The Latest Breaking News from Brexit

From Brexit to Coutts – has Nigel Farage become Britain’s most influential politician?

For all his beer and blazers, his unerring talent is for tapping into popular grievances

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

Vintage year for WOMAD as UK summer arts festivals attract record numbers

The UK's summer festival scene has not only recovered from Brexit and Covid, it has never been more vibrant. And that includes the WOMAD international arts festival in the west of England where fans flock not just for the bigger names but "to hear music they've never heard before," the…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 29, 2023

London-Paris ride organisers to end current format in 2024 following Brexit complications

The mass participation event, run by Hotchilee, will see its 20th and final edition of its current format in 2024

Cycling News · Jul 29, 2023

Britain will rejoin EU in future, Tony Blair says

Former PM says UK’s exit is a ‘constant sadness’ to him

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Don’t be fooled: this row is about more than Nigel Farage and Coutts – what lies beneath is Brexit

Why have Tories and a beleaguered PM fought this battle so fiercely? Because the ex-Ukip leader embodies leave and they fear him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage and Coutts: this row is more about the politics of Brexit than banking

The former Brexit party leader was done a disservice, but the frenzy of Tory outrage is mostly a symptom of political cowardice

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

OPINION - Why Nigel Farage has done Keir Starmer a favour

Why did the 2017 and 2019 general elections produce two starkly different results? Both took place in the shadow of the EU referendum, both times Labour put up Jeremy Corbyn as its candidate for prime minister, and even when the Tories switched from Theresa May to Boris Johnson, they in…

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

Zac Goldsmith: Michael Gove must be a monster to attack green policies

Exclusive: In first major interview since quitting government, ex-minister hits out at senior Tories for apparent retreat on climate

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Now pressure builds on Coutts boss after NatWest CEO quits over Farage scandal: ‘Unsustainable at every level’

The former Brexit Party leader said he wrote to the boss of Coutts three times after hearing his account would be closed, but was ‘not given the courtesy of a response’

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

I can’t solve Brexit or the culture wars – but I’ve learned to see the other side of even the most polarised debates

My radio show has encouraged guests to articulate and examine the opposing view to their own. It’s a vital skill in fractious times, says the journalist Anne McElvoy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023