Brexiteers pinning their hopes on a Merkel victory need to take a reality check
While some on the right expect a Merkel win to be good for Britain, Germans are not minded to give Theresa May a friendly deal.
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Civil servants standing down and speaking out shows the Brexit shambles we’re in
Whatever the true reasons for Olly Robbins’ move from civil servant in charge of the Department for Exiting the European Union to a new role at No. 10, it is another demonstration of the shambles behind the government’s Brexit strategy. … Continued
The new £10 note is physically smaller. It’s also worth less because of Brexit
At 15% physically smaller than its paper predecessor, the new tenner is like a physical manifestation of its reduced international purchasing power after the ‘great Brexit devaluation’.
Lords Committee lambasts government’s power grab in EU withdrawal bill
Ministers are under fire from all conceivable quarters, with a former head of the Civil Service and the leader of the Scottish Conservatives also voicing concerns.
It’s official: The public have no faith in May to secure a good Brexit deal
A new study by HOPE Not Hate reveals just how divided England is on Britain’s departure from the EU. But they’re united when it comes to the PM.
Labour should champion free movement indefinitely, not just for a “transitional period”
Polls show advocating free movement doesn’t spell electoral suicide — even a majority of Leave voters support it. Labour needs to wake up to this.
A Brexit group just called the EU’s chief negotiator a “smackhead” on their official Twitter
The Leave.EU campaign, funded by UKIP businessman Arron Banks, tweeted the remark to 136,000 followers.
First Ministers: Tories must listen to Wales and Scotland on Brexit
With Brexit negotiations ramping up, how much longer can the UK government ignore the nations of the UK?
A quarter of Brexit voters feel misled by Vote Leave claims — new poll
A new poll finds that over fifty per cent of people think the Leave campaign had been mostly or completely misleading.
The UK is paying EU half of what Brexit campaigners claimed
Britain’s contribution to the EU is less than half the £350 million figure used by the Vote Leave campaign.