Keir Starmer applauded for calling for a better deal with the EU in leaders debate
An audience member asked ‘How can we mend our broken trading relationship with Europe?’
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European Elections: MEPs pledge to support Scotland’s re-entry to the EU
‘I wish to express my solidarity with all Scottish citizens who have been deprived by Brexit of a vote in this election.’
Spies, disinformation, and ‘fake’ MEPs: How the Russians are helping the far-right
The recent farcical Russian elections are a reminder that democracy is a very precious gift from the past and requires eternal vigilance to maintain, especially in these strange times when a hard nationalist right seems to be drawn moth-like to the Putin flame.
Brexit red tape is putting endangered animals at risk, zookeepers warn
Zoos are warning that post-Brexit legislation is hampering their efforts to protect endangered species.
Rejoiners unite in day of action to spread the rejoin message
Events are taking place across the UK and Europe as part of the ‘Day For Rejoin’ campaign.
New Brexit proposals for visiting Gibraltar met with dismay and derision
‘These Brexit benefits never stop coming….’
UK environmentalists commend EU’s decision to criminalise ‘ecocide’
“That’s how it’s done.”
‘Brexpress’ accused of stooping to ‘new low’ for column moaning about resignation of far-right Hungarian Brexit sympathisers
“Just how low can they go?”
UK security is being compromised by Brexit, warns SNP MP
“Brexit makes us weaker because sitting outside the EU makes you more insecure. The EU is, at its heart, a peace project – it was built as one and is the most successful peace project on Earth and it will continue in that role because of its economic clout, security clout and soft power.”
Government’s pint of wine Brexit ‘freedom’ widely ridiculed
“Fear not, the government’s much vaunted Brexit freedoms mean we can now buy wine in pint bottles.”