Two-thirds of small businesses would now vote remain – new analysis finds
Many small businesses have struggled to adapt to new customs checks paperwork, and regulatory requirements, which have cost them time, money, and market competitiveness.
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Priti Patel claims she met EU officials to advise them on migration policy
It seems surprising that the EU would want Patel’s advice on migration, given she launched the Tories’ disastrous Rwanda plan
Closer ties with the EU can make people better off and keep the hard right out of power
With the spectre of Nigel Farage looming, Keir Starmer on closer relations
Right-wing media outrage over Starmer’s tentative EU deal completely misses national mood
The right-wing media remain trapped in a 2016 time warp, still wildly waving Union Jacks and making snide digs at Brussels, oblivious to how far the country has moved on. For the right-wing commentariat, the old tunes are always the best. Updating the playlist has to be resisted at all costs.
Keir Starmer roasts Nigel Farage at PMQs with joke about his holiday
‘He was the first through the e-gates somewhere in the South of France’
Nigel Farage misses key Brexit debate to go on European holiday
“Nigel Farage clearly cares so passionately about this issue he’s decided he can’t get up from his sunbed to represent his constituents or his party.”
Priti Patel embarrasses herself criticising Starmer’s EU reset deal
“How is any of that a surrender?”
A hopeful new beginning: but isn’t it time Labour re-thought its Brexit red lines?
‘It’s a reminder that when ideology is put aside and pragmatism is embraced, progress tends to occur.’
5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s UK-EU ‘reset’ deal
The PM said the first UK-EU summit “marks a new era in our relationship” with the EU
Emily Thornberry takes down Nigel Farage’s EU reset “surrender” claim
“Big word for him, isn’t it?”