Opinion

Chris Hobbs is a retired Met police officer who worked extensively at border controls in both the UK and Jamaica. If control of our borders and a curb on immigration into the UK was the tipping point in deciding the result of referendum, those who cast their vote on that basis may well be surprised at the likely post-Brexit reality whether there is a deal or not. - This, in spite of government statements supposedly ending freedom of movement. On...

Remain faces a potentially catastrophic problem in the lead up to the European Elections. Despite having momentum on its side the vote is split four ways, between the Liberal Democrats, Change UK, the SNP and the Greens, and if Labour take a pro-People’s Vote stance then you can add another riven to an already fragmented divide. As things stand Remain could swamp the election without getting anything in return. Indeed, as Ian Dunt noted, outside of the SNP “these parties...

Brexit is coming…eventually. With the exit date delayed until October and a bevy of deplorables running in May’s European elections, is it any wonder that millions are tuning in to Game of Thrones for a little escapism? Or at least, that’s what many worthy commentators would like us to believe. The world of Game of Thrones may be more tantalising than Brexit Britain. Westeros, after all, has far more magic and far less Jacob Rees-Mogg. But as a cultural phenomenon,...

Within hours of Notre Dame becoming engulfed in a devastating inferno on Monday evening ISIS, for no apparent reason, had become one of the top trending topics on Twitter in relation to the event. i24NEWS, a verified account posting “unfiltered and unbiased” news, rushed to feature spokespeople that were happy to suggest the terrorist organisation “could be behind it — might be”, and a swathe of other users followed suit. Arson has already been ruled out as a possible cause...

...By a fellow whistleblower The barbarity of wars In Franz Kafka's story Metamorphosis, a travelling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning to discover that he has turned into a giant insect. This is not dissimilar to what has happened to Julian Assange. Tired of his uncomfortable presence in the Ecuadorian Embassy, the UK government, acting in concert with others, have engineered his removal. While the TV news shows him being pulled screaming from the embassy, we are fed lies...

Rumours that Labour will become the referendum party have gained a lot of mainstream traction of late, and there’s a good reason why. Despite Jeremy Corbyn and other senior colleagues being openly sceptical of the merits of a so-called "confirmatory" referendum, the opportunity to squash the Tories in both European parliamentary and council elections could be too much to pass up for the party’s top brass. Speaking in Brussels, one Conservative MEP told the Business Insider’s Adam Payne that they...

The UK has been granted its second extension to the Article 50 deadline averting a no-deal Brexit

News that government cuts to disability benefits for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) will cost more than it will save shows that we have reached peak Tory after almost ten years of Conservative rule. Proving that they’re a party who are happy to cut off their nose to spite their face research by the MS Society found cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) planned over the next three years could end up costing the taxpayer almost £10 million in increased...

Brian Cox said it has become "clear that the Conservative Party are the problem" after only a handful of Tories supported any of the options voted upon in parliament last night. Backbenchers took charge of the Brexit impasse in parliament again yesterday as the cabinet abstained from voting in indicative votes they tried in vain to stop. This time they came closer than ever to breakthrough with a majority of MPs narrowly failing to coalesce around one was forward for...