Scotland and Wales refuse to give consent.

Questions about the British government's failure to release a report on Russia's interference in the country's politics have continued to dog Prime Minister Boris Johnson as critics said leaks from the document raised concerns about the security of next month's election.

Elections for new Euro-MPs must be held if MPs delay Brexit, pressure group Leave Means Leave has said.

MPs say existing laws that stop 10 million people voting should 'shame us as a society'.

Labour and Tories prefer one-on-one format, which would mean no place for Jo Swinson’s party.

Delegates at annual conference agree to revoke article 50 if party wins election.

The party backs a second referendum but Ms Swinson said if she was PM she would be prepared to stop Brexit straight away.

Pro-EU parties are in talks over forming a Remain alliance to support an independent candidate in the upcoming Peterborough by-election. / Voters will go to the polls in the Cambridgeshire city in June to replace former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who lost her seat after being jailed for perverting the course of justice.

Exclusive: parties will step aside for each other in 60 seats to give single pro-remain candidate a free run.

'Our manifesto sets out a clear and positive vision for the UK within the EU, and we can achieve it by stopping Brexit'. / Vince Cable's Liberal Democrats are to launch their European elections campaign manifesto today under the blunt slogan: "Bollocks to Brexit".

London town halls are preparing to write to hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in the capital to tell them they can take part in European elections if they are held.

The Tory grandee has served under Thatcher and Major - but tonight he said die-hard Tory voters should back either the handful of 'defrocked' Conservatives, or the Lib Dems.

Custom “SayYesToEurope” livery on a Lufthansa Airbus A320. / Lufthansa is sending a very special signal four weeks before the start of the European elections, taking place on 23-26 May: As of 24 April, an Airbus A320 will be branded with the slogan “SayYesToEurope” in large letters across its fuselage in place of the usual Lufthansa writing.

Emmanuel Macron has told French voters to avoid their own Brexit moment ahead of election day.

French president says EU27 leaders need to know when UK’s lengthy exit will happen. / France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he wants to avoid Brexit “polluting” the EU after 31 October, and that European leaders need to know when the UK’s prolonged departure will come to an end.

Less than a third of people think the vote will resolve UK’s departure from the EU.

Two-step process for European elections ‘mishandled’ by authorities, says the3million. / Campaigners for non-British or Irish EU citizens have made a formal complaint to the Electoral Commission amid fears many of them will be unable to vote in the UK in this Thursday’s elections for the European parliament.

People’s vote behind initiative to endorse candidates who back a second vote on EU membership.

Tory joins Chuka Umunna and Sam Gyimah in plea to back Lib Dems to stop Brexit

Former Tory grandee accuses Boris Johnson of pursuing an ‘utterly disastrous’ Brexit policy.

Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections, a Conservative spokesman said.

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will visit Dublin on Monday for talks with Leo Varadkar. It is seen as a sign of solidarity for the Irish government ahead of an emergency EU summit in Brussels...

Fines seen by some donors as ‘just the cost of doing business’, says electoral watchdog.

Cross-party group says government failed to investigate reported attempts to meddle in UK elections.

We had access to highly classified info. / Report is ready. / Redactions agreed. / PM has received report (17/10): signing off a formality. / What no.10 has said is a lie. / "Quite simply whopping untruths."

The 12 December election is on a knife edge and tactical voting could stop Boris Johnson keeping the keys to Number 10.

Announcement represents massive boost for Boris Johnson's Conservatives, removing the risk of splitting the Leave vote in the 12 December general election.

Proposal includes giving Brexit party and Conservatives a free run in 80-90 constituencies.

Rishi Sunak's comment confirms fears that the UK could crash out of the EU without an agreement in December 2020 under Boris Johnson's plans.

Northern Ireland must use the EU elections as a ‘people’s vote’ on Brexit, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said. / The MLA says May's election must be used by the region to send a strong pro-remain message to London.

The next PM will have promised the electorate something that she or he is quite unable to deliver.

Jeremy Corbyn and other party leaders commit to voting down snap election plan on Monday

Jeremy Corbyn and other leaders want to prevent a no-deal Brexit on October 31.

Overseas voters abandoned the Conservatives in droves after Brexit but this shift in political allegiance could ultimately deter the government from keeping its promise to grant them votes for life, warns a new study by the University of Sussex.

Plaid Cymru have offered to work with other parties in the forthcoming general election to try and stop Brexit, leader Adam Price has said.

Party leader Adam Price puts Wales breaking away from UK at centre of campaign.

Scottish first minister tells Guardian fresh poll impossible to resist should her party land majority next month

Londependence and Rejoin EU will back a single candidate in the upcoming Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election.

The prospect that the UK will seek an extension to the Brexit negotiation process, whether or not a deal can be sealed by British prime minister Theresa May in the next few days, has risen significantly.

Anti-Brexit party’s European election candidates also include teachers and carers. / The anti-Brexit party Change UK – The Independent Group has announced its candidates for next month’s European elections after receiving more than 3,700 applications.

NICOLA Sturgeon said the SNP is offering a message of “hope and optimism” as she launched the party’s European election campaign. / The First Minister also condemned the UK Government’s contempt for Scotland and urged Scots to send Theresa May a message with their vote.

Reading Tories have held back in supporting a push that would allow all EU citizens the right to vote in elections after Brexit.

The number of remain parties in the EU elections means there is a clear and present danger that the remain vote will be split, leading to more Brexiteer MEPs being elected. Smart remain voters need to think tactically and focus on the leading remain party in their region.

Hundreds of thousands of us marched. Millions of us signed the petition to revoke Art50. Tens of millions of us will vote Remain in the EU election. / Remain voters will coordinate the Remain vote ourselves. We will pick a party in every area, get behind their campaign and make our vote count.

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?

This week MATT FORDE – stand-up, ‘Mock The Week’ regular, creator of touring show ‘Brexit Through The Gift Shop’ and interviewer of political heavyweights on his podcast ‘The Political Party’ – joins us to get psephological for the upcoming EU Parliament elections. ... Can Remain parties co-ordinate, which side’s vote is most likely to split… and how does the D’Hondt system work anyway?

Why can’t the Remain parties get their acts together for the European Parliament elections, the most important vote on the EU since the Referendum? Historian ROBERT SAUNDERS joins us to explain what lessons we should have learned from the 1975 Referendum ... If we’re going to “remain and reform” what exactly is that supposed to mean? And could we pull it off anyway?

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.

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?

This week HEIDI ALLEN – independent MP, recovering Tory and battle-scarred CHUK veteran – joins us in the Brexit blunderdome. How can we create a Remain Alliance when the clock is ticking? What’s Johnson planning for Election ’19 and how do we fight the Vote Leave ERG Goverment? What can we learn from the CHUK episode? And much, much more

Lib Dems on the march? General Election plans scattered? As the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election result reduces Johnson’s majority to just one, Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and guest Rob Blackie convene to sort out what it all means.

The Johnson-Cummings plan is in bits on the floor of Parliament and Bojo’s jolly mask has well and truly slipped. As the petulant boy king threatens a General Election he can’t deliver, the Remainiacs team gather with special guest and journo Jonathan Lis of think tank British Influence to work out what happened and what it all really means.

Business intelligence expert and super-tweeter STEVE ANALYST joins us to see where the Undead Deal goes next, and explore the myriad amendments it’ll undergo next week. And how are YOU going to vote in the 2019 European Elections? Because you know what, you might have to…

The new UK MEPs elected in May 2014 are listed here. / The UK elects 73 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). For these elections it is divided into twelve regions (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and 9 in England). Each region has between three and ten MEPs, according to its population. All MEPs in each region represent all constituents in it.

Party seeks replacement as Tim Walker drops out in Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote.

Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation, encouraging discord and amplifying distrust in the centrist parties that have governed for decades.

In an open letter, published in Tuesday's Evening Standard, the Labour Mayor said "there has never been a starker choice" for European citizens in capital.

A mix of sadness, relief and desire to move on has greeted the UK election results among groups representing EU nationals in the UK and British residents in the EU.

Ex-minister Nick Boles says cross-party group which forced Theresa May to delay Brexit have a new plan.

Chuka Umunna, senior Liberal Democrat and former Labour MP, joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to talk about the first full week of the general election campaign.

Sinn Fein has signalled a willingness to co-operate with other pro-Remain parties to challenge DUP Brexiteer candidates if a general election is called.

SDLP also promises to give other remain parties clear run against DUP in general election.

Electoral Commission says site was not supplying all the information legally required. / An online service set up to help EU citizens in the UK to register to vote in the European parliamentary elections has been shut down after it emerged it was not working properly.

A Frenchman who served as an MSP is calling on overseas citizens to use the European elections to send a message to Theresa May. / Christian Allard was an SNP MSP for the North East of Scotland between 2013 and 2016, and is now standing to become an MEP.

The Scottish National Party is making a last-ditch bid to block the bill taking the UK out of the European Union from becoming law, on the final day of its passage through parliament.

An SNP victory in the next Scottish Parliament election could give the party a "mandate for independence", one of the party's senior MSPs has claimed.

Nicola Sturgeon will accuse the Tories of treating the Scottish Parliament with contempt.

The party would seek to restore free movement and single market membership ahead of fully rejoining the EU.

No 10 says vote on bill to delay Brexit will be treated as ‘expression of confidence’

"Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to stop Brexit and stay in the European Union. We passionately believe that Britain is stronger as part of the European Union and we have led the fight to give the people the final say on the Brexit deal"

The Conservatives will only have a mandate to take Scotland out of the EU if they win the general election in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has claimed.

Dominic Grieve says Brexit must be "defining issue" of snap December general election.

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Labour and Lib Dems dominate the recommendations on People's Vote's 'PV100' list.

The site is based on latest polling data and is 'not party political', its founders said. / A new website targeted at Remain voters has been launched by data scientists in a bid to help tactical voting against the Brexit Party.

Rally comes as polls indicate SNP likely to make gains in European elections. / Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon in the largest show of support for Scottish independence since Nicola Sturgeon said she would introduce legislation to hold a second independence referendum.

A wave of support for populists and Greens has disrupted centrist parties across the EU. Daniel Boffey considers what it means for the bloc and Brexit.

Seats in the European Parliament representing England, Scotland and Wales are distributed according to the D'Hondt system, a type of proportional representation.

Scientists say we have five years to change course on climate change. The next European parliament term is five years – they are a matter of life and death.

No, it isn't the usual sort of language we would use in a political document, but let's be honest: these are not usual times. / ‘Bollocks to Brexit’. That’s the slogan on the front of the Lib Dem’s manifesto, which is officially launched this evening in east London.

If we really want to rule out no-deal, Britain needs to take part in the European elections. No-one wants to hear this, but it's true. Labour and the Tories both hate it. The Europeans despise it as much as the British government does. But it has to happen. If it doesn't, no-deal becomes much more likely.

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.

It's been another bad election for both Labour and the Conservatives. / Both parties have lost MEPs to The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party are ahead of the Tories overall.

The new target is to win support for a Brexit by the end of June, avoiding the need for newly elected Euro-MPs to take their seats.

‘Cabinet must take its head out of the sand. The deal was dead months ago’. / Theresa May has risked angering Tory MPs by using the party’s official leaflet for the European elections to target those who voted down her Brexit agreement.

From true believers to born-again Leavers, all look set to lose their seats.

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.

The announcement was condemned by anti-racism groups who said it was 'just another way for Lennon to line his pockets'.

Former EDL leader finishes in eighth place after divisive campaign. / Tommy Robinson was met with mocking laughter after he failed to win election last night as an independent MEP candidate.

ALYN Smith will top the SNP’s list of EU election candidates when they are unveiled.

The Conservative Party accepted £200,000 from the wife of a former Russian finance minister under president Putin, just days after refusing to publish a report into Russian interference in UK elections.

Prime minister warned that Brexit Party standing ‘in every single seat’ will do more damage to Tories than Labour.

Sean Topham and Ben Guerin have worked on campaigns for Australia’s rightwing coalition and Glencore mining firm.

Former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine says he will not vote for the Conservative Party in the European elections on Thursday.

HuffPost UK has learned that ministers authorised more than 20 adverts, paid for with taxpayers’ cash, to go live on Tuesday, the same day Boris Johnson got MPs to back a snap general election.

Damian Green tells prime minister the stance would be 'unacceptable' to dozens of members of the 'One Nation' group

Another senior Conservative peer has been suspended from the party whip for pledging to vote Liberal Democrat in the European elections, after the punishment was imposed on the former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine.

Twitter bots may have altered the outcome of two of the world’s most consequential elections in recent years, according to an economic study.

The UK will have to fight European elections, despite hopes from the government a Brexit deal would be done by then, says the PM's de facto deputy.

Government now rejecting EU oversight of implementing Northern Ireland agreement.

A no-deal Brexit will stay on the table if the Conservatives win the general election, Michael Gove says, admitting the UK could still crash out of the EU without a trade deal.

People are being turned away from European election polling booths due to admin errors. / A nationwide picture is emerging of EU citizens in the UK being denied their democratic right to vote in the European parliament elections because of administrative errors by local councils.

Russia's influence reaches deep into the British establishment and successive UK governments have turned a blind eye to it, lawmakers were warned, according to multiple sources familiar with testimony given to a parliamentary inquiry.

A similar deal delivered Brecon and Radnorshire to the Lib Dems, with organisers hoping to maximise anti-Brexit votes

Every election is determined by those who show up. / No matter how you vote, it’s important that young people turn out in this year’s European Elections. Find out who’s standing in your local area.

Ex-justice secretary calls for people to ‘vote for the centre-ground’ to avoid hard Brexit.

Mary Lou McDonald has urged Northern Ireland's voters to back pro-remain candidates in the European election. / The Sinn Féin president called for her party's candidate, Martina Anderson, to be given the number one preference, before transferring to "pro-remain, progressive candidates".

The remain vote may split, but we can still make our votes count and halt the Brexit party in its tracks.

THE UK elections watchdog is investigating Conservative Party spending over the EU election campaign, it has emerged.

Republican and pro-remain parties in Northern Ireland announced an electoral pact of sorts on Monday morning that will probably end up costing the DUP seats.

A swath of guides have been launched for the December 12 election as some voters plan to cast their ballot on Brexit.

This may very well be the last time we get to vote in these elections, and a large part of how the next years shape up will be down to us. Our future is in our hands.

Among the local government team in Spain's Costa Blanca region, a name with a distinctly British ring to it stands out.

Despite its success in the EU and local elections this year, the party could have its work cut out to win seats as it pushes for devolutio

In Newlyn, anger at red tape and the falling price of fish looks certain to be felt at council polls.

Voters in Tiverton and Honiton go to the polls next week in what could prove to be one of Johnson's biggest upsets yet.

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