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Keir Starmer has told Labour conference ‘if you want to fight for Remain – vote Labour’ just minutes before the party opted not to take a Remain stance in a controversial vote. The shadow Brexit secretary’s speech came prior to a controversial vote in which the party leadership’s position – that it will remain neutral […]

Labour delegates have endorsed a position on Brexit which would leave a decision on how to campaign in a second referendum until a ‘special conference’ after an election. The motion backed by Jeremy Corbyn – and backed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) – urged the party to back a People’s Vote but to decide […]

A Leave voter has claimed he voted for Brexit because the UK could not deport hate preacher Abu Hamza – despite the fact he was deported seven years ago. Appearing on James O’Brien’s LBC Radio show, caller Gary said that he did not care about the prime minister’s questionable links to a former model who […]

A government minister has claimed that there is no connection between Brexit and the collapse of Thomas Cook despite the company’s own reports discussing the effects of the referendum. Travel company Thomas Cook has failed to receive a £250 million government bailout and announced its liquidation after months of reports it was struggling. Health and […]

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has been applauded for breaking from her script to urge the Labour Party to back Remain. In scenes that will irritate the Labour leadership, Thornberry urged members at conference to vote for the pro-Remain motion presented at conference, rather than the NEC’s motion which would have allowed Jeremy Corbyn to […]

A shadow minister has called for Labour to stand aside in some seats to help progressive parties to beat the Tories at the next election. Clive Lewis was speaking at a Compass fringe event at Labour conference when he called on leader Jeremy Corbyn to change the party rules to allow local members to decide […]

A Brexit Party candidate made possibly the most Brexiteer tweet ever when he made the case for ‘British fish from British waters’, and Twitter had a few things to say to him. Our work IS NOT DONE UNTIL we have British fish, from British waters, landed on British shores - and trawled and processed using […]

Protests are set to take place in Manchester over the weekend as the Conservative Party conference assembles in the city. Manchester for Europe and the March for Change team have organised a protest that will take place on Sunday 29th September as Tory members arrive for this year’s big event. Taking place from 2pm at […]

Despite denials that Labour was at ‘war’ over Brexit, one of Jeremy Corbyn’s backers has claimed the votes on the party’s Brexit position have become a ‘stitch-up’. Following the cancellation of an early morning meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) Momentum’s founder Jon Lansman has tweeted he is “incredibly disappointed” with the process that […]

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised parts of the media for having ‘barely touched’ news of allegations that Boris Johnson is embroiled in a potential conflict of interest. A Sunday Times exclusive has raised questions around public money and business perks Johnson awarded American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri during his time as mayor of London. The report claimed […]

A Northern Irish farmer who appeared in the DUP’s party political broadcast highlighting the benefits of Brexit now regrets supporting it. County Down dairy farmer Charlie Weir appeared in the DUP’s general election video in 2017, explaining that the pro-Brexit party “cared about agriculture and wanted to make agriculture more sustainable”. It is followed up […]

Labour is planning to give full voting rights to foreign nationals and EU citizens living in the UK. A motion that is being proposed to Labour conference, and is expected to win the backing of party members, commits the party to “extend equal rights to vote to all UK residents” if it is elected to […]

A new YouGov poll has found that a majority of those who voted Labour in 2017 want Jeremy Corbyn to stand down. Just 29% of voters want Jeremy Corbyn to stay in post, with 54% wanting the Labour leader to resign. That number grows when factoring in all voters with 58% saying that he should […]

Labour could end up with two different Brexit positions as members are asked to vote on a motion that would leave the leadership neutral during any second referendum – while another urges the party to unequivocally back Remain. It sets the members up for a clash with the party leadership and trade unions. The motion […]

OFCOM has launched an investigation into whether Nigel Farage misled listeners about the prospect of an EU army during a dramatic clash with a caller on his LBC radio show. The discussion on July 16 quickly escalated when caller Chris asked: “Is it correct that the UK is perfectly able to block or veto any […]

Ahead of a crucial vote on the conference floor young Labour activist GEORGIE HARRIS writes why Labour must back the pro-Remain motion this afternoon. The votes on Brexit today will be a pivotal moment for Labour’s future. Delegates will have to decide between whether Labour will pledge to campaign to Remain or whether they will […]

Labour’s shadow foreign secretary has rejected Jeremy Corbyn’s calls for a ‘special conference’ to decide the party’s Brexit position at another time. Emily Thornberry told a HuffPost fringe event at the Labour Party conference in Brighton she did not support Labour holding a “special conference” to decide the party’s Brexit position. “I don’t see why […]

Dominic Raab, who was accused by MPs of misleading the public earlier this summer, has said that the Conservatives have made ‘good progress’ in Brexit talks with the European Union. 'We're going to abide by a Supreme Court judgement'Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tells #Marr he will respect the court's legal ruling but refused to rule […]

There are calls for Boris Johnson’s resignation if he cannot explain why he did not declare a potential conflict of interest over public funds given to a reportedly close female friend. Shadow minister Jon Trickett said Johnson should give a “full account of his actions” after a Sunday Times investigation revealed question marks over £126,000 […]

Jeremy Corbyn has announced that he will go back to the people on the future of Brexit should his party win any forthcoming general election, in an attempt to maintain his neutral attitude on Brexit. Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, Corbyn promised to negotiate a new Brexit deal if he became prime […]

STEVE RICHARDS, the veteran chronicler of prime ministers, pinpoints the deficiencies that doomed the man who enabled Brexit. David Cameron is back and he returns after more than three years of near silence with his familiar public voice, the one that he deployed as leader and prime minister. In his autobiography and accompanying interviews he […]

The president of the European Commission has told Sky’s Sophy Ridge that a no-deal Brexit would lead to the return of a hard border on Ireland. Jean-Claude Juncker says there would be a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit and says he believes "some member of the British […]

The New European’s JONATHON READ takes a first look at Channel 4’s Tories At War documentary. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1175454644253990912 If you don’t laugh at the Tories At War you would probably cry. There were moments of amusement in Channel 4’s year long observation of the Conservative Party, but much of it will leave viewers in despair. A […]

One of Boris Johnson’s billionaire leadership backers was, as early as July, urging the prime-minister-to-be to prorogue parliament to force Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/PA. – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Just as Johnson was poised to become leader, hedge fund financier Crispin Odey said that he was backing Boris because he would […]

Despite rising fears over the potential of a no-deal Brexit, the president of the European Commission has insisted that a deal between the UK and the EU is possible. EC President @JunckerEU said he thinks a #Brexit deal can be reached by 31 October.Speaking exclusively to @RidgeOnSunday, he also warned that a no-deal #Brexit would […]

Leading figures from across the Labour Party today joined 5,000 People Vote supporters for a march that passed conference in Brighton. Emily Thornberry and Sir Keir Starmer at the anti-Brexit ‘Trust the People’ march and rally during the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire. – Credit: PA Speakers included shadow cabinet ministers […]

Thousands of people have marched through Edinburgh in support of the UK remaining in the European Union ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the prorogation of parliament. Protestors during the March to Remain in the EU in Edinburgh. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire. – Credit: PA Demonstrators gathered on the Royal Mile before proceeding to […]

Labour conference delegates are determined to ‘stay till three in the morning’ to secure a Remain motion that avoids the ‘fudge’of last year, a source has said. Ninety differently-worded motions, committing Labour to offer a second referendum and to declare itself a party of Remain, have been submitted for debate. The move comes amid concern […]