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Greta Thunberg has criticised the government for allowing UK farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide so poisonous that is banned by the EU. English farmers will soon be able to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on sugar beet crops, prompting outcries by environmentalists that ministers have bowed to pressure from farmers. Environment secretary George Eustice has given farmers permission […]

A tweet by Downing Street seeking questions from the public ahead of Boris Johnson’s press conference has backfired spectacularly. The prime minister’s Twitter account asked if anyone had questions about coronavirus that they would like to ask the government. The request did not go down well. One user asked: “Where is Dido Harding and can she […]

The president’s removal from the social network could create yet another cultural chasm between Democrats and Republicans. “Hello, I’m new to Twitter, what are you guys up to”, says a tweet purporting to be from someone called John Barron – whose avatar resembles Donald Trump with a photoshopped moustache. On Friday, Trump’s Twitter account was […]

A high-profile doctor has said patients turned down the chance to have the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, saying they would “wait for the English one”. Paul Williams, former Labour MP for Stockton South, said it shows nationalism has consequences, given they were delaying having a jab at the height of the pandemic. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was […]

A senior Welsh Conservative politician has come under fire after comparing the storming of Capitol Hill by Donald Trump protesters to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit. Andrew RT Davies is facing calls to remove a tweet aimed at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Labour MS (member of the Senedd) Alun Davies. […]

UK politicians have begun reacting to news of Donald Trump protesters storming Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Trump supporters broke into Capitol Hill on Wednesday in an attempt to interrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s US election victory in Congress. Thousands descended on to government grounds following a speech by Trump in which he added pressure on president […]

Dominic Cummings has threatened to expose Remainer civil servants who ‘sabotaged Brexit’ in his latest attack on Whitehall. Boris Johnson’s former senior adviser used Twitter to hint at naming and shaming civil servants he clashed with during his time in government. Cummings left Downing Street in November after falling out with the prime minister. He has used his […]

A right-wing commentator who said Covid-19 had “disappeared” has admitted he was wrong during an on-air grilling on the BBC. Lockdown Sceptics editor Toby Young claimed in June that coronavirus “had all but disappeared” and questioned the need for social distancing. Young was confronted over claims during a debate on free speech on BBC 2’s Newsnight. […]

A Tory politician has resigned after claiming A&E departments were full of “fat mums in pot noodle-stained leggings” with their “snot-covered Asbo” children. Constituency Conservative chairman Gareth Baines claimed mothers were were taking their children to hospital “for a day out” to “harvest Facebook likes”. In one message over New Year’s, Baines wrote: “A&Es in […]

A Leaver breaking down and apologising for voting Brexit, which was turned into a song, has recently resurfaced. Comedian Brian Limond added a beat over audio of a man expressing his regret to LBC radio’s James O’Brien live on air. The man, who identified himself as Bill from Exmouth, said: “I owe you an apology my […]

A British couple who voted Brexit and then moved to Spain have been ridiculed after they were no longer able to access UK programmes abroad due to new post-Brexit streaming rules. The duo, whose daughter posted about the whole ordeal on Twitter, were cut off from watching Only Fools and Horses on their Sky app. Joey, […]

Instant analysis of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has shown that the best agreement for Britain is to remain in the EU. Brussels has published a checklist of “big changes” EU member states can expect when trading with Britain under the newly-agreed Brexit deal. The chart shows frictionless trade coming to an end, Britain’s services industry undergoing a shake-up with the […]

Boris Johnson has been roundly mocked following a tweet he made celebrating the newly-announced Brexit deal. Johnson became the centre of ridicule after posting a picture of himself, thumbs-up, declaring that a “deal is done”. The tweet comes after a trade deal was agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom – six days before the […]

A former government adviser has urged Boris Johnson to secure a Brexit trade deal, warning scenes at Dover port could be repeated if does not. Ex-Tony Blair adviser and The New European contributor Lord Andrew Adonis said the prospect of the British government “inflicting this state of chaos” was “utterly unthinkable”. Lord Adonis told the BBC it […]

A British musician has been lauded after saying it was a “grave error” for the country to Brexit in the middle of an international crisis. Yungblud, whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison, caught Twitter users’ attention when he called on the government to extend EU trade talk and avoid the UK “legitimately running out of […]

A Brexiteer MP has come under heavy criticism for suggesting France was “holding the UK to ransom” after it closed its borders into Britain to contain a new strain of the coronavirus. ERG member Andrew Bridgen said France has been acting like “dictators” after it decided to close the Eurotunnel and ban flights from the UK […]

A leading EU politician has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson and fellow Brexiteers by saying that Britain will rejoin the “European family” in a few decades during a passionate speech in the European parliament. Guy Verhofstadt, who served as the EU’s Brexit coodinator, said it would be the “students of Britain” who would eventually bring the […]

Remainers have revelled in a ‘told you so’ moment as a clip surfaced showing a miles-long queue of lorries at Dover port. The 58-seconed video shows a birds-eye views of trucks piled back to back down M20 trying to access the Eurotunnel entrance in Folkstone. This is the fourth consecutive day of heavy traffic along the M20 as companies […]

Priti Patel has sparred with a Sky News presenter after he suggested Britain could be “less safe” after Brexit. The home secretary threw aside claims Britain’s security and intelligence operations would be jeopardised by a no-deal Brexit. She appeared on Sky News to assuage concerns. Presenter Niall Paterson asked: “As things stand we do not […]

The British government has been called a “disgrace” after UNICEF was forced to intervene in the country’s food crisis for the first time ever. The UN agency said Covid-19 had left British youngsters facing the biggest crisis since the Second World War and donated £25,000 to a charity feeding Britain’s hungry children. Since the first national lockdown […]

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has described the prospects of a speedy trade agreement between India and the UK as “the biggest bucket of b*****ks” he has ever heard. Rudd said Australia’s own trade talks with India, which he launched in 2009, were still on going and that chances of Britain getting one sooner […]

Dominic Cummings has been heavily criticised for “quietly receiving” a 40% pay rise while he was Boris Johnson’s adviser in Downing Street. Government special advisers were paid almost £10 million last year, new figures have revealed, with former chief adviser Cummings paid the equivalent of £140,000-£144,999 – up from £95,000-£99,999 last year. Dominic Cummings quietly received […]

A list of “opportunities” awaiting Britons once they leave the EU, shared by the chair of the Brexit Party, has been ridiculed on social media. Richard Tice, a former Brexit Party MEP and now its chairman, said the country had “loads of opportunities” in store once it left the trading bloc. Appearing on LBC radio, […]

The Daily Mail has suggested Britons could make a success out of a no-deal Brexit by buying British-made products such as a Jaguar, a second home in the UK, or a more powerful vacuum cleaner. With the EU and Britain warning a no-deal Brexit was now the most likely outcome of negotiations, leading to World Trade Organisation tariffs […]

Spain’s foreign minister has been praised for her explanation of why Brexit trade talks between Britain and the EU are failing. Arancha González said trade deals are developed to establish interdependence between parties, and not independence, which she says is likely to be the key barrier to progress. González’s comment comes after the UK and EU […]

A Leave-supporting peer has blamed the media for making the public “more frightened than they need to be” about a no-deal Brexit. Former cabinet minister and Labour MP Kate Hoey has accused the media of hyping up fears about food shortages and price increases caused by Britain leaving EU trade talks without a deal. Speaking with talkRADIO, Hoey […]

The Daily Mail‘s meal guide to overcoming food shortages caused by Brexit has created a stir on social media. In an article titled “Cheddar instead of Brie, swap avocado for eggs on toast and plan a stay-cation! What No Deal could mean for the UK’s favourite foods, travel, holidays, second homes and the economy“, readers of the pro-Brexit […]

Twitter users have swiftly corrected a Brexiteer who claimed the EU was made up of unelected bureaucrats during an appearance on BBC Question Time. talkRADIO presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer sparked controversy on Thursday after claiming the EU was an unelected body dictating policy upon Britain. She said: “I voted for Brexit because I want the people in charge of my […]

Pro-Brexit newspaper the Daily Express has been criticised for its front cover claiming that the EU has not understood its demands. In a sorry-sounding front page, the Leave-backing newspaper claims: “All we ever wanted was our freedom!” The headline comes as prime minister Boris Johnson told cabinet ministers to prepare for no-deal Brexit as talks with […]

A BBC presenter has been praised for his two-and-a-half minute explainer of Brexit – in a clip that some viewers said demonstrates why it “fundamentally won’t work”. Ros Atkins, who hosts Outside Source, explained how ideological differences between Britain and the EU would make a trade deal between the two sides near impossible to achieve. Atkins posted […]

A political commentator has brilliantly summed up the frustrations Remainers have with Brexit using an age-old analogy. The New Statesman‘s Philip Collins said Brexiteers compared the concerns of Remainers to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” having completely ignored the moral of the story. In the fable, which dates back to the Middle Ages, a young shepherd boy repeatedly trick nearby villagers into thinking […]

Dawn French has revealed she dumped an ex-boyfriend after discovering he was a Tory. The Vicar of Dibley actress opened up about her split with Lenny Henry in 2010 after realising “something wasn’t right”. French, 63, told the How To Wow podcast: “I did have a nice time with one chap. He was quite posh. […]