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Andy Burnham urges UK to ’embrace’ Brexit as ‘new reality’

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said the UK must “draw a line” under Brexit and instead focus on keeping the Union together. Burnham – who won his mayoral race with 67% of the vote on Thursday – told The London Economic he thought voters had deserted the Labour Party because it was seen as the party […]

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Election results demonstrate why rejoining EU is a long way off

An honest referendum about the future of the UK and EU seems a long way off after the latest election results The results suggest that the UK is beyond redemption. How people can see past the lies, and continue to support the Tories is truly astonishing. It really doesn’t bode well for the years ahead. […]

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Sturgeon: Independent Scotland rejoining EU would need to confront border issues

An independent Scotland would need to confront border issues with the rest of the UK if returning to the European Union, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Concerns have been raised by critics of Scottish independence who say Scotland rejoining the EU would result in a hard border with England. The first minister told BBC Radio 4’s […]

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Keir Starmer urged to back better Brexit deal

Labour leader Keir Starmer has been encouraged to support making changes to the Brexit deal agreed with the EU to develop a closer working relationship with member states. A report published by the left-wing pro-EU group Another Europe Is Possible strongly supports the case for active engagement with the EU to improve the deal. Starmer […]

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Brexit may make touring EU ‘prohibitively bureaucratic’ for musicians, Lords say

Touring could become “prohibitively bureaucratic and expensive” for musicians and other performers based in the UK because of Brexit, a committee of peers has warned. The Lords EU Services Sub-Committee also warned in a report on Wednesday that significant gaps remain for the services sector trading with the bloc, causing a prolonged period of uncertainty. […]

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Campaign urges Brits to declare themselves ‘European’ on 2021 census

Pro-Europeans are planning to declare themselves proudly European in the forthcoming census as the result of a new campaign. The survey, which happens every 10 years, will question all of the people and households in England and Wales about issues surrounding society. The responses stay on record for 100 years and help to paint a picture […]

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Bookmakers rate chances of UK rejoining EU by 2026 at 5/1

Bookmakers have given their verdict on the likeliness of the UK attempting to rejoin the European Union. Betfair now believes the odds on the UK re-entering the bloc by 2026 stands at 5/1, as frustrations around the Brexit agreement grow. By contrast, the firm believes there is a 10/1 chance of Brexit not being reversed […]

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Majority of Brits are unsatisfied with outcome of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, new survey finds

A majority of the public is unhappy about the post-Brexit trade agreement that Boris Johnson secured with the EU, a new survey has found. The report, published by the British Foreign Policy Group, an independent think tank advocating for a stronger UK global presence, shows that under a quarter of respondents believed the prime minister’s […]

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Are Remainers destined to become the new Jacobites?

Is the Remain cause destined to share the same fate as the Jacobite one… romantic but doomed, and destined for the dustbin of history? Writer JAMES HAWES explores the parallels and decides probably not.. at least not yet. Consider a time when a great part of us Britons has been led by vain and tactically catastrophic leadership into epochal […]

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Former Danish minister throws support behind independent Scotland rejoining EU

A former Danish minister has given her support to an independent Scotland rejoining the EU. Lykke Friis, climate, energy, and gender equality minister between 2009 and 2011 and now head of thinktank EUROPA, also advised Scotland to formulate strong alliances with other northern European countries, including Scandinavian and Baltic countries. She suggested Scotland join the […]

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There’s no time for pessimism from pro-Europeans

A route to rejoining the EU is possible, says reader Mark Sullivan. Judging from your readers’ letters, they are being too pessimistic on our rejoining the EU. Just because you can’t see the immediate pathway unfolding, doesn’t reduce the inevitability of market forces which resolutely point to this conclusion. How many commentators for example predicted […]

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EU ends Welsh and Scottish hopes of rejoining Erasmus scheme

The European Commission has appeared to have ended early Welsh and Scottish hopes of rejoining the Erasmus scheme. An EU Commission spokesperson told reporters that because Scotland and Wales were not independent countries but parts of the UK, that they would not be able to join the programme. Asked if the Commission had received a letter […]