At last! This is what we voted for: DAVID GOODHART on Priti Patel’s post-Brexit immigration system

The post-Brexit shake-up to Britain’s immigration system, unveiled today by Priti Patel, should be welcomed on the grounds of politics, economics – and general fairness. I would go further. This new, points-based labour migration policy represents the re-establishment of a national social contract with the British workforce – a contract that was ripped up when … Read more

EU warns returning the ELGIN MARBLES might be the price of a trade deal

The EU today suggested the Elgin Marbles will be the price of a trade deal – as Michel Barnier dismissed the UK’s call for a Canada-style agreement. The bloc’s post-Brexit negotiating mandate is being extended to include a demand to ‘address issues relating to the return or restitution of unlawfully removed cultural objects to their … Read more

London Mayor Sadiq Khan demands Britons get the right to ‘opt in’ for EU citizenship despite Brexit

London Mayor Sadiq Khan demands Britons get the right to ‘opt in’ for EU citizenship despite Brexit London Mayor Sadiq Khan is urging the EU to grant Britons ‘associate citizenship’ Scheme would allow UK citizens to retain some EU benefits like free movement Mr Khan travelled to Brussels today to discuss his Brexit plan with … Read more

Labour abandon Corbynism with HALF of CLPs which endorsed him in 2015 switching to Keir Starmer

Labour members abandon Corbynism with more than HALF of CLPs which endorsed outgoing leader in 2015 switching to endorse moderate Keir Starmer in 2020 instead of left-wing choice Rebecca Long-Bailey Half of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) which backed Corbyn in 2015 and 2016 have endorsed Sir Keir Starmer in 2020. Sir Keir has picked up … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My memo to Michel Barnier – No retreat, baby, no surrender 

Here we go again. Our so-called European ‘partners’ are already cranking up the rhetoric in advance of talks aimed at agreeing a new post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is warning that we are going to ‘rip each other apart’ during the negotiations. That dismal bureaucrat Michel Barnier insists … Read more

Britain talks tough to the EU over post-Brexit trade ahead of year of tough talks

Britain told the EU tonight it was not possible to accept Brussels’ rules as part of a free trade deal because it would undermine ‘the whole project’ of Brexit. In a brutal assessment of the UK bargaining position, Boris Johnson’s new Brexit negotiator David Frost said the UK would rather walk away from talks than … Read more

Britain demands to be treated as an ‘equal’ as Brexit trade battle begins

Brexit trade battle kicks off: Britain demands to be treated as an ‘equal’ after France warns the two sides will ‘rip each other apart’ The UK and the EU are gearing up for bitter struggle over trade terms after Brexit France has warned that the two sides will ‘rip each other apart’ over key issues  … Read more

France and Britain ‘will rip each other apart over trade talks’ warns Macron’s Foreign Minister

France and Britain ‘will rip each other apart over trade talks’ warns Macron’s Foreign Minister amid fears of price hikes  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian warns of upcoming trade talk turmoil Mr le Drian says it would be hard to agree a free trade deal by the end of the year  But Britain’s EU negotiator … Read more

Man, 52, is arrested over crowdfunding campaign to hire a hitman to murder Gina Miller

Man, 52, is arrested over crowdfunding campaign to raise £10,000 to hire a hitman to murder anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller The donation drive was launched last year by a man under the name Jeff Blogger  Northumbria Police made arrest for making malicious communications Ms Miller, 54, a high profile Remainer, described the crowdfunder as ‘horrifying’  … Read more

Keir Starmer REFUSES to say whether immigration should come down

Keir Starmer REFUSES to say whether immigration should come down as Labour leadership hopefuls dodge over free movement Government signed off a new points-based immigration system for next year  Sir Keir Starmer refused to say whether he thought levels of arrivals should fall Labour leadership rival Rebecca Long-Bailey also dodged over her policy  By James … Read more