How Boris Johnson draws on the past to rule in the present – with a little help from myth.
The stories we tell about our histories can have a powerful impact on current events – and research shows how. [Read now...]
Boris Johnson. The great pretender.
Why Boris Johnson’s decision not to apologise for his disgraceful comments about Muslim women a year ago was the sign that, as a gambler, he had chosen a dangerous path simply to further his political career. It worked. [Read now...]
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brexiters, Conservatives, EU Referendum, Islamophobia, Nigel Farage, Racism, Steve Bannon, UK Politics
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Brexiters – Don’t you complain the Brexit result is being ignored.
Steve Bullock putting a Brexit Party MEP to his place over what is really being ignored since the Brexit result. [Read now...]
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, Brexit, Brexiters, British in Europe, Business, EU Citizens, EU Referendum, Food Safety, Media, Misinformation, NHS, No-Deal Brexit, School Dinners, Twitter thread
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Ultra-Brexiters now claim I voted for no-deal. I didn’t. That’s a real betrayal of my vote.
Meet David from Somerset. He voted Leave in 2016, but not for No-Deal. Unless an EFTA/Norway deal is on offer, he is a reluctant Remainer Now who would rather vote Remain in a new referendum. [Read now...]
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Remainer Now
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, 2017 General Election, Brexit, Brexiters, David Cameron, David Davis, ERG, EFTA, EU Referendum, European Union, Irish Border, Leave, Nigel Farage, No-Deal Brexit, Not No-Deal, Norway Deal, Project Fear, Remainer Now, Single Market, Twitter thread, Ultra-Brexiters
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Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson’s new adviser will relish his controversial status.
The man who led Vote Leave now has the ear of the UK’s prime minister. [Read now...]
I changed my mind on Brexit — From one of the 52, I am now one of the 48.
Andy, from Stamford, a Eurosceptic for many years, voted Leave in 2016, but has since changed his mind after fact-checking the Brexiters’ claims. A Remainer Now, he would like to vote Remain in a new referendum. [Read now...]
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Andy Martin
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Remainer Now, Brexit, Brexiters, EU Referendum, European Union, Leave, People's Vote, Regretful Leave Voters, UK Politics
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Forget Cumberbatch, see what Brexit manipulator really thinks of you.
In autumn 2013, Dominic Cummings, the shady snake oil salesman at the head of Vote Leave, wrote 237 pages saying poor people are poor because they have inferior genes and brains and rich people are rich because they are superior. [Read now...]
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Will Black
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Fact-Check, Brexit, Brexiters, Dominic Cummings, Education, Eugenics, EU Referendum, Opinion, UK Politics
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Brexit — It’s not just where Britain’s going that matters, but how it gets there.
The referendum was an exercise in ends, not means. But the way Britain deals with the result is crucial. [Read now...]
Brexit — Acting under duress.
I am faced with a decision: harming myself under a threat to my survival or harming my deepest humanity (my soul). [Read now...]
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Nyla Nox
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion, Citizens' Rights, Brexit, EU Citizens, EU Referendum
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No, people did not “know exactly what they voted for.”
In a recent book about his time in government, former Polish Foreign Minister and Oxford-educated Radosław Sikorski admits that he did not anticipate the full and dire consequences of Brexit. Steve Bullock explains why it matters. [Read now...]
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Brexit, Opinion, EU Referendum
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How long would it take to hold a second referendum on Brexit?
With exit day less than seven months away, one of the perceived obstacles to a second Brexit referendum is time. Jess Sargeant, Alan Renwick and Meg Russell discuss the constraints, concluding a new referendum could be held much more quickly than previous polls. [Read now...]
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Brexit, Opinion, EU Referendum
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A second referendum is now the only way to move forward.
A clearer path to a second referendum is emerging. This destination is by no means inevitable, but it is becoming much more likely. [Read now...]
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Opinion, Brexit, Twitter thread, EU Referendum
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