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My fellow parliamentarians should remember that voters will not forgive those who stand by and allow the country to be downgraded, says Labour MP NEIL COYLE Boris playing the rear of the ass and David Davis widow Twanky may appear funny to some but our Parliament becoming a pantomime is far from amusing for our […]

The world of style is among many industries coming to terms with allegations of sexual misconduct. But, as SUNA ERDEM and DUNJA KNEZEVIC report, it is not just female models who have fallen victim to abuse ‘He’s a very naughty man! Very handsy,’ says Adam, a former male model who has worked for brands including […]

It might like there is little new to see in Picasso’s work, says VIV GROSKOP. But a current exhibition focuses on an unusual angle… his daughter as muse It’s easy to imagine that you’ve seen everything Picasso ever created. The Picasso industry is so huge and there are so many international exhibitions dedicated to his […]

When the Beatles turned up in Hamburg, rock ‘n’ roll was on its knees, says IAN WALKER. By the time they had ended their stay in the city, its future was guaranteed One night in late October 1960 Hamburg art student Klaus Voormann got into an argument with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr. To calm down […]

The NHS – and false claims about that £350m – helped tip the referendum. But as the threat from Brexit to the health service becomes clearer, it must now be the battleground on which the argument is finally won, argues senior doctor CHARLES HOUSE Even those who made the promise now appear to accept the […]

Our editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the ‘holy trinity’ required for any winning organisation – leadership, strategy and teamship I’ve written here before about some of the public opinion tests I do on any UK audience I speak to … ‘show of hands please… optimistic/pessimistic re Trump Presidency; optimistic/pessimistic re Brexit; will Theresa May fight the […]

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve has launched a blistering attack on Brexit-backing MPs and media. Grieve said he believes some of his colleagues have become ‘unhinged’ amid the ‘hysteria’ over leaving the European Union. He also said there was a danger of MPs being ‘bullied into silence’ by newspapers and social media as Brexit legislation […]

Somaliland is introducing the world’s most advanced voting system. It is, says CALESTOUS JUMA, just one example of the way African countries are surprisingly skipping ahead in technological innovation Africa has become a testing ground for technological leapfrogging. This is a process that involves skipping stages and moving rapidly to the frontiers of innovation. Technological […]

Hidden away in a sleepy village in southern France lies the Palais Ideal, one of Europe’s most remarkable structures. With a new film about it in production, JULIAN SHEA tells the story behind this amazing construction and the man who built it From small acorns grow might oaks; and from a single stone grew one […]

Britain’s bungled Brexit negotiations have sparked a messy divorce from the European Union – and it is about to get even nastier. Sources in Brussels claim the EU will hold back Britain’s final £5 billion rebate payment as part of negotiations over the so-called Brexit ‘divorce’ bill. It is the latest blow to embattled Prime […]

PAUL CONNEW on the ongoing investigations into the Trump administration’s Kremlin links Donald Trump flew home from his controversial, colourful 12-day, five-nation Asian ego trip straight into the darkening shadow of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian Connection criminal probe. The latest twists of that inquiry are heading, predict well-placed sources, towards the possible arrest of […]

Georgia spawned Stalin, the monster who forever poisoned the legacy of the Russian Revolution. But it also produced a tantalising alternative vision of what that revolution could have led to. JUSTIN REYNOLDS explores the forgotten history of the fleeting Democratic Republic of Georgia, which offered a flicker of hope before it was extinguished Post-Revolutionary Russia […]

Many in Grimsby voted Leave to revive its fishing heritage. So why are locals now seeking an exemption from Brexit for its seafood industry? ANTHONY CLAVANE reports There are some fantastic bargains on offer at Fred’s Fisheries. Cod, sea bass and small haddocks to name but three. Lovely fresh fish sold by a traditional fishmonger […]

Comedian, musician and writer MITCH BENN on a year in which politics is quite literally crazy So, where were you on November 8 last year? I can remember exactly where I was; I was alone in a room in the Holiday Inn in Media City, the gleamingly futuristic development in Salford Quays to which much […]

Treat yourself or a Remainer in your life to a subscription this Christmas… The New European makes the perfect gift for the Remainer in your life! Subscribe today and you’ll also receive a set of our exclusive Christmas cards – the set contains 12 cards of six exclusive designs from the likes of Gary Barker, […]

This week’s New European Podcast has dropped – and we are focusing on Brexit’s dreamiest couple. Michael Gove and Boris Johnson famously fell out amid the referendum vote aftershock – so why are they now back together? We also look in depth at the Daily Telegraph’s ‘mutineers’ splash and ask how the Brexit press will […]

MICHAEL WHITE on a Tory party as bitterly divided over Europe as they ever were Let’s sum up the week. Boris and Michael are in love again, but David is cross with both of them for sending an interfering ‘Orwellian’ love letter to Theresa about Philip’s ‘insufficient energy’ in wooing the fair maid, Brexit. Theresa […]

Noel Gallagher was today branded a “lad” by Nigel Farage after telling Brexit opponents to “f***ing get over it”. The former Oasis guitarist and songwriter said that, although he did not vote in the EU referendum and was himself a Remainer, there had been too much ‘noise’ in the aftermath. The comments, from a man […]

STEVE ANGLESEY counts down the worst Brexiteers of the week 10 BILL ETHERIDGE ‘I have been extremely naïve,’ said West Midlands MEP and failed UKIP leadership candidate Etheridge back in 2015, after he had repeated Enoch Powell’s warning that multiculturalism would lead to ‘rivers of blood’. Happily Bill is a changed man and now acts […]

In his most celebrated poems, Rupert Brooke gave a classic evocation of England. But, argues CHARLIE CONNELLY, his work has a very European context My copy of Rupert Brooke’s 1914 And Other Poems is a third impression of the first edition that was published in June 1915. The first run had only appeared the previous […]

RICHARD PORRITT with the week’s big stories All hail to the mutineers! The Daily Telegraph pulled off a remarkable feat this week by outraging both Remainers and Leavers with their bonkers splash labelling Tory Brexit rebels ‘mutineers’. Even Brexit minister Steve Baker took a shot at the Conservative Party’s in-house newsletter, saying ‘colleagues have sincere […]

Tim Martin, boss of the Wetherspoon pub chain, is pestering drinkers with his pro-Brexit beer mats. ANTHONY CLAVANE wonders whether his customers might find it too much to swallow

The internet does not distinguish between good and bad. If we want to survive it, we might have to, says NATHANIEL TAPLEY The world is broken. Every news bulletin honks a clattering avalanche of unbelievable bellendery into our homes. Society just sits there, panting like a red setter enthralled by its own farts, in the […]

What do the Hard Brexiteers think of ‘taking back control’ only to have the US wade into the UK’s trading standards? ANGELA JAMESON investigates whether chlorinated chicken is back on the menu This summer Liam Fox turned many people’s stomachs when he suggested the UK should be open to accepting poultry that is washed in […]

Almost half of NHS doctors from Europe are considering quitting the UK because of Brexit, according to a new survey. The survey of 1,720 doctors from European Economic Area countries, conducted by the British Medical Association (BMA), found that their main reasons for considering leaving were Britain’s decision to quit the EU; negative attitudes towards […]

MPs will get the chance to vote down Brexit in parliament – but we will leave the EU whatever the result, David Davis has said. In what will be seen as a concession to Tory rebels Brexit Secretary Davis told the House of Commons a new piece of legislation will be introduced to run alongside […]

PAUL CONNEW on how, despite everything, the President retains his support base From coast to coast an indeterminable number of Americans screamed helplessly at the sky on Wednesday, November 8. An alien invasion? Not exactly. But a novel way of protesting against the ‘alien’ they believe has invaded the White House and threatens to destroy […]

An arid, self-serving interpretation of liberalism led to political events like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, says YULI TAMIR. And to grasp that, you have to accept that those who want to put their country first may have a point Donald Trump’s election, alongside Brexit, the emergence of the new right in many […]