The local elections have sent a clear message – and the big parties are ignoring it
5 years, 8 months ago

The local elections have sent a clear message – and the big parties are ignoring it

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And there was one overriding theme emerging from yesterday’s result: voters rewarded parties with clear, pro-people’s vote policies on Brexit, and punished those who support Brexit. In the context of the upcoming European elections, Thursday sent a strong indication of one recipe for success: choose a clear Brexit policy, and offer the country a genuine solution to the crisis beyond conflicting platitudes and outdated promises. Even Barry Gardiner – an expert in articulating Labour’s tortuously convoluted Brexit policy – admitted this morning that the ambiguity has become too much for many to bear. Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events Paying lip-service to the dwindling numbers of the party’s supporters who want to leave the European Union while ignoring the overwhelming majority who don’t is a huge miscalculation.

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Does Reform UK’s election success signal a far-right future for Britain?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Does Reform UK’s election success signal a far-right future for Britain?

Al Jazeera  

Unlike the French legislative elections in which a surprise leftist surge foiled the far right at the last minute, Britain’s July 4 parliamentary polls went almost exactly as predicted. In contrast, Reform UK, the successor to Farage’s previous anti-European Union United Kingdom Independence Party, placed Brexit at the very centre of its election campaign. This left many asking, despite a …

Beyond Brexit: Brexit was a con – the UK belongs in the European family
2 years ago

Beyond Brexit: Brexit was a con – the UK belongs in the European family

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British politicians might not say it …

Does the Reform UK party need reforming already?
3 years, 9 months ago

Does the Reform UK party need reforming already?

The Independent  

There was a time when a parliamentary by-election would result in a “shock” result for a smaller party. Reform UK has, however, lost the Brexit Party’s clear brand identity and mission, the obsession with immigration, race and identity politics, and, above all, its charismatic leader, Nigel Farage, an instantly recognisable “Marmite” personality. Thus, according to the local polling Reform UK …

UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election
5 years, 2 months ago

UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s three major national political parties wooed weary voters on Tuesday, all promising an end to Brexit wrangling if they win next month’s national election — but offering starkly different visions of how to achieve that. Johnson urged him in an open letter Monday to “come clean and explain what your plan really is.” Corbyn insisted Tuesday that …

Brexit mess is about to get much, much worse
5 years, 7 months ago

Brexit mess is about to get much, much worse

CNN  

London CNN — On May 23, the UK’s Brexit mess gets even more complicated. Because Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to get her Brexit deal approved by the UK Parliament has forced the country to remain an EU member state and take part in European elections. We’re saying we know better than the people and we shouldn’t let them make …

European Elections poll: Brexit Party will win more votes than Labour and Tories
5 years, 7 months ago

European Elections poll: Brexit Party will win more votes than Labour and Tories

Daily Mail  

The Brexit Party will earn more votes than Labour and the Conservatives combined in the European Parliament elections, and could even beat the Tories in a General election, two extraordinary polls revealed this morning. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage while on the European Election campaign trail in Durham The new data, from Opinium, predicts the Brexit Party will earn more …

'You ain't seen nothing yet!': Nigel Farage blasts Theresa May over local election defeat
5 years, 8 months ago

'You ain't seen nothing yet!': Nigel Farage blasts Theresa May over local election defeat

Daily Mail  

Nigel Farage has warned the Labour and Conservative leaders not to form a 'coalition of politicians against the people'. The Brexit Party leader said 'millions of people would give up on' the two major parties if Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn reached a Brexit deal. Mr Farage said: 'Well I have to say that what she has tried thus far …

Brexit fatigue is making Britain a weird place to live
5 years, 8 months ago

Brexit fatigue is making Britain a weird place to live

CNN  

London CNN — Brexit is exhausting. As May said in her letter to Williamson confirming his dismissal, ministers and security officials at the National Security Council ought to be able to have “frank and detailed discussions in full confidence that the advice and analysis provided is not discussed or divulged beyond that trusted environment.” Long before the Huawei affair, May’s …

What will the local and European elections tell us about where the country stands on Brexit?
5 years, 8 months ago

What will the local and European elections tell us about where the country stands on Brexit?

The Independent  

There are local elections in England, outside London, and in Northern Ireland on 2 May, as well as European parliament elections in the whole of the UK three weeks later. The standing of national parties always affects voting in local elections, so Tory councillors will suffer from the drop in support for Theresa May’s government. It is not May’s easiest …

Don’t fear European Parliament elections – they could help drain the Brexit swamp of UK politics
5 years, 9 months ago

Don’t fear European Parliament elections – they could help drain the Brexit swamp of UK politics

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The switch to …

UK vote designed to bring Brexit clarity. But can politicians finally agree?
5 years, 11 months ago

UK vote designed to bring Brexit clarity. But can politicians finally agree?

CNN  

CNN — There is an over-used saying about negotiations with the European Union: “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.” But in the case of Brexit, that agreement may never come. In a series of votes in Britain’s House of Commons Tuesday evening, lawmakers will try to take control of Brexit from UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, which has …

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