Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has claimed Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to him he didn’t know what the Irish border was.

Under-fire Tory minister told he would be sued if allegation against government-hired expert had been made outside Commons.

Fish in British waters are “better and happier” after Brexit, according to Jacob Rees-Mogg.

'I will be selective about the inaccuracies (and won’t refight Brexit arguments), but start with the ludicrous claim at the bottom of column 1.'

Furious MPs criticise ‘disrespectful’ body language during crunch debate

Parliament hears proponents of leaving the EU are “in a state of confusion and denial” as calls grow for public inquiry.

The reality of Brexit is starting to hit us all - and even those who voted to leave the EU are getting upset.

An investigation has been launched into the £120million so-called "festival of Brexit".

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to scrap European laws was introduced by the UK Government on Thursday.

There were sighs of relief in many quarters when it was announced that the British government was not going ahead with plans for a wholesale bonfire of EU regulation.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, once the minister for Brexit opportunities, is still struggling to wrap his head around the realities of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union four years ago this month, as he’s now been properly educated on its impact on farmers during an interview on his GB News show on Wednesday.

"Farage, Banks and Bannon. They are some of the well-known Bad Boys of Brexit. But there are many more. The Bad Boys of Brexit are an unholy alliance. They are global Money Men, small-state Regulation Burners and people with highly questionable Russian Connections, some of whom have undermined the very foundations of democracy."

Insurance regulator says post-Brexit softening of rules will put billions of pounds of pension saving at risk.

Just when we breathed a sigh of relief that the lettuce had won the battle of shelf-life with Truss, we find that a Bill originally sponsored by arch-Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is being rushed through Parliament, and is set to ‘double down’ on the economic and societal damage already inflicted on this country by Brexit. 

Opposition to the retained EU law bill is mounting, as the government discovers the importance and popularity of EU law.

Over 1,000 staff were redeployed to deal with the fall-out from leaving the EU. Now, the financial consequences are coming to light.

Why Rees-Mogg’s bill to sunset EU laws is so inflammatory and what you can do about it.

Boris Johnson has renewed his vow to take Britain out of the EU with or without a deal on 31 October, but admitted that withdrawal without an agreement will hurt the UK in the short term.

The Chancellor and Prime Minister need a plan to counter figures showing lower growth after the hit to EU trade.

Brexiteers were rewarded in the list of Boris Johnson’s honours, which has been criticised for rewarding ‘cronies’.

Under cover of the pandemic, his inner circle is sidelining elected MPs and pushing through laws with no scrutiny

The Prime Minister has been directly contradicting senior ministers who admit there will be the need for checks on goods passing into GB.

Brexit has forced businesses to endure higher costs, more paperwork and border delays, a fresh report has found.

Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?

The Government has delayed plans for a fourth time to impose further checks on EU goods entering the UK as Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted the move would cost £1bn.

The "only detectable impact" of Brexit on British businesses so far is "increased costs, paperwork and border delays", says the chair of a prominent parliamentary committee.

While the picture’s hardly pretty and certainly not what advocates of Brexit envisioned, none of it surprises economists. As a former Bank of England official observed: “You run a trade war against yourself, bad things happen.”

Right-wing newspapers have joined Brexiteers in venting their fury that Britain’s departure from the EU is not happening today.

WELL, the cat is out of the bag. Brexit visionary Nigel Farage has finally admitted the truth – that Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster for households and businesses across these islands.

Scotland’s constitution secretary has warned the UK government’s so-called Brexit Freedoms Bill poses a renewed threat to devolution.

“Changing data protection law is very central to the government’s post-Brexit policy. We all remember the A-levels fiasco in 2020."

EU law is not bad for our health and safety – unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our government.

Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from Tory Brexiteers after ditching a promise to complete a “bonfire” of remaining EU-era laws by the end of the year.

“Brexit Opportunities Minister”. How about that for a contradiction in terms? Yet, this is a genuine post created for the oft-called “Member of Parliament for the 18th Century”, Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Rees-Mogg’s efforts to reap economic benefits from Brexit has come up woefully short.

As you may have noticed Jacob Rees Mogg Esquire – as no doubt he would style himself – has invited the public to submit suggestions on the theme of ‘Opportunities of Brexit’. I could not resist replying. Could I possibly suggest that you, after reading this, do the same?

Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.

Mark Carney says there is ‘no joy’ in laying this out as ‘people are having to live with that reality’.

The sea of opportunity that Brexit was supposed to deliver has certainly dried up for Yorkshire’s fishermen. News that the UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year means boats like the Hull-based Kirkella remain tied up, possibly for good.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted that cutting public services was a prime reason for Brexit.

Three years on, we are covered in the scars of what it has done to this country.

Liz Truss’s government has ditched the dedicated role of Brexit opportunities minister, confirming that Jacob Rees-Mogg would not be replaced in the job.

A pro-Brexit minister and MPs have accused the Civil Service of pursuing a ‘Remain’ agenda. Steve Bullock, a former civil servant, argues that the consequences of undermining civil servants in this way are potentially disastrous.

How will wealthy Brexiteers profit from Brexit? The surprising truth about the world's most secretive tax network for the wealthy. Plus, we hand the Brexit Party a rather unfortunate award.

PORTSMOUTH’S newly built £25m, two-acre border control post has been dubbed a ‘white elephant’ by port bosses following an ‘appalling’ government U-turn.

The government has ditched its plan for thousands of EU-era laws to expire automatically at the end of the year.

Extra import controls will be ‘impossible’ for small businesses, says food industry chief.

The UK government would be acting in an “anti-democratic” way if it goes through with its threat to over-ride elements of the post-Brexit treaty, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.

A new report sounds the death knell for Britain’s farms in the event of no deal. It’s not the vision our farmers were sold

Five Tory MPs who planned objections to Windsor framework replaced on committee hearing.

The MP said standards that were 'good enough for India' could be good enough for the UK.

Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union again, pushing it back until the end of next year, saying it did not want to add more fuel to fast-rising inflation.

Jacob Rees-Mogg announced checks on imports to the UK, that were finally set to enter force in July, will now not happen as planned and instead be 'reviewed' before being introduced in a different form.

Legislation that breaks Britain’s Brexit withdrawal treaty will be debated in parliament next week, House of Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Thursday, a move which could further undermine talks on a trade deal with the European Union.

Doug Bannister, CEO of the Port of Dover, has expressed concerns that the time it takes to process a car at Dover will increase from around 90 seconds to 10 minutes when the European Union's incoming Entry/Exit System is brought in.

Leading British business groups and unions have called on Rishi Sunak to delay post-Brexit plans to shred all retained EU laws by 2023.

Jacob Rees-Mogg raises business hopes by saying there is ‘no point’ to tests – but is slapped down by No 10

Promises that exiting the EU would leave the UK better placed to protect the environment lie in tatters.

The formal warning demands written assurances from the think tank that it will not engage in further political campaigning.

Ministers are facing a clash with opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit.

Most people think Brexit has gone badly, a UK survey finds, and Johnson has left behind a mess of problems for a new PM.

Experts have pointed out that Jacob Rees-Mogg holds a substantial stake in a multi-billion investment fund specialised in emerging markets, while at the same time he is now tasked with finding ‘Brexit opportunities’ in those same countries.

Richard Harrington also dismisses the so-called Malthouse compromise, which is intended to bridge Tory divisions.

The £25m port facility was built to fit government plans but stands empty while new border strategy is delayed.

Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts.

The Brexit debate deserves so much better than Economists for Free Trade’s latest offering. Their paper, championed by Jacob Rees-Mogg, tries to make the case for leaving the EU without a deal and trading under World Trade Organization rules.

Sales to the EU dropped more significantly in 2021 than exports to any other country in the world, the ONS data shows, as UK to EU exports nosedived 12 per cent between January and December of last year, compared to the previous year.

David Nicholl, who drew up a risk register of epilepsy and neurology drugs for the government’s Operation Yellowhammer plans for no deal, said he was not going to take lessons from a “muppet” who had no medical qualifications.

Business groups and unions are urging the government not to go ahead with plans to ditch a wide range of EU laws, warning the move could cause "confusion and disruption" in the UK.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has escalated his war of words with a neurologist who warned of fatalities in the event of a No-Deal Brexit.

Experts from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Resolution Foundation and others agreed Kwasi Kwarteng’s unfunded tax cuts played a role.

Northern Ireland, food prices, the ease of a deal - it turns out that many of the claims made by those advocating Brexit were not quite true...

'You whipped up hatred and fear with a language like that. You know what it's like to face abuse'

Brexit opportunities minister said UK could break agreement if it wanted.

Brussels has slapped down Jacob-Rees Mogg after the leading Brexiteer suggested the UK should wilfully cause chaos at the EU institutions if Brexit was delayed.

Ham sandwiches confiscated, Percy Pigs exiled, and the threat of rotten fish in Westminster are some of the problems plaguing the UK.

The Brexit deadline is hurtling towards us, and citizens across the UK still aren't allowed to know who bankrolls the politicians deciding the country's future.

Stella Creasy compared governments claims of great Brexit benefits to “a toddler's imaginary friend. Ministers keep talking about them, but only they can see them”.

The government’s failure to impose full import controls on food coming from the EU since Brexit has exposed the UK to increased risk of sub-standard products reaching the shelves, a new report has warned.

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has been slated by farmers after suggesting that consumers can look forward to cheaper food after Brexit – potentially.

‘We all remember the A-levels fiasco, when an algorithm decided what results should be... the poorest students received worse marks’ / “Human review” of decisions made by computer algorithms will be quietly axed under a bonfire of EU laws, MPs have been warned – risking a repeat of the 2020 “A-levels fiasco”.

UK GOVERNMENT plans threatening nuclear and radiation safety laws in a “Brexit bonfire” have provoked resistance from regulators and trade unionists, opposition from Scottish ministers, and alarm from campaigners.

2.8 million attended live events, organisers reveal – but project branded ‘colossal waste of money’. / The £120m arts festival known as the Festival of Brexit has been “very successful”, its director has claimed, despite falling far short of its target for visitors.

Brexit has given us a new species – the harmful eccentric.

UK still experiencing problems after three years of Brexit.

The UK’s final post-Brexit border checks will cost food importers hundreds of millions of pounds under the government’s own internal estimates, adding to upward pressure on inflation.

Could Brexit mean cheaper food on our supermarket shelves? The idea has been propagated by politicians such as Jacob Rees-Mogg and business people like JD Wetherspoon’s owner Tim Martin, who promised lower prices in his “Beermat Manifesto”.

'Any economic gains are likely to be small compared to the cost of leaving the customs union and single market.'

The government is exploring a controversial further delay to post-Brexit checks on imports from the EU because of growing alarm that they will exacerbate the cost of living crisis.

‘This flies in the face of common sense and the government’s commitment to high levels of animal and human health,’ say experts.

The UK government’s post-Brexit plan to ditch all EU laws by the end of next year have fallen further into jeopardy, after civil servants discovered 1,400 more pieces of retained legislation.

“For restaurants, COVID-19 has temporarily overshadowed many of the anticipated effects of Brexit.”

Move blocks plan for six-month inquiry into Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve agreement.

The government has announced a major climbdown over its Brexit plans to remove EU laws from British statue books by the end of the year.

The government is pressing ahead with its plans for a 'festival of Brexit', despite calls for the plan to be shelved, in fear it will alienate Remain supporters.

Ministers have met this week with the construction industry to hold talks over controversial post-Brexit safety testing rules that the sector argues could delay the construction of 150,000 new homes next year, E&T can reveal.

Business minister mocked for ‘ludicrous’ attempt to quantify ‘Brexit benefit’.

Get Brexit Done’ has unravelled in a spectacular fashion; a significant knock to the economy, removal of rights and freedoms, more red tape for business and – the most heart-breaking of all – trouble has returned to Northern Ireland. The obvious answer to this foreseeable problem is for the UK to be part of the single market and customs union.

Chancellor rubbishes claim by Boris Johnson ally that no-deal exit could boost economy by £80bn.

Organisation which drove UK to a hard Brexit made up of ‘climate change deniers’ and ‘Trump sympathisers’, new book is told.

Brexit denialist-in-chief Jacob Rees-Mogg is still in full flow. He denies that any harm has come from Brexit – even though he can’t find any benefits.

The government’s decision to shut down the Brexit committee just days after UK agreed a free trade deal with the European Union was a “big frustration” and means ministers will face less scrutiny, committee chair Hilary Benn told PoliticsHome.

The government’s chief illusionist waves his bureaucracy-busting wand at the British state and suggests some services may be surplus to requirements.

It is increasingly clear that Brexit is doing enormous damage to Britain’s economy. And for what, exactly?

Since Brexit happened, those who campaigned for it have shown little attachment to and only the faintest memory of the benefits promised. The one exception is ‘Reclaiming our sovereignty’.

The government's so-called "Festival of Brexit" is to be investigated by the public spending watchdog after it was reported the £120m project attracted less than 1% of its targeted visitors.

For the first time in living memory, the Mendip ward has elected a councillor who is not a Tory

UK and French officials in war of words as holidaymakers hit by long delays.

Many Conservative party members will be wondering where they go from here. / There is talk of damage limitation and trying to save as many seats as possible in the next election.

BRITAIN can rest easy. The country’s bananas are safe and will not be subject to “malformation or abnormal curvature” following the UK Government’s decision to abandon throwing 4,000 pieces of EU law onto the Brexit bonfire by the year’s end.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has apologised to a doctor after likening him to a disgraced anti-vaxxer who was widely blamed for the scare over the MMR jab.

Neurologist David Nicholl helped draft Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages - but Commons leader accuses him of incompetence.

Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his customary cool during a live BBC interview after being confronted over his promotion of a far-right German leader.

THE UK Government’s new Brexit opportunities minister has claimed there is little evidence to suggest Brexit has damaged trade – despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Jacob Rees-Mogg clashed with his own GB News guest during a debate on the government and Brexit. / During a fiery interview, political commentator Marina Purkiss suggested the Tories “lie and lie” and said “what you lot are doing in government is disgusting”.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed a call from Labour for a select committee on Brexit and the European Union to be reinstated as problems continue after the UK's departure from the bloc.

Tory minister says evidence is ‘few and far between’ despite new figures showing sharp drop.

Mr Rees-Mogg compared Dr David Nicholl, a neurologist, to Andrew Wakefield who started a bogus scare about the MMR vaccine

Jacob Rees-Mogg has issued a plea to readers of a tabloid newspaper to write to him if they can identify any possible benefits of Brexit.

‘Our departure from the European Union necessitates a re-thinking of the British state’. / Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged the next prime minister to slash back the government’s role as a prize of Brexit, suggesting it should not “deliver certain functions at all”.

An NME article about ongoing post-Brexit touring frustrations was raised in Parliament today.

The cabinet minister also launched an outspoken attack on a report which said leaving the European Union had damaged the UK economy.

Threshold for exemption from regulations lifted from 50 to 500 workers – and to include EU ‘retained law’.

‘Sparkling wine contains same pressure as tyre of large van’: Industry voices concern over health and safety.

Dozens of users have criticised the North East Somerset politician for 'peddling misinformation.

'I've spoken to ambassadors from various countries and there is no hope of us getting a veto to stop an extension'

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP, has said he feels “very silly” for speaking at a black tie dinner hosted by a man who advocates the repatriation of "non-indigenous" Britons, despite being warned of the group’s far-Right links.

Unfortunately, both points raised by Jacob in this clip are incorrect. Firstly there isn’t a 10-year window under WTO rules that allow us to retain on our current trading arrangement with the EU.

The Retained EU Law bill is a needless own goal – diplomatically, economically and politically.

Emails released by the parliamentary standards watchdog show the European Research Group has a second bank account. / A group of hardline Brexiteers, led by Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has been questioned by a parliamentary watchdog over funding concerns as it emerged the group had a second bank account.

Business department consulting on bringing back archaic system of units. / A “biased” consultation into reintroducing imperial measurements launched by the government has been criticised for giving the public no option to reject the change.

Following a weekend of utter chaos at the Channel crossing, James O'Brien reminds listeners how the Tories insisted Brexit would not bring about these very issues.

James O'Brien discusses recent reports suggesting food imports to the UK are at risk in confusion over post-Brexit checks and emphasises how this proves how 'stupid' the idea of Brexit really is. James highlights how people believed the words of a 'proven liar' in Boris Johnson and a 'proven idiot' in Jacob Rees-Mogg, who assured people that 'food would be cheaper.'

James O'Brien Tells Brexiter Why Article 24 Is Not An Option. This caller insisted Article 24 could be the way we can solve the Brexit deadlock. But James O'Brien explained exactly why it's simply not an option.

James O'Brien and Jacob Rees-Mogg clashed in spectacular fashion as they debated the Brexit vote.

"I often wonder whether, in the privacy of their own homes, they replay the claims and promises they made and compare it with the outcomes delivered."

The retained EU law bill is an outrageously undemocratic attempt to transfer law-making powers from parliament to Whitehall.

"I’ve added some actual FACTS to this eighteenth century fantasist’s interview," wrote Peter Stefanovic.

Polls show average annual gap between those who believe it was ‘wrong’ to vote to Leave compared to ‘right’ has risen to double digits for the first time. / A growing number of Britons say the UK was wrong to Brexit, according to a Standard analysis of more than 200 polls.

Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms.

The National Audit Office is to look into why the Unboxed: Creativity in the UK Festival, which opened in March, has attracted less than 1% of projected visitor numbers at a cost to the public purse of £120m.

The Sun ... "we made our calculations on retail prices, when tariffs are actually applied when goods arrive in the UK. There were also mistakes in the calculations for individual items." / "The article also stated that we pay trade charges on more than 13,000 items from outside the EU. In fact, for many of these goods, no tariffs or charges are payable."

THERE are no discernable benefits of Brexit, the chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink has said. / James Withers also rubbished claims that leaving the EU had enhanced “global Britain” and mocked the appointment of a new Minister for Brexit Opportunities.

The Conservative MP claims Brexit helped thwart Putin's Ukraine invasion. He is wrong.

Downing Street was accused of muzzling the crucial Liaison Committee after putting key Vote Leave figure Bernard Jenkin up as the only candidate to lead it.

New data from the Office for National Statistics show the UK imported £222 billion worth of goods from the European Union last year after Brexit.

The prime minister is expected to give ministers powers to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.

Conservative party politicians descended into open warfare during a spicy select committee on Rishi Sunak's key Brexit policy. / A group of MPs, stalwarts of the Eurosceptic ERG and Boris Johnson loyalists, Jacob Rees-Mogg, James Duddridge, Mark Francois, and Bill Cash clashed with chair Mark Pritchard over the Windsor Framework.

Voters have a clearer idea over relations with other European nations, says Lara Spirit of the Our Future, Our Choice group which campaigns for another referendum on EU membership.

Businesses had protested that the ‘UKCA’ quality mark represented pointless and costly red tape.

NAO to examine £120m Unboxed project after MPs call it an ‘irresponsible use of public money’.

Boris Johnson’s Leader of the Commons admits the problem with a second referendum is British public would vote to stay in the EU.

Andrew wasn’t buying that though, and asked Rees-Mogg: “has red tape increased, decreased or stayed the same as a result of Brexit?”

Jacob Rees-Mogg said there is little evidence to conclude Brexit has harmed UK trade – despite a mountain of proof suggesting otherwise.

A farmer with first-hand knowledge of the troubles Brexit has caused gave Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg a first-rate schooling on his own GB News show.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has put his name to an “Economists for Free Trade” (EfT) report claiming a no-deal Brexit would bring a £1.1 trillion boost to the British economy over the next 15 years. This is pure fantasy. The overwhelming consensus amongst economists is that quitting the EU with no deal would be a disaster on a truly magnificent scale.

The Tory leader of the House of Commons has given an extraordinary response after being asked if there can be a debate and a report on the regional impact of Brexit.

Laws that could disappear include ban on animal testing, workers’ rights and environmental protections.

The Brexit Opportunities Unit was set up last year, but there has been limited information published about its work or structure.

"Had we been a member of the European Union in February we would not have been able to set a framework to allow Ukraine to be so successful."

Minister expected to frame move as a use of UK’s independent powers despite industry reports of unreadiness.

According to reports, Britain faces a £2 billion post-Brexit bill on European food imports from the end of the month.

New staff needed to cope with the government’s controversial retained EU laws bill will cost Whitehall dearly in a financial crisis.

Brexiteers must be sick of the sight of Alastair Campbell by now, after he delivered another brutal Brexit takedown.

Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new Brexit Freedoms Bill claims replacing or repealing all retained EU laws will bring unfettered growth. It’s dangerous and untrue.

Senior MPs including Liam Fox, Andrea Leadsom and Jacob Rees-Mogg have used their expenses to fund a 'party within a party'. / Despite expenses rules stating that MPs cannot claim for research or work “done for, or on behalf of, a political party”, the European Research Group has received over a quarter of a million pounds from MPs who claimed the public cash through their official expenses.

A new EU directive is allowing member states to remove the charge for ‘supply and installation of solar panels’.

The hot rhetoric of ‘taking back control’ of our borders is being replaced by cold reality.

THE SCOTTISH Government has welcomed No 10's decision to ditch its planned Brexit “bonfire" of EU laws.

The BBC’s Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the controversy surrounding the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU-era laws.

IoD and unions among groups writing to government, saying move would cause business chaos, harm rights and threaten environment.

Plans to scrap all remaining EU-made laws in the UK by the end of the year have cleared the Commons amid criticism from a senior Brexiteer that the process is not democratic and “possibly incompetent”.

A £250m national flagship proposed by former prime minister Boris Johnson while in office will be cancelled by the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, according to various news reports.

The Tory grandee excoriated Mr Rees Mogg after he was accused of contemptuous behaviour during a key Brexit vote this this week.

Mr Rees-Mogg was accused of a “smear” on Arj Singh after he told MPs on Thursday that the HuffPost correspondent was “a knave or a fool” over a story in which he accurately quoted foreign secretary Dominic Raab.

Rees-Mogg was one of the most vocal supporters of the UK leaving the European Union despite multiple warnings it would damage the economy.

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 minister has accused the UK Government of attempting to “row back 47 years of protections” after publishing plans to amend, repeal or replace all EU legislation.

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

The Labour leader declares he will counter Boris Johnson's Brexit 'chaos and division' by negotiating the best deal for the British people.

The leader of the right-wing Tory pressure group the European Research Group (ERG) has stepped down.

The Sun has finally fessed up to a series of careless calculations suggesting Brexit would see big price drops in UK shops. The tabloid deleted the offending article hours after posting it on February 27. ... Will Brexiters such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, who enthusiastically tweeted the original figures set the record straight also?

Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?

Yesterday, Brexiteers were asking Poland to overrule the House of Commons. Today, it's only the Queen. That’s progress of sorts

Jacob Rees-Mogg has published a list of nine ‘Brexit opportunities’. It’s both pitiful and dangerous.

Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops.

The government and its supporters are beginning to claim 'benefits' of being outside the European Union some of which were always available to EU member states or, in other cases, are not benefits at all.

As Britons, not Brussels, foot the bill, many will be asking how a Brexit bonus turned into a tax bombshell.

Iain Overton examines the lack of consequences for the Brexiters that promised us sunny uplands.

It’s tempting to ignore the government’s announcement, made in the doldrums between Christmas and the New Year, that it is to become legal to sell wine and champagne in pint bottles.

Some of the loudest voices in the debate – many of whom want the UK to be a tax haven – have their own offshore interests.

Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov.

An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.

The government plans to press ahead with legislation that would repeal swathes of EU law by default. Anyone who cares about legal certainty should object

A website called the London Economic thinks it has dug the dirt on Brexit poster boy Jacob Rees-Mogg. It says he is in line for a “huge personal windfall” when Britain leaves the single market.

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was wrong about this but he’s never corrected his mistake, and the myth persists. What is the claim and why is it wrong?

The Sun has admitted it got the calculations wrong over an article which calculated the potential savings British shoppers could see once European Union tariffs are removed after Brexit.

A future leader will need to confront Brexiters in the same way Blair faced down the hard left over clause 4.

Despite calls to 'take back control' the economic reality is that tariffs will be determined by the 'bound rates' that the UK already has in place under the WTO and, ultimately, no tariff regime will make up for loss of access to the EU market

This is not serious history, just a silly bit of self-promotion by a politician with an obvious agenda, says AN Wilson.

The past 12 months have been littered with grandiose claims about the benefits of Brexit and the ability of the UK to demand what it wants from the EU. But the sad and inescapable conclusion is that none of those benefits exist and that the UK has been forced into a number of embarrassing retreats and compromises.

Tory strife reaches boiling point as EU officials already preparing for yet another extension past October.

The latest attempt by hardline Brexiters to dress up a no-deal exit as acceptable should be put out of its misery now.

"Almost as if becoming a third nation country and abolishing freedom of movement within the EU and Schengen zone was a bad thing."

At risk are vital environmental and wildlife protections my colleagues and I worked tirelessly to establish in the European Parliament.

We didn't see that on the side of a bus back in 2016. A prominent pro-Brexit campaigner now says leaving the EU 'is part of the long game'. / We seriously doubt voters would have been so enthusiastic to back the Leave campaign had this been one of their taglines. Alas, even some of the most fervent defenders of Brexit are now trying to change the goalposts.

Ministers have scrapped their promise for a post-Brexit ‘bonfire’ of EU-era laws by the end of this year.

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweet support for offshoot of US group accused of anti-Islam views.

Furious Conservative MPs have threatened to oust Rishi Sunak as PM following his “betrayal” over plans to scrap thousands of pieces of EU legislation.

Parts of AfD have been put under state surveillance in Germany for neo-Nazi links. / Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has caused consternation after approvingly quoting the leader of a German far-right party whose senior figures have called for refugees to be shot.

One of the supposed ‘benefits’ of Brexit was the ‘bonfire of Brussels red-tape‘ which was promised by libertarian Brexiteers. Two weeks into the administration of Liz Truss, the new government announced that they were planning to revoke 570 environmental laws which, in order to continue environmental protections, were rolled over from EU law after Brexit.

Jacob Rees-Mogg says the benefits of leaving the EU may not be felt for 50 years – and he’s not the only Eurosceptic asking the people of Britain to wait patiently.

We have reached a watershed moment in the long Brexit saga. The government’s U-turn this week on the Great Repeal Bill has laid bare the great elephant-sized conundrum that has always been at the heart of Brexit: identifying any significant EU laws that were both holding Britain back and can be ditched without damaging our own economy.

The UK has ditched plans for a Brexit "bonfire" of retained EU law, with Rishi Sunak being accused of breaking his promises by a former Cabinet minister.

Government source reportedly says there are concerns extra red tape could fuel further inflation.

The U.K. is postponing checks on imported food and fresh products from the EU until the end of 2023, as it announced a review of the post-Brexit regime.

Only several hundred laws will now subject to Retained EU Law Bill’s 2023 sunset clause.

However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.

Campaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalism. / Hundreds of Britain’s environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a government bill.

ANGUS Robertson has urged the UK Government to push back their "bonfire" of Brexit laws until 2029.

Minister angers owners who fear they wasted millions to hurriedly install border infrastructure.

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.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has claimed Brexit allowed the UK to approve a Covid vaccine more quickly than other European Union (EU) countries.

Visitor numbers a tiny fraction of the 66m target as National Audit Office launches inquiry.

"If anyone still has any doubt this Government is taking the country for fools watch this!" wrote Peter Stefanovic.

Britain’s departure from the European Union has brought higher costs, more red tape and border delays for businesses, and not yet delivered promised benefits, a public spending watchdog said Wednesday.

So here's a story about how Jacob Rees-Mogg's nonsense can travel halfway around the world before the fact-checkers have got their boots on.

During the referendum, Leavers loudly defended the rights of EU citizens legally resident in the UK. Now many pro-Brexit MPs are not practising what they preach. They have so far refused to back legislation requiring the government to guarantee these citizens’ rights. We’ve gathered below some of the statements made before and after June 23 by Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and ...

The government’s new minister for Brexit opportunities, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is directly profiting from significant investments in a pharmaceutical company in China as well as a Russian gas company, according to reports.

As part of our special edition looking at five years since the EU referendum, Alastair Campbell looks at the silence of the Leavers.

There is an air of desperation in attacks from those on the right and their supporters in the press. They fear if Johnson falls, the Brexit deception will crumble too.

Leaving the EU has left the wine import/export business with a shocking hangover.

The director of a wine merchant has eviscerated Jacob Rees Mogg on BBC Question Time, branding complications in importing and exporting wine due to Brexit red tape as a “joke”.

As with another self-inflicted economic injury in the 1920s, Britain is struggling under a burden that could be reversed.

Why is the BBC giving so much time to hardline Brexiteers, asks journalist Raymond Snoddy.

"This is absolutely outrageous," filmmaker Peter Stefanovic said in a viral video.

The Tory MP said Brits will avoid a 2 per cent increase on fish fingers and savings on some cheeses thanks to our "Brexit freedoms". / Brexit has added almost £6 billion to UK food bills over the past two years, new research has found.

While Rees-Mogg and Leadsom celebrate leaving the EU, a deli owner speaks out about the extra cost of red tape.

Ministers have refused to rule out scrapping EU regulations that protect swimmers and wildlife.

Agriculture is in a crisis created by Brexit, and farmers are furious.. as Jacob Rees-Mogg found out.

Trading standards officers fear ‘recklessly irresponsible’ legislation poses danger to public.

Sectors from fishing to aviation, farming to science report being bogged down in red tape, struggling to recruit staff and racking up losses for the first time.