The Conservative party will face “extinction” unless it satisfies Brexit Party voters’ desire for a hard withdrawal from the EU, a senior MP has warned amid suggestions of a Tory pact with Nigel Farage’s outfit. Arch-Eurosceptic Steve Baker called for a “reconciliation” between the parties after his Tory colleague, the former minister Crispin Blunt, urged […]
A well known German MEP said he would Stake money that Britain will not leave the European Union (EU) by the end of October and defended Britain’s participation in the EU elections later this month. He told German radio station Bayern 2: “I would bet some money on the fact that the British will not […]
British politicians should not imagine that a change of prime minister will resolve the Brexit deadlock, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said. “The issues don’t change and the arithmetic at Westminster doesn’t change so for us this isn’t about personalities,” he told journalists on his way out of a foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Monday. […]
The world is at risk of an “unintended” conflict between Iran and the United States, Jeremy Hunt has revealed. The British Foreign Secretary issued the stark warning, upon arrival at the European Union foreign affairs ministerial meeting in Brussels this morning. He said: “We are very worried about risk of a conflict happening by accident […]
Ashley Fox was speaking as polls suggested the Brexit Party, founded by Mr Farage in January, was surging ahead on the vote on May 23, with some activists privately concerned the Tories could even poll less than ten percent. And he stressed his determination to do everything possible to maximise turnout and ensure a respectable […]
From Latest surveys, the Support for the Conservatives at the European elections slumps to 11%, this figure is less than a third of what Nigel Farage’s party is polling. Survey by Observers places the Brexit party on 34%, when people were asked how they intended to vote on 23 May, with Labour slipping to 21% […]
EU leaders focus today on “life after Brexit”. They ignore the United Kingdom at a crunch gathering in the Romanian town of Sibiu. Despite Britain still being a fully paid up member of the EU Theresa May is not in Romania. The EU27 hold an informal gathering to discuss life without Britain, despite Mrs May’s […]
In an interview with UK and Polish media, EU Council president Donald Tusk has said there is a 30 percent chance Brexit will not happen. Tusk said the 2016 referendum was “at the worst possible moment” but “paradoxically, Brexit awoke in Great Britain a pro-European movement. Today the chance that Brexit will not happen is, […]