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Protesters have delivered a P45 to Downing Street as they called on Boris Johnson to resign in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. Protesters outside the Supreme Court in London. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire. – Credit: PA Another man wearing a model of his head in an inmate’s striped clothing both arrived at the […]

Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU launched a series of social media posts branding the ‘unaccountable lawyers’ behind the Supreme Court verdict ‘enemies of the people’. Leave.EU brands Supreme Court judges enemies of the people. Photograph: Facebook. – Credit: Archant In an image updated using an old Daily Mail front, the campaign group superimposed a picture of […]

A Brexiteer backbencher has said that the Supreme Court ruling which found that Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in proroguing parliament was an ‘absolute disgrace’. Boris Johnson "acted unlawfully, and he's played fast and loose with the constitution" says Labour's Stephen Doughty"It's the worst possible outcome for our democracy" says Conservative Andrew Bridgen, calling Supreme Court […]

Gina Miller has called for Boris Johnson to ‘open the doors’ of parliament after the Supreme Court’s ruling on prorogation of parliament, and said it was a ‘win for parliamentary sovereignty’. A panel of 11 justices in the UK’s highest court gave their decision in a ruling on the legality of the prime minister’s advice […]

Crowds outside the Supreme Court spontaneously burst into chants of ‘Johnson out’ and ‘reopen parliament’ as judges revealed their unanimous findings against the government The historic judgement has found that Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in proroguing parliament and ordered that the speaker of the house decide what steps to take next. Protesters outside the Supreme […]

Read Lady Hale’s statement in full declaring that Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen to suspend parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Lady Hale said: “We have before us two appeals, one from the High Court of England and Wales and one from the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland. It is […]

House of Commons speaker John Bercow has said parliament must ‘convene without delay’ and that he would be consulting party leaders ‘as a matter of urgency’. https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1176462560381546497 Following the news that the Supreme Court had found the prorogation case was ‘unlawful’, the speaker said: “I welcome the Supreme Court’s judgement that the prorogation of parliament […]

Eleven Supreme Court justices have found in favour of a Scottish court that ruled Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful. Having decided unanimously that it is indeed within the power of the courts to intervene, the judges then ruled that the prime minister was acting unlawfully when he advised the Queen to prorogue parliament. […]

Union boss Len McCluskey has repeatedly told a reporter she was ‘telling lies’ when she asked him about the Labour leadership’s ‘stitch-up’ over Brexit. Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby asked McCluskey about the widely-reported tweets sent by Jon Lansman, the founder of Momentum and National Executive Committee member. Rigby told the union boss: “Your […]

The National Crime Agency said it has found no evidence of criminality after investigating a series of claims against Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and the businessman Arron Banks. But it has not ruled out further investigations over allegations of involvement in “criminality related to business dealings overseas”. The NCA said that no evidence of crime […]

Andrea Leadsom has claimed she ‘trusts what Boris Johnson has to say’ about his relationship with an ex-model and entrepreneur as she hinted an propriety and ethics team investigation would take place. Jennifer Arcuri is alleged to have been given public money and access to overseas trade missions while Boris Johnson was mayor of London. […]

Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has been criticised for suggesting that there should be a second referendum because of the number of deaths since 2016. Snow was interviewing Labour MPs Stephen Kinnock and Alison McGovern posed the point that a lot of younger people are now on the electoral roll, and many older people […]

The ripples of the empire still have a huge impact on our lives, writes WILL SELF, but the coincidences of cultural memory make us who we are. You don’t have to be an Anglophile American, such as T. S. Eliot, who got his jollies by transmogrifying into an arch-English cultural conservative (and Brexiteer avant la […]

Bookmakers have cut the odds on the chances of Boris Johnson becoming the shortest serving prime minister in history. Johnson will need to remain in post until November 20 to avoid the distinction of holding the office for fewer days than any of his predecessors. On that date he will overtake George Canning, who clocked […]

Boris Johnson has refused say if he will resign if he loses the Supreme Court case that decides whether or not his decision to prorogue parliament was lawful. The prime minister is awaiting the ruling from the UK’s highest court on his decision to send MPs away from parliament until October 14 as the Brexit […]

Boris Johnson has dismissed the notion of an election alliance with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, and has said he will field Tory candidates in every constituency. Farage has been wooing the prime minister with the offer of a general election Brexit pact in order to see off the threat of an alliance between Remain-supporting parties. […]

Keir Starmer has told Labour conference ‘if you want to fight for Remain – vote Labour’ just minutes before the party opted not to take a Remain stance in a controversial vote. The shadow Brexit secretary’s speech came prior to a controversial vote in which the party leadership’s position – that it will remain neutral […]

Labour delegates have endorsed a position on Brexit which would leave a decision on how to campaign in a second referendum until a ‘special conference’ after an election. The motion backed by Jeremy Corbyn – and backed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) – urged the party to back a People’s Vote but to decide […]

A Leave voter has claimed he voted for Brexit because the UK could not deport hate preacher Abu Hamza – despite the fact he was deported seven years ago. Appearing on James O’Brien’s LBC Radio show, caller Gary said that he did not care about the prime minister’s questionable links to a former model who […]

A government minister has claimed that there is no connection between Brexit and the collapse of Thomas Cook despite the company’s own reports discussing the effects of the referendum. Travel company Thomas Cook has failed to receive a £250 million government bailout and announced its liquidation after months of reports it was struggling. Health and […]

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has been applauded for breaking from her script to urge the Labour Party to back Remain. In scenes that will irritate the Labour leadership, Thornberry urged members at conference to vote for the pro-Remain motion presented at conference, rather than the NEC’s motion which would have allowed Jeremy Corbyn to […]

A shadow minister has called for Labour to stand aside in some seats to help progressive parties to beat the Tories at the next election. Clive Lewis was speaking at a Compass fringe event at Labour conference when he called on leader Jeremy Corbyn to change the party rules to allow local members to decide […]

A Brexit Party candidate made possibly the most Brexiteer tweet ever when he made the case for ‘British fish from British waters’, and Twitter had a few things to say to him. Our work IS NOT DONE UNTIL we have British fish, from British waters, landed on British shores - and trawled and processed using […]

Protests are set to take place in Manchester over the weekend as the Conservative Party conference assembles in the city. Manchester for Europe and the March for Change team have organised a protest that will take place on Sunday 29th September as Tory members arrive for this year’s big event. Taking place from 2pm at […]

Despite denials that Labour was at ‘war’ over Brexit, one of Jeremy Corbyn’s backers has claimed the votes on the party’s Brexit position have become a ‘stitch-up’. Following the cancellation of an early morning meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) Momentum’s founder Jon Lansman has tweeted he is “incredibly disappointed” with the process that […]

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised parts of the media for having ‘barely touched’ news of allegations that Boris Johnson is embroiled in a potential conflict of interest. A Sunday Times exclusive has raised questions around public money and business perks Johnson awarded American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri during his time as mayor of London. The report claimed […]

A Northern Irish farmer who appeared in the DUP’s party political broadcast highlighting the benefits of Brexit now regrets supporting it. County Down dairy farmer Charlie Weir appeared in the DUP’s general election video in 2017, explaining that the pro-Brexit party “cared about agriculture and wanted to make agriculture more sustainable”. It is followed up […]

Labour is planning to give full voting rights to foreign nationals and EU citizens living in the UK. A motion that is being proposed to Labour conference, and is expected to win the backing of party members, commits the party to “extend equal rights to vote to all UK residents” if it is elected to […]

A new YouGov poll has found that a majority of those who voted Labour in 2017 want Jeremy Corbyn to stand down. Just 29% of voters want Jeremy Corbyn to stay in post, with 54% wanting the Labour leader to resign. That number grows when factoring in all voters with 58% saying that he should […]

Labour could end up with two different Brexit positions as members are asked to vote on a motion that would leave the leadership neutral during any second referendum – while another urges the party to unequivocally back Remain. It sets the members up for a clash with the party leadership and trade unions. The motion […]

OFCOM has launched an investigation into whether Nigel Farage misled listeners about the prospect of an EU army during a dramatic clash with a caller on his LBC radio show. The discussion on July 16 quickly escalated when caller Chris asked: “Is it correct that the UK is perfectly able to block or veto any […]

Ahead of a crucial vote on the conference floor young Labour activist GEORGIE HARRIS writes why Labour must back the pro-Remain motion this afternoon. The votes on Brexit today will be a pivotal moment for Labour’s future. Delegates will have to decide between whether Labour will pledge to campaign to Remain or whether they will […]