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The Daily Mail’s frontpages make for contradictory reading, writes Liz Gerard. The Daily Mail seems to have crossed its own red lines. – Credit: Archant When Theresa May set out her tough position ahead of her negotiations with the EU, the Daily Mail was in full support for her hardline stance, declaring, in October 2016, […]

Reader Paul Hollands spent a week on a pro-Brexit Facebook group to break out of the Remain social media ‘bubble’. I have spent the last week in a pro-Brexit group on Facebook. I did this to try and break out of my ‘bubble’, but also I went in search of the reason why people voted […]

To understand Trump’s move over Jerusalem, you have to look to his fanbase and his finances, suggests ALBERT SCARDINO Donald Trump may soon be allowed to build his wall, but it won’t be where he wanted it, along the US-Mexican border. It will be around a new US Embassy compound in Jerusalem. Trump has never […]

MITCH BENN asks whether the likes of David Davis and Donald Trump have decided that shame is a sign of weakness. First of all, some sort of apology is order; I have been laid low with bloke-flu since last we spoke. It seems to be one of those annoying colds which wipes you out completely […]

JAMES BALL asks whether we should expect more of a cabinet minister than an 11-year-old at primary school. Should we expect more of a cabinet minister, or an 11-year-old at primary school? This is maybe not a question we expect to ask ourselves, but when faced with the reality of David Davis’s tenure at the […]

Theresa May has reassured the EU27 she will continue to drive Brexit forward despite an embarrassing Commons defeat as they gave the green light for phase two. European leaders have given their approval for Brexit talks to move on to their next phase but European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker warned that the transition to a […]

The Prime Minister is doomed even if she survives yet another self-created crisis, writes reader Daniel Hunt. She is weak, lacking vision, and unable to unite her own party, let alone her coalition partners. The reluctance of the Tory plotters to knife her while Brexit remains in the balance is understandable. Less so is why […]

MICHAEL WHITE tries to look on the bright side of the fallout from May’s Brexit fudge. What’s that you say? Donald Trump is coming to Britain in January despite everything he’s done lately to upset us? Don’t we have enough problems, including the Rand Corporation’s treasonable claim that a Hard Brexit could be costing the […]

The EU is currently debating proposals to force internet giants like Google and Facebook to pay more for the millions of news stories they offer their users. Here, the leaders of some of the continent’s biggest news agencies explain why the measure is so urgent. An apparently technical debate has been under way for several […]

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The writer on how immigration anxieties are always about race or foreignness Please don’t tell me opposition to immigration is not about race. Or that racism is now more or less extinct in the UK, whatever the ‘race industry’ claims. Or that Brexit was never about claiming back the nation for white, true-born Britons. Or […]

The government must take its share of the EU’s wine and art when Britain leaves, a Brexiteering Tory MP has demanding. Sir Edward Leigh told Parliament that the EU was thought to have a wine cellar stocked with more than 42,000 bottles and has artwork worth more than £13m. He urged the government to “promise” […]

Steve Anglesey counts down the worst Brexiteers of the week. THE UKIP LION Though it was unveiled less than three months ago, the ‘Kippers are reportedly preparing to dump their lion logo after conceding that they cannot afford a copyright court fight with football’s Premier League, whose own emblem it closely resembles. UKIP insiders tip […]

A blistering assault on Brexiteers in the European Parliament, labelling them “political crooks”, is proving a viral sensation on social media. Viviane Reding, a former European commissioner, said that rather than the “global Britain” promised by the likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox, Brexit was ushering in “a lonely Britain”. And Britain was “at […]

RICHARD PORRITT with the week’s big stories, including Brexit health risks, trouble in Ukraine and controversy in Italy Nigel Farage’s former spokesman Michael Heaver has been chatting to the BBC about his time with UKIP. ‘Nigel Farage is such a machine,’ Heaver, who got the job aged just 27, said adoringly. ‘What was very important […]

An influential committee of MPs has thrown its support behind a Brexit transition agreement that sees EU laws continue to reign supreme, stressing that it would be a “price worth paying” for stability after March 2019. The Treasury Select Committee is urging the British government to put forward transition deal proposals that are straightforward and […]

Parliament flexed its muscles tonight – and isn’t it glorious? Don’t listen to the ministers who will want to spin this differently, this is hugely significant. Theresa May now has to go to Brussels on the back of the first defeat she has suffered on her own business in the House of Commons. And what […]

MPs have dealt a humiliating blow to the Government by ‘taking back control’ of the Brexit process with a House of Commons defeat for Theresa May. MPs return their result in the House of Commons where the Government has suffered its first defeat over the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – Credit: PA Wire/PA Images In […]

Conservative former minister Dominic Grieve has suggested he and the government have run out of road over his call for a meaningful vote on any Brexit deal. The MP said what happens in such circumstances is “all rational discourse starts to evaporate”, adding the purpose of his amendment is “entirely lost in a confrontation” in […]

International trade secretary Liam Fox has used a speech in Argentina to lash out at “gloomy” Brexit commentators, urging them to be more positive. Sceptical pundits needed to understand Brexit was “not a time bomb” and leaving the European Union would allow the UK to have a “bold and confident” future, he said. It is […]

The European Parliament has defeated plans to ban an additive that is considered key in industrial meats for the doner kebab. Needing an absolute majority of at least 376 votes for a ban on phosphates, the legislature fell three votes short, saving the popular post-pub delicacy. The vote was 373-272 with 30 abstentions. The decision […]

A Tory MP and leading Brexiteer has been accused of “Stalinism” over comments attacking those who want any Brexit withdrawal agreement to be put to MPs. Bernard Jenkin dismissed attempts to amend the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill to require the government to put any withdrawal agreement to a vote in the House saying it was […]

Alex Taylor, a British broadcaster working in France, was so angered by Brexit he decided to become French, a process which ended in a ceremony at the country’s Pantheon. Vanity Fair’s MARION VAN RENTERGHEM was there to watch it happen One day, earlier this autumn, Alex Taylor entered the Pantheon, in Paris. This is not […]

The European Union’s chief negotiator has warned the UK integrity of the single market and the preservation of freedom of movement are ‘non-negotiable’. Michel Barnier told the European Parliament there were ‘very many more steps’ that need to be taken before a final Brexit deal is thrashed out with the UK, and made clear that […]

Theresa May has insisted that MPs will be given a vote on the Brexit withdrawal deal as she faced the prospect of a Tory revolt and embarrassing Commons defeat on the issue. The prime minister and Brexit secretary David Davis have mounted a campaign to win over would-be rebels ahead of the crunch vote on […]

Ministers must “give a little bit more” to build a consensus with the 48% of voters who backed Remain, a Conservative former minister has said. Anna Soubry said if the Government was genuine in “healing the great divide” it should “reach out and do the right thing” by tomorrow to ensure the “right result” is […]

The boss of the US civil aviation regulator has urged the UK to reveal by next month whether it will remain in a key safety body after Brexit. Michael Huerta of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flew from Washington to London today for talks with transport secretary Chris Grayling before meetings with European Union officials […]

Henry VIII would “blush” at the Government’s attempt to seize powers under key Brexit legislation, a former minister has said. Labour’s Chris Leslie raised concerns about the potential for ministers to use the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill to sign off changes into law which have an impact on people’s lives without requiring in-depth scrutiny in […]