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Brexit

Boris Johnson cop26

Voters think the government is doing a bad job on almost every major issue facing the country

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

On the NHS, 70 percent say the government is doing a bad job, while on crime 59 percent say the government is performing badly.

Boris Johnson

Prof Prem Sikka: The Tory government has used the cover of Brexit for its never-ending class wars

Prem Sikka
1 January, 2022

‘Promises can enrol people but many can’t easily be delivered.’

Brexit anniversary

Brexit anniversary: 60% of people think UK’s EU departure has gone badly wrong

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

From shortages of HGV drivers to tackle the petrol crisis, to empty supermarket shelves, 2021 has been awash with Brexit disruption. It comes as little surprise that six in ten voters say Brexit has gone badly wrong.

Liz Truss

New Brexit minister said exiting EU would be an economic disaster

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2021

Liz Truss is a former Remainer who announced a series of dismal warnings about the consequences of Brexit during the 2016 referendum campaign.

Boris Johnson

Lord Frost’s resignation shows how Boris Johnson’s Brexit chickens are coming home to roost

Tony Burke
20 December, 2021

‘The writing was on the wall months ago when Joe Biden closed the door on any quick trade deal with the UK and warned Johnson about risking the Good Friday Agreement.’

EU citizens in UK

Government faces legal action over Home Office’s treatment of EU citizens in UK

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 December, 2021

A statutory body created to protect the rights of EU citizens living in Britain post-Brexit has launched a legal challenge against the Home Office.

Brexit

Leave voters turn their back on Johnson’s Brexit deal – report finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 December, 2021

After living with the UK-EU trade deal for almost a year, opinion among Brexiteers on the merits of the deal negotiated by Prime Minister is leaning from approval to disproval.

Empty town centre

Prof Prem Sikka: Income and wealth need to be redistributed and public services rejuvenated

Prem Sikka
17 December, 2021

‘The neoliberal economic policies have increased social tensions but have failed to energise the economy. They have impoverished people and turned town centres into economic deserts.’

El Pais newspaper reacts to the scandal

‘Lost credibility’: Europe reacts to the Downing Street Christmas party fiasco

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 December, 2021

A glance at the European newspapers shows the backlash over the No. 10 Christmas party controversy isn’t confined to British soil.

Northern Ireland

Mike Buckley: Brexit has reintroduced the psychological borders of the past for Northern Ireland

Mike Buckley
9 December, 2021

‘Northern Ireland, so recently freed by a better generation of politicians from the violence that so regularly cost lives and damaged property, cannot afford to go back.’

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