Opinion

Labour is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand it looks increasingly likely that the party will be forced to back a People’s Vote on Brexit over the coming days, succumbing to the wishes of its membership which consist largely of the same youthful demographic that voted overwhelmingly to stay in the European Union. But on the other it has to answer to an electorate that voted 60/40 in favour of leaving the EU in...

Despite the Conservative's incompetence on the domestic front at least they have proved one thing; that there is no workable solution to Brexit that gives us what they promised. That was the words of The New European editor Matt Kelly following the latest round of talks where even a watered-down Chequers proposal was knocked back by the union who remained characteristically stoic in Salzburg this week. The pound plummeted as May delivered a speech saying the UK "cannot accept anything that...

Theresa May today emphatically ruled out the idea of a second Brexit vote, saying that the 2016 referendum was "the people’s vote".  In an interview with the Daily Express she said, “My answer to the People’s Vote is that we’ve had the people’s vote – it was the referendum - and now we should deliver on it”. But the PM seems to have made the same mistake as many others in confusing a vote on the government’s Brexit deal with...

There are now around 20 million over-55’s in the UK – one in three of the population. What’s more, over-50's account for about 47% of all UK consumer spending. And we are the most loyal customers that fashion brands and stores have.

Alan’s story: I’m from Sunderland. My background is pretty chaotic. My father was put in prison for life. He was absent when I was little and we really only ever saw him in prison. My Nan was lovely and my main carer – she brought up me, my sister and brother and a cousin. My mum has been there throughout my life. She wasn’t a drug user or drinker but she just couldn’t cope with kids. When I look back...

It was a very lively exchange today between the two leaders, they have only been back a week, but they are now off on their jollies for the party conference season, may as well throw the kitchen sink at your opponent. Weirdly Jeremy Corbyn had some corn sticking out from his jacket pocket. I was hoping he was making a joke about Theresa May dancing through fields of wheat, during her Jim Morrison period. However, as ever with Corbyn, it...

Jacob Rees-Mogg proved accusations that he is a “thoroughly modern bigot” to be true this week after defending Boris Johnson’s adultery despite having strong views on abortion and other religious matters. The Conservative MP made an appearance on the Jeremy Vine show this week and was questioned on his hypocritical stance in regards to infidelity given that he has such strong opinions on other matters. He said: “People are individuals and behave in individual ways” in defence of Johnson, before...

The European Research Group, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s hard Brexit think tank, is trying to hide its real views about the UK’s future. The ERG’s 140-page report on post-Brexit Britain has not been published. It was shelved at the last minute because it contains a clear blueprint for the country Rees-Mogg and his fellow travellers want when the UK leaves the EU. It’s a vision familiar to anyone who lived through the 1980s. We know now that Brexit is based on an...

What’s so bad about existing in a fat body? Since I was a teenager I can remember that to be fat was a ‘bad thing’. The people around me, and the media I was exposed to, spoke about it as if it was the worst thing that could ever happen to a woman - right behind being a slag or childless. While opinions may slowly be changing on the latter, it seems to continue to be ingrained in many women’s...