Brexit

@nytimesworld 1 year ago

For years, Britain’s governing Conservative Party has pledged to restrict immigration, and a vow to “take back control” of borders was a centerpiece of the Brexit campaign. Instead, immigration soared in 2022, according to statistics released on Thursday. https://nyti.ms/3qagNGm

@nytimesworld 1 year ago

Unhappy about Brexit and aghast at the economic chaos unleashed during Liz Truss’s brief leadership last year, traditional Conservative voters are deserting the party in key English heartlands. https://nyti.ms/3pRDGyf

@TheNewEuropean 1 year ago

The Conservative MP claims Brexit helped thwart Putin's Ukraine invasion. He is wrong https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/no-jacob-rees-mogg-brexit-did-not-stop-putins-ukraine-invasion-from-succeeding/

@TheNewEuropean 1 year ago

Port officials say the disruption at Dover is largely caused by Brexit, but Conservative MPs know better, writes @mattwithers https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/dont-mention-the-b-word-on-dover-delays/

@WSJ 1 year ago

Don’t blame the political chaos in the U.K. on its parliamentary system. The real culprit is the Conservative Party’s divisions over Brexit, writes Vernon Bogdanor. https://on.wsj.com/3zkWwzH

@TheNewEuropean 2 years ago

As the Conservative leadership race narrows down to the final five, we look for clues to how the next prime minister might approach Brexit, writes @sunaerdem https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/what-the-next-prime-minister-really-thinks-of-brexit/

@WSJ 2 years ago

A brilliant campaigner, Boris Johnson remade the U.K.’s Conservative Party and drove home Brexit. But colleagues ultimately feared the scandals surrounding him would tarnish the party for voters. https://on.wsj.com/3NY3Q92

@guardian 2 years ago

Double defeat points to unwinding of Conservative Brexit coalition https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/25/double-defeat-points-to-unwinding-of-conservative-brexit-coalition?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1656183806

@TheNewEuropean 2 years ago

A Conservative MP has hailed the "local opportunities" crushing Brexit bureaucracy has brought to her constituency https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-red-tape-a-red-letter-day-for-tory-mp/

@TheNewEuropean 2 years ago

With his latest Panglossian take on Brexit Britain, David Frost is telling the Conservative Party what it wants to hear, writes @mattwithers https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/beware-david-frost-is-on-manoeuvres/

@guardian 2 years ago

A Conservative party divided is one more unintended consequence of Brexit | John Harris https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/21/conservative-party-divided-unintended-consequence-brexit?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1637499329

@TheNewEuropean 2 years ago

The surviving Conservative Remainers have had little choice but to back some sort of Brexit, but their complete silence on the issue is shaming https://buff.ly/3a0f2jQ

@TheNewEuropean 2 years ago

The surviving Conservative Remainers have had little choice but to back some sort of Brexit, but their complete silence on the issue is shaming. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/steve-richards-tory-remainers-brexit/

@nytimesworld 3 years ago

Michael McManus, a career politico who turned to the theater in middle age, is as surprised as anyone by the success of his play about two dead U.K. politicians, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, and the bitter Conservative Party feud that led to Brexit. https://nyti.ms/3ESZHzF

@nytimesworld 3 years ago

@TheNewEuropean 3 years ago

Conservative rebels have failed in their bid to prevent ministers from signing trade agreements with countries implicated in genocide following Brexit https://buff.ly/2PlS53i

@guardian 3 years ago

Brexit trade deal wins support of Conservative ERG MPs https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/29/brexit-trade-deal-wins-support-of-conservative-erg-mps?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1609265329

@guardian 3 years ago

Conservative MPs threaten rebellion on Brexit deal https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/20/conservative-mps-threaten-rebellion-on-brexit-deal?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608454880

@guardian 3 years ago

This Brexit disaster has been brewing in the Conservative party for 30 years | John Harris https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/13/brexit-disaster-conservative-party-margaret-thatcher-tory-right?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1607867075

@TheNewEuropean 3 years ago

"The prime minister and the Conservative Party have received £726,000 from individuals who back a no-deal Brexit, many involved in hedge funds" https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/conspiracy-theory-about-no-deal-brexit-and-conspiracy-theory-57882

@guardian 3 years ago

Is Brexit the end of the game for the Conservative rule-breakers? | Andy Beckett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/11/brexit-conservative-rule-breaking-eu?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1607670264

@TheNewEuropean 3 years ago

Former Tory minister and Boris Johnson critic Alistair Burty presents a pro-European, Conservative vision for post-Brexit Britain https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/how-global-britain-can-be-pro-european-too-6447070

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been trying to quell a rebellion among lawmakers from his Conservative Party as the British Parliament prepared to vote on Brexit legislation that the government acknowledges would violate international law https://nyti.ms/2ZBJxHS

@guardian 4 years ago

This Brexit bill finally buries the Conservative party of law and order | Martin Kettle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/09/brexit-bill-thatcher-cummings-breaking-the-law?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599669490

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

“You had a Brexit that took no account of the wishes of people in Scotland or Northern Ireland,” said a former Irish ambassador to Britain. “But that exists in parallel with a Conservative Party that celebrates the United Kingdom.” https://nyti.ms/3gGJPDV

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

“It is clear that this Conservative government’s motto of 'taking back control' was just empty words in their ideological pursuit of Brexit." https://buff.ly/30BUngZ

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

A Conservative MP has banned French and German wine from his constituency's Brexit celebration party https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/tory-mp-andrew-rosindell-bans-french-and-german-wine-from-brexit-celebration-party-1-6484867

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

With Thursday's stunning election result, the Conservative Party is now composed of two wings: hard-line free marketeers and the newcomers, ex-Labourites who expect Brexit to lead to a revival of traditional industries https://nyti.ms/38yByhH

@guardian 4 years ago

Is this Conservative victory a one-hit Brexit wonder? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/is-this-conservative-victory-a-one-hit-brexit-wonder?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1576257742

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to “get Brexit done on time, by the 31st of January” after he won an overall majority for his Conservative Party in Parliament https://nyti.ms/2EcC6f9

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

Boris Johnson is not loved, but he seems likely to win. “This is a transactional election,” said Andrew Gimson, who wrote an early biography of Mr. Johnson. “People are voting for Boris to get Brexit done, not because they love the Conservative Party.” https://nyti.ms/2rBj0g7

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

Conservative Brexit plans could cause UK £20bn annual shortfall, academic group says https://buff.ly/2LiK1vD

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

Conservative Brexit plans could cause UK £20bn annual shortfall, academic group says https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/conservative-brexit-could-cause-uk-20bn-shortfall-uk-in-changing-europe-group-says-1-6405997

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

A former chair of the Conservative Party in a key marginal constituency has urged people to vote Labour to stop Boris Johnson gaining a majority for Brexit. https://buff.ly/2Kc9N3T

@nytimesworld 4 years ago

The Brexit Party leader said he planned to campaign aggressively against Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with the European Union, which is a central plank of the prime minister’s election manifesto and that of his Conservative Party https://nyti.ms/32famjv

@TheNewEuropean 4 years ago

Minister refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit appearing in Conservative manifesto https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/rishi-sunak-on-andrew-marr-show-1-6355369

@WSJ 4 years ago

U.K. government officials fear a rebel group of 21 lawmakers ejected from the ruling Conservative Party could try to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after most forced him to ask the EU for a delay https://on.wsj.com/32uNzBu

@WSJ 5 years ago

Allegations about U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s past threaten to sidetrack the annual gathering of his Conservative Party, despite the popularity of his Brexit message https://on.wsj.com/2mZZGah

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Britain's Boris Johnson has faced one crisis after another since becoming prime minister. But his Conservative Party activists believe his Brexit hard line can win them an election. https://nyti.ms/2mlk0Cy

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

“The Tories are transforming from the Conservative and Unionist Party to the Conservative and Brexit Party." http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/sajid-javid-on-andrew-marr-show-1-6258535

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Conservative Party rebels staged a dramatic insurrection against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's no-deal Brexit plan. But in Washington, Republicans largely back President Trump's agenda. https://nyti.ms/2UEtwgN

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Jo Johnson, who has always been on the more pragmatic and pro-European wing of the Conservative Party, had been growing increasingly uncomfortable in his brother’s government as it swung more forcefully in the direction of a no-deal Brexit. https://nyti.ms/2zX1VxO

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

"My concerns about the Conservative Party becoming the Brexit Party, in effect, have come to pass." https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/justine-greening-to-stand-down-as-conservative-1-6249472

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to purge lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they back a measure to forbid a no-deal Brexit. That could leave him powerless to control Parliament, necessitating a general election. https://nyti.ms/2zMxslO

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Promising Brexit, the new Conservative Party leader will take over with less political clout than just about any prime minister since World War II https://nyti.ms/2Y2bD04

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Promising Brexit, the new Conservative Party leader will take over with less political clout than just about any prime minister since World War II https://nyti.ms/2Y2x8y3 by @ddknyt, @_StephenCastle and @benjmueller