Eleanor Longman-Rood
02 August 2023
It’s hard to say cheers to the government’s Brexit pub guarantee
Rishi Sunak says he wants to protect the price of your pint - but membership in the EU didn’t stop him
Read the full article01 August 2023
Christmas food at risk as new Brexit regulations leave businesses out in the cold – again
Many businesses are unprepared for the new rules which will come into effect from October 31
Read the full article29 July 2023
Why do French police kill French Algerian boys?
The award-winning author, Faïza Guène, wants to make sure the descendants of people from France’s colonies are no longer overlooked and calls for the generational trauma to end here
Read the full article27 July 2023
Sadiq Khan’s (not-so) secret message for Keir Starmer: It’s time to talk about Brexit
The London mayor has expressed his frustration about the elephant in the room
Read the full article21 July 2023
ULEZ won Uxbridge, not the Conservatives
The Conservatives held onto Boris Johnson’s former seat by just 495 votes. That doesn’t mean the constituency can be a yardstick for the next general election result
Read the full article19 July 2023
Is Bastille Day becoming French London’s vanishing holiday?
French people in London have always put on a good party for Le Quatorze Juillet. But for how much longer?
Read the full article18 July 2023
Almost two-thirds of Brits think Brexit has been a failure
According to a new YouGov poll, just 12% think leaving the European Union has been a success
Read the full article13 July 2023
Britain is still missing out on millions by not joining Horizon – and New Zealand has stolen a march on us
A Kiwi scientist is urging the UK to re-enter the research programme as Rishi Sunak dithers
Read the full article13 July 2023
Thanks to Brexit, it’s far from a Lush life for business
The co-founder of ethical cosmetics company Lush has blamed Brexit for its fall in European demand
Read the full article07 July 2023
Is it time to rejoin the single market? Tobias Ellwood says yes
The Senior Tory MP has called on both the government and Labour to show courage and admit that Brexit has failed
Read the full article21 June 2023
Evgeny Afineevsky introduces the everyday Ukrainians fighting for freedom
A master documentarian returns to Ukraine to show the effects of Putin’s bloody invasion on the lives of ordinary people
Read the full article31 May 2023
The woman who hid Anne Frank
New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history
Read the full article27 May 2023
A flat “no” for generation rent in London
The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse
Read the full article19 May 2023
Can the G7 deliver for Gen Z?
Young people will spend their lives in the shadow of the problems discussed at the G7 summit. Is real help at hand?
Read the full article17 May 2023
Good cop, bad cop
East Germany’s first black policeman started the 1990s as a media phenomenon, but ended it in jail. A new series tells his story
Read the full article04 May 2023
Britain’s youth overwhelmingly back rejoining the EU – but will Labour listen?
ITV’s Youth Tracker found 86% of 18-25-year-olds in favour
Read the full article28 April 2023
Will Rishi Sunak’s Brexit bonfire U-turn further divide the Tories?
Now just 800 of a proposed 4,000 EU laws will be scrapped, and the ERG are furious
Read the full article14 April 2023
Is Italy a feminist success story?
The country has its first female leader and the highest number of women working in law in Europe. Has Italy changed?
Read the full article12 April 2023
Is the government retreating from its post-Brexit bonfire of rights?
The Retained EU Law Bill would scrap over 4,000 pieces of legislation
Read the full article07 April 2023
The baby crying for better breastfeeding laws in Spain
A campaign group in Spain is seeking better legal protection for women who experience harassment while breastfeeding in public. Will the rest of Europe follow?
Read the full article03 April 2023
Sanna Marin suffers an electoral defeat as Finland’s Conservatives emerge victorious
Marin, one of Europe’s youngest leaders, has failed to secure a second term in power
Read the full article27 March 2023
Even AI thinks Brexit was a ‘bad idea’
Google is dragged into a debate over political bias after its new chatbot says Britain should have stayed in the EU
Read the full article22 March 2023
Mike Galsworthy becomes chair of the European Movement
He succeeds Lord Andrew Adonis in the role
Read the full article22 February 2023
Tomato shortage leaves Brexit Britain red-faced
Supermarkets left with empty shelves as Morocco restricts its exports to the UK
Read the full article15 February 2023
What does Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation mean for Scottish hopes of ditching Brexit?
The first minister has stepped down after eight years, appearing to admit she is a hindrance to winning independence and therefore rejoining the EU
Read the full article14 February 2023
The Bank of England delivers more Brexit bad news
Brexit halted UK growth by £29bn says a senior bank official
Read the full article08 February 2023
Major versus Johnson
The former Conservative prime minister has called Brexit a “colossal mistake”, launching an unforgiving critique of Boris Johnson’s handling of Britain’s departure from the European Union
Read the full article07 February 2023
Michel Barnier: ‘The door is always open for the UK’
Former EU negotiator tells The Rest Is Politics LEADING podcast ‘ideology took hold of the pragmatism of the UK’ during the Boris Johnson era
Read the full article29 January 2023
Post-Brexit, UK universities have lost their shine for Europe’s scholars
The number of EU students enrolling has dropped by more than half
Read the full article24 January 2023
David Lammy: Labour will fix the UK’s tarnished relationship with the EU
The shadow foreign secretary has outlined his party’s foreign policy to move the country forward. So, what does it look like?
Read the full article24 January 2023
Post-Brexit UK will be 15 years late in hitting its trade target
UK exports are predicted to slump next year, but ministers insist leaving the EU is not to blame
Read the full article21 January 2023
Brexit has left Europe’s Brits isolated
Underrepresented and alienated, the reality of Britons in Europe post-Brexit is far from appealing
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