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Not everyone who voted leave is a racist or a xenophobe but the campaign and its aftermath has attracted some dubious supporters Brexit and the Leave campaign have uncovered something truly ugly. And since they won’t confront it, I will, writes Bonnie Greer. Their cause has become a flag of convenience: for racists, bigots and […]

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Tory MP issues a warning to party colleagues of the dangers of Hard Brexit, as he launches a new initiative to build bridges with Europe We have heard many calls for what is called a Hard Brexit from our membership of the EU since the EU referendum last June. When pressed on what this means, […]

A family story of the close family bonds between Ireland and the UK, and what Brexit might mean for Ireland. PA Archive/PA Images – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images PAT McFADDEN’s parents came from Donegal to Scotland in the 1950s, when his father worked in construction and his mother in a local council children’s home. They […]

For the avoidance of doubt, Michael, we hold you in contempt. We win award… Michael Gove responds… – Credit: Archant Dear Michael Gove, In regard to your recent public observation that there was no conceivable reason to give The New European the Chairman’s Award at this week’s Press Awards (see your tweet, above), some passing […]

Scottish nationalist Hardeep Singh Kohli is feeling confident about the prospect of independence for his beloved country Significant and material change. You’re going to be hearing that phrase an awful lot over the next few weeks, months, years. The ever more shoogly shackles that have united this kingdom of countries have never been closer to […]

We sort out the 10 worst leavers of a momentous week on Planet Brexit 10) Victoria Ayling (NEW ENTRY) UKIP’s heritage and tourism spokesperson took to Twitter to expose a left-wing plot to outlaw people from eating bacon. ‘Bet the metropolitan museli munchers will try to ban such pleasures,’ she wrote – a bet The […]

It’s nonsense to say the fight starts now. The truth is, the Brexiteers won the first round, but there are ways to now get the upper hand Some people call it a ‘hard Brexit’. Some opt for ‘chaotic Brexit’. But I’ve settled on a more accurate description for what we’re heading towards: ‘Extreme brexit’. Look […]

EXCLUSIVE: A libel victory over Katie Hopkins, a suicide attempt and the hope that we might all finally learn to be a little kinder to one another online I was never in it for the money. My rule of thumb is to never do anything for the money. When deciding which work and sponsorship jobs […]

The Chairman’s Award citation read: ‘When the Newspaper of the Year judging panel met the debate was as heated as ever. But the judges agreed unanimously that one newspaper deserved a special award. It was launched in the immediate aftermath of the European referendum and was intended to be a pop-up lasting just four weeks. […]

And it may not end well for either of them If Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon ever set aside enough time to develop a sense of humour they might have spotted how ridiculously similar is the case they have been making against each from their respective pulpits: the British Unionist lecturing the European Unionist, the […]

Government’s new website setting out Brexit plan crashed immediately after launch. Awkward. https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/842416756857659392 Could this be a sign that the Government’s Brexit plan for Britain is broken? The Government has launched a new website setting out its Brexit ‘Plan for Britain’ – only for the page to immediately crash. Some visitors to www.planforbritain.gov.uk on Thursday […]

‘You have changed your mind on Europe, I have not’ https://twitter.com/Bonn1eGreer/status/842488698264567808 In a withering letter, former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has told Theresa May he does not believe it was necessary for her to sack him from his advisory roles for rebelling over Brexit. Earlier this month, the Europhile Tory peer was stripped of […]

The sinister implications of Brexit for wildlife have rather gone under the radar thus far. But it is likely that we will all see the impact soon enough Eurasian lynx – Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Amid the tumult of the referendum, and its frenzied aftermath, Brexit’s likely impact on the environment have been somewhat overlooked. For […]

There are few ways to relax that are more European than a trip to a spa. But there are also few things more fraught with potential embarrassment. Here, we provide a guide to the etiquette expected Saunasaari, Helsinki, Finland – Credit: Archant ‘You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you […]

People can, and regularly do, change their minds. The public should be given that option once the Brexit deal is done. REACTIONS AFTER THE MAASTRICHT REFERENDUM (Photo by Francis Dean/Sygma via Getty Images) – Credit: Sygma via Getty Images The referendum was lost – and badly. All around people were shaking their heads, wondering what […]

The Brexit Bill is not the only one to have suffered a rough ride in the Lords in recent months. At the same time their Lordships were also considering the Higher Education and Research Bill. Here they were equally rebellious. The fates of the two Bills are closely linked. When David Cameron was clearing the […]

Regardless of the damage it may wreak, the progress of Brexit is, at least, orderly. As for Trump and the US, the only certainty is volatility It seems a long time since Boris Johnson tried to suggest last summer there was no comparison between Britain’s vote for Brexit and the emerging power of Donald Trump’s […]

As he prepares to head off for talks with Moscow, the Russians easily have the measure of Boris Johnson Sergei Lavrov – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Russia right now is on a roll. Just imagine the scope of Russian reach in the world: the sheer number of things and people that have the stamp ‘Made […]

During the referendum, Leavers loudly defended the rights of EU citizens legally resident in the UK. Now many pro-Brexit MPs are not practising what they preach. Pro-Brexit MPs have so far refused to back legislation requiring the government to guarantee these citizens’ rights. We’ve gathered below some of the statements made before and after June […]

Why are we obsessed with the nightmarish alternative history of what would have happened if the Nazis had won? Nazis have taken over London – on screens at least. The BBC’s absorbing new series SS-GB, based on Len Deighton’s popular 1978 novel, imagines a world in which the Nazis have invaded and defeated Britain by […]

We’ve asked whether he is a fascist, now – after that press conference meltdown – should we also question whether Donald Trump is mad? During the election, we got used to seeing billionaire businessman Donald Trump as the car-crash candidate, forever coming up with gobsmacking schemes and wild accusations that made him stand out from […]

Forget Harry Potter mania – fan fever for Goethe’s tragic hero Werther was blamed for copycat tragedies and popularising yellow trousers This time 243 years ago, in an attic room at his family home in Frankfurt, 23-year-old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was sitting at a high desk scribbling away frantically in a sustained fit of […]

The young and old alike can see the coming calamity of Brexit. And recent encouraging events show that they still have the ability to avert it Until late on Tuesday evening, most people were unaware that Michael Heseltine was an advisor to Theresa May’s Government. Hardly surprising, given the veteran Tory pro-European has seemingly never […]

The enduring appeal of the Norse gods and their grandly tragic, absurdly comic, strangely moving tales The Norse gods are back and ready for a new generation in acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman’s newly published book Norse Mythology. Yet the truth is the immortality of the gods was never in doubt. These all too human […]

‘I had to do what I believed in,’ said Lord Heseltine The mean spirited, callous nature of British politics hit a new low this week when Michael Heseltine, a man respected as hard-working and sincere by even his political foes, was summoned from dinner with his wife to be fired by an autocratic control-freak of […]

The Chancellor’s spreadsheets show we are already paying the price of Brexit, yet still nothing is done to protect us from its full, looming impact Sorry is supposed to be the hardest word to say, but for the Chancellor this week it seemed that Brexit was far tougher to get past his teeth. Six thousand […]

Welcome to the first of our new weekly newsletters – our cynical attempt to engage you with the content you SHOULD have read when you bought last week’s newspaper – in an effort to convince you to subscribe to The New European. Each Friday we will be reheating the best of last week’s content and […]