Labour has finally got its mojo back, well a tiny bit, and have asked the government 170 questions on Brexit, one for each day before Theresa May has declared she will invoke Article 50 and begin the withdrawal from the EU. Emily Thornberry, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Keir ...
Brexit has already proved hugely divisive - to the point where the unity of the United Kingdom is once again in question - but it is also presenting golden opportunities for those able to position themselves on the right side of history. It is, however, hard to see how metropolitan ...
This news must panic even the most ardent of “Brexiteers,” as a leaked Treasury document would destroy the UK economy. The fall that has been predicted would damage jobs across the country and send business to the wall. The report was shared with The Times and suggests that GDP might ...
More worrying news has emerged in post-Brexit Britain, with a 147 per cent rise in homophobic attacks in the UK in the three months since the UK voted to leave the EU. There have already been reports of a rise in racist attacks, but the rise in attacks on the ...
Brexit offers the best opportunity to radically rethink the NHS since it was set up 68 years ago, according to a think-tank. A new contract between the NHS and society was needed to help it cope with a growing and ageing population, a rise in obesity and environmental and economic changes. To ...
As the Conservative party conference appears to be ratcheting up the anti-EU sentiment within the party, a ‘hard Brexit’ seems more likely, even though, ironically, some of the conference centre was actually funded via EU cash. The anti European hyperbole and Theresa May’s fears of being attacked by the right of ...
The Conservative Party Conference in which Theresa May promised to "look beyond Europe" is being held in a conference hall paid for by the European Union. As pointed out in an amusing letter submitted to the Financial Times, Birmingham International Convention Centre received £49.7 million of its construction costs from the ...
Look at it. Horrifying, right? That eccentric, brazen, cigar smoking, rosy cheeked toff wedged in between two show girls and John McCririck. As harmless as it looks from the outset this picture could well be the face of post-Brexit Britain, and I for one want to get off. It’s like ...
It seems that the business community is not feeling to positive about the future of the UK economy post-Brexit. The first quarterly survey, since the nation decided to leave the EU, indicates that business optimism in the financial services industry sector is very low. Over half of financial companies, who ...