Digested week: Starmer is trying to carve out his legacy – but it’s not his to write Plus, Brexit at 10, dinner as protest, 100 best novels and not watching the World Cup (yet) The Guardian - UK · Jun 12
New poll reveals nearly half the British public would support second Brexit vote IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 12
Half of Britons want a second vote on Brexit – including a fifth of Reform voters, major poll finds In 2021, 27 per cent said Brexit was going worse than they had predicted, while in 2026 that figure has now risen to 48 per cent, new polling shows The Independent UK · Jun 11
‘Sold down the river’: The Cornish fishermen betrayed by Brexit EUROPE: THE WAY BACK: A decade on from the EU referendum, Alex Ross visits Cornwall to discover a fishing industry still reeling from a betrayal by the Leave campaign The Independent UK · Jun 11
Only way to keep British energy prices down is closer ties with Europe, says Starmer’s top negotiator Top Starmer ally Nick Thomas-Symonds is pursuing a pragmatic approach to resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU 10 years after the referendum The Independent UK · Jun 10
My daughter was asked to leave her school over my pro-Brexit stance, former MP claims Exclusive: The Vote Leave co-founder said Boris Johnson and Michael Gove ‘made a mess’ of the campaign within hours of the referendum result The Independent UK · Jun 9
Brexit: A Very British Civil War review – TV has no right to be this much of a hoot Yes, it’s a documentary on a sobering topic. But when you’ve got an endless stream of blockbuster names spouting irresistible gossip – plus Nigel Farage being a total panto dame – you can’t help but have a ball The Guardian - UK · Jun 8
Voices: ‘Brexit never had full consent’: Readers on why leaving the EU failed to live up to voter expectations YOUR VIEWS: Our community reacts to Sir John Curtice’s polling showing a shift in public opinion a decade on from Brexit, with the majority agreeing that it has failed to live up to expectations The Independent UK · Jun 8
Obama’s four-letter outburst on hearing Brexit decision Exclusive: The former president’s shocked reaction to the decision to vote for Brexit has been revealed by Kim Darroch, the former UK ambassador to the US The Independent UK · Jun 8
Labour may reconsider Brexit red lines, Britain’s top EU negotiator suggests Labour’s Brexit ‘red lines’ rule out rejoining the customs union and single market or allowing free movement of labour The Independent UK · Jun 8
Britain paying a ‘Brexit tax’ for leaving EU, former government minister claims IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 7
Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband Exclusive: ‘We are suffering a punishing Brexit tax every day’ says former foreign secretary in withering assessment of decision to leave the bloc The Independent UK · Jun 7
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7 Car industry pressing EU for further delay to Brexit EV tariffs Exclusive: deal in 2020 had sought to stimulate local battery making but industry says it still cannot meet targets
The Independent UK · Jun 6 Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster Exclusive: There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says John Curtice
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5 Britain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Independent UK · Jun 5 My views on EU may have influenced Boris Johnson’s decision to back Brexit, says ex-wife Exclusive: Marina Wheeler, the lawyer and writer who was married to the former prime minister until 2020, claims her change of heart about Britain’s membership of the EU ‘undoubtedly struck’ Johnson, who was one of the leading figures in the campaign to leave the bloc
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4 ‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor sets out his priorities before Makerfield byelection – and what might happen after the vote
The Independent UK · Jun 4 A decade after Brexit, Britain needs a new relationship with Europe THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Brexit arguments of 2016 belong to the past. The challenge now is to develop a realistic new partnership with Europe that strengthens Britain’s prosperity, security and influence
The Independent UK · Jun 4 Voices: ‘We are so polarised post-Brexit’: Readers on rebuilding Britain’s future in Europe YOUR VIEWS: As The Independent launches Europe: The Way Back, readers remain split over Brexit’s legacy and Britain’s future in Europe, but agree the country still needs to confront the issue
The Independent UK · Jun 4 Boris Johnson described Theresa May as a ‘giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies’ Exclusive: Sir Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest aides, lays bare the former prime minister’s dim view of his predecessor in new book marking 10 years since the Brexit referendum
The Independent UK · Jun 4 Voices: Join The Independent’s new campaign to rebuild the UK’s relationship with Europe EUROPE: THE WAY BACK: We are a decade on from the Brexit referendum – but the UK is still divided. That is why we are launching a new editorial campaign. It is time to find a better way forward, writes editor-in-chief Geordie Greig
Euronews · Jun 3 EU is more popular post-Brexit, including in the UK, Pew survey finds A decade after Brexit, a new survey suggests the vote that split Britain may have helped bring the rest of Europe closer together.