The Latest Breaking News from Brexit

There’s something wrong with British politics. It’s called the Conservative Party

The current turmoil in British politics needs to be understood not just as a response to Liz Truss’s short time as prime minister, but as the result of problems within the governing Conservative Party since it came to power in 2010.

The Conversation · Oct 19, 2022

Deportation dreams and tofu-eating threats: who is Suella Braverman?

Ex-home secretary’s short career was characterised by outlandish and colourful outbursts

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

Suella Braverman: Who is Britain’s new home secretary? - OLD

Hardline Brexit ‘Spartan’, vehemently ‘anti-woke’, was first to declare leadership ambitions before Boris Johnson’s downfall had even been confirmed but now finds herself replacing Priti Patel

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Welcome to the doom loop of Tory Britain: an austerity that kills, a democracy routed

It was cuts that gave us Brexit and the chaos that followed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

Alliance Party seeks recall of Stormont Assembly

Devolution in Belfast has been in flux since February when the DUP withdrew its first minister in protest at the Brexit Protocol.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

UK/EU trade down on levels expected without Brexit, research finds

The analysis was conducted by Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

The neoliberal Spartans led us all into this chaos

Letters: Jerry Palmer on the threads that run from Brexit to today’s turmoil in the UK’s economy and politics. Plus letters from Fawzi Ibrahim and Stephen Coleman

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

Ryanair boss blames ‘car crash’ economic crisis on Brexit ‘failure’

Michael O’Leary hopes the appointing of Jeremy Hunt will lead to more ‘sensible’ policies

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

Brexit sparked greater attachment to the European Union in UK and EU citizens living abroad, survey suggests

Prior to the 2016 referendum on leaving, polling consistently showed that people in Britain had previously given little thought to the European Union. But a survey of British people living in Europe and UK-resident EU citizens conducted by our team at the universities of Birmingham and Lancaster suggests Brexit has…

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2022

'Not possible' to compare Scottish independence plans to Brexit, minister says

SCOTTISH independence cannot be compared to the “back-of-a-fag-packet” plans for Brexit, an SNP minister has said.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 18, 2022