Brexit

@TheNewEuropean 1 year ago

The Conservatives exist only in order to win elections – they will soon twig that one path to doing that involves dumping Brexit, writes @JontyBloombiz https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-tories-future-is-rejoin/

@nytimesworld 3 years ago

The former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, who gained international fame refereeing the UK’s political drama over Brexit, said he had quit the governing Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party. https://nyti.ms/3xvAHda

@nytimesworld 3 years ago

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

“21 Tory MPs lost the whip for trying to block a no-deal Brexit. Daniel Kawczynski still has the whip... At least we now know what the Conservatives under Boris Johnson care more about.” http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/daniel-kawcyznski-far-right-conference-1-6498530

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

The debate over Harry and Meghan’s push for greater independence from royal life is uncannily like the Brexit debate, with young liberals favoring the couple and older conservatives backing the queen https://nyti.ms/30qttYN

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

When Parliament advanced Boris Johnson's Brexit bill, there were no fiery exchanges or resignations. With the Conservatives' massive majority, the days of monumental, or even trivial, challenges to the government in the House of Commons are over. https://nyti.ms/35IkHqN

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Britain's Conservatives celebrated their biggest victory since Margaret Thatcher. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the election results appeared to have given his government “a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.” https://nyti.ms/34kewHU

@WSJ 5 years ago

If Boris Johnson’s pro-Brexit Tories capture a large portion of former Labour voters in next week’s election, it will transform British politics and galvanize conservatives across the West, writes @gerardtbaker https://on.wsj.com/33WDmxF

@guardian 5 years ago

Three MEPs quit Brexit party to back Conservatives https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/05/three-meps-quit-brexit-party-to-back-conservatives?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1575542416

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Channel 4 said the ice sculptures — one marked “Conservatives” the other “Brexit Party” — “represent the emergency on planet Earth.” https://nyti.ms/2Y60x7r

@WSJ 5 years ago

Britain’s euroskeptic Brexit Party, hoping to stop anti-Brexit parties from forming a coalition to call for a second referendum, won't field candidates in 317 seats held by the Conservatives https://on.wsj.com/2X1KmXW

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

As the party of Forever Brexit, the Conservatives will struggle to persuade voters they can simply get the job done and move on https://buff.ly/2pyT6sn

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

A voter who has always backed the Conservatives says she can no longer support her party because of its Brexit stance. https://buff.ly/2qTwYJs

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

The Brexit Party could support the Conservatives by fighting as few as 20 seats in the general election. https://buff.ly/34jxgrI

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

Dominic Raab: Conservatives 'have made good progress' in Brexit talks https://buff.ly/34XyD0p

@guardian 5 years ago

Brexit party: Farage seeks election pact with Conservatives https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/08/brexit-party-farage-seeks-election-pact-with-conservatives?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1567913463

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Middle-of-the-road Conservatives fear that their party is undergoing what one lawmaker called “Talibanization,” with a flood of Brexit supporters exploiting loose party membership rules to wreak havoc https://nyti.ms/32DiImr

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

This by-election could give the Conservatives an even smaller majority, hindering further their plans to push through a calamitous no-deal Brexit. https://buff.ly/2xqND77

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

The Brexit Party’s strong performance, led by Nigel Farage, humiliated the governing Conservatives whose leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, on Friday announced her resignation after almost three troubled years in power https://nyti.ms/2HXlKsh

@nytimesworld 5 years ago

Attempts between Conservatives and Labour to compromise on Brexit "have now gone as far as they can" without a resolution, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said https://nyti.ms/2VM4CzF

@guardian 5 years ago

Conservatives should form electoral pact with Brexit party at next general election, says senior Tory - live news https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/may/14/brexit-latest-news-developments-tories-should-form-electoral-pact-with-brexit-party-at-next-general-election-says-senior-mp-live-news?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557823086

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

The Conservatives and Labour are playing for a draw when it comes to Brexit, and it means we all lose out. https://buff.ly/2E0WfFs

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

Barry Gardiner said that his party is trying to “bail out” the Conservatives to deliver Brexit. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/barry-gardiner-don-t-try-to-tell-us-we-re-not-trying-to-deliver-brexit-1-6030907

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

One ballot paper in the Cotswold seat of Tetbury town marked with the word “Brexit” was still counted - giving the Conservatives a majority of one. http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/brexiteers-and-remainers-spoil-local-election-ballot-papers-in-protest-1-6031326

@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago

A Labour frontbencher has claimed that his party is trying to “bail out” the Conservatives to deliver Brexit. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/barry-gardiner-don-t-try-to-tell-us-we-re-not-trying-to-deliver-brexit-1-6030907

@guardian 6 years ago

Conservatives tell MEPs to consider election bid if Brexit deal fails https://trib.al/GUZusu7

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

After eight members of Britain's Parliament bolted the Labour Party, three Conservatives quit their party, adding to the deepening rifts threatening the parties over Brexit https://nyti.ms/2SKNaKl

@guardian 6 years ago

Conservatives react angrily to defeat of May's Brexit plan https://trib.al/Oqnijxc

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

Prime Minister Theresa May, whose overriding goal has been to avoid a split in the Conservative Party over Brexit, has refused to exclude the "no-deal" scenario, knowing that doing so would enrage hard-line, pro-Brexit Conservatives https://nyti.ms/2FLTGsi

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

Senior Scottish Conservatives are reported to be planning to remove a Brexit-backing MP who supported the attempted coup against Theresa May https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/scottish-tories-plot-to-oust-brexiteer-mp-1-5840171

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

“Their record is an uninterrupted litany of cowardice, incompetence and blame shifting,” one columnist said of pro-Brexit Conservatives who plotted a coup against Theresa May. “For all the bluster, they have blinked, bottled or botched it at every turn.” https://nyti.ms/2DSxrRw

@guardian 6 years ago

Conservatives must 'hold nerve' despite Brexit jitters, says Raab https://trib.al/EDB2m55

@WSJ 6 years ago

U.K. Conservatives gather with party torn over what to do about Brexit https://on.wsj.com/2NPhKQx

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

The Conservatives' conference is only just kicking off, but we already know it will be a disaster when it comes to Brexit. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/james-ball-desperate-tories-are-divided-deluded-and-dooming-the-country-1-5713307

@WSJ 6 years ago

The competing visions of Brexit extolled by Mrs. May and Mr. Johnson are expected to dominate the Conservatives’ annual conference that begins today https://on.wsj.com/2NbxN5L

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

How would Margaret Thatcher have handled Brexit? @gavinesler says the Conservatives should learn lessons from the former prime minister. http://bit.ly/2Qm3Imj

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

A new poll has found that the Labour Party needs to oppose Brexit to stand a chance of beating the Conservatives in a snap election https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/labour-finished-if-it-becomes-an-accomplice-to-brexit-1-5660353

@guardian 6 years ago

Conservatives? No – Brexit has shown us what they really are | George Monbiot https://trib.al/xLFAMVY

@guardian 6 years ago

Conservatives? No – Brexit has shown us what they really are | George Monbiot https://trib.al/bqPufKW

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

Splits in the cabinet over Brexit are simply the latest manifestations of a divide that has paralysed the Conservatives – and the country – for decades. @steverichards14 explains more. http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/conservative-party-steve-richards-brexit-europe-prime-ministers-1-5512067

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

If the Conservatives lose the bastions of Westminster and Wandsworth in Thursday's local elections, it could renew speculation about a challenge to Prime Minister May and embolden the anti-Brexit forces https://nyti.ms/2rgDR4h

@nytimesworld 6 years ago

@TheNewEuropean 6 years ago

The Conservatives have burned away some of their traditional supporters in their pursuit of Brexit and are heading towards a reckoning in the capital of Remain, says Barnaby Towns http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/tories-facing-brexit-revenge-in-london-elections-1-5473957

@TheNewEuropean 7 years ago

"It is time for Labour’s leadership to join us and fight for Britain’s economic future, rather than allow the Conservatives to steer the UK towards a damaging and unmandated hard Brexit." http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/opposition-leaders-corbyn-brexit-1-5380518

@guardian 7 years ago

Labour says it will join Conservatives to block 'no deal' Brexit https://trib.al/8BZJDM8