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Daily Mail columnist Peter Oborne says it’s time to “think again” about Brexit

Peter Oborne has said Brexiteers must swallow their pride and think again about a process which has "paralysed the system" and "turned Britain into a laughing stock". The prominent Leave advocate has penned an honest Open Democracy feature which calls for Brexiteers to acknowledge that the process has gone sour, saying "we will never be forgiven if and when Brexit goes wrong. Future generations will look back at what we did and damn us." His position, he says, is driven...

“I may lose my job, but my constituents’ jobs are more important” says Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips says she may lose her job by backing a second referendum, but her "constituents' jobs are more important". The Labour MP was speaking in her constituency of Birmingham Yardley this weekend in response to criticisms that MPs should reflect the will of the people they represent. Yardley voted Leave in the 2016 referendum although Birmingham was deeply divided over the issue. More than three quarters voted to Remain in some wards but the same ratio could be found...

Three ingenious ways to solve the UK’s disposable coffee cup problem

Last week the BBC reported that an independent coffee chain has seen sales fall by £250,000 since it banned single use coffee cups. The UK throws away a staggering 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups each year. Only a tiny proportion are recycled and half a million a day become litter. The problem is clear, but what’s to be done?Cambridge Consultants has been working on solutions. Here are three proposals:COFFEE CUP AS A SERVICEReusable cups are great, but we often forget them, and cleaning them...

Tories face generational crisis as “tipping point” increases to 51

The Conservative Party is facing a generational crisis with fewer than one in five millennials now saying they have their support. A poll of 10,000 voters conducted by Hanbury Strategy for the Tory think tank Onward found the party's ability to rule is in peril as the under-50s shun the party. The report reveals that at elections between 1950 and 2010 the Conservatives were on average 8 per cent behind Labour among young voters, but 9 per cent ahead among...

Theresa May issues reassuring video on Brexit: and it immediately became the stuff of parody

WIth her own party plotting to oust her if there is a lengthy delay to Brexit, though it has proved impossible to deliver a Brexit that delivers anything like its promises with another deadline looming, Theresa May issued a reassuring video. "Let me explain what is happening with Brexit," the Prime Minister said in an informal, chatty, video, shot shaky camera style, with her leaning on the arm of her as casually, propped up with a cushion as if any...

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