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Bremainers Ask….. Professor Juliet Lodge
Juliet Lodge has been a professor of EU politics at several universities in UK, NZ and EU. In the 1990s, she was named ‘EU Woman of Europe’ for her voluntary work. She has authored many books about the EU and is a regular contributor to Yorkshire Bylines. Juliet also...
Events 2023
26/27 June – EuroPCom 2023Brussels/Online – 14.00 (26th) – 14.00 (27th) CETThe European Public Communication Conference: Communicating democracy – communicating Europe.Register to attend in person hereRegister to attend online here24 June – Thank EU for the...
Bremainers Ask ….. Professor Anand Menon
Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at Kings College London. He also directs the UK in a Changing Europe project. His areas of research interest include the policies and institutions of the European Union, European security, and British...
Labour on the attack
The success or failure of any ad campaign is based on it being seen and being talked about – in that, Labour have certainly succeeded, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.On 6 January, the Labour Party published the first of a series of campaign...
Bremainers Ask …. Russ Jones
Russ Jones is an author and political commentator with over 277,000 followers on Twitter where he regularly reports on #TheWeekInTory as @RussInCheshire. He is currently writing the sequel to his book The Decade in Tory. The new book will be entitled Four Chancellors...
Votes for Life – The Elections Act
Since Bremain in Spain’s inception, regaining our right to vote in UK elections has always been a high priority. After years of campaigning, the 15-year rule has now been overturned and our right to vote in UK elections has been re-established, regardless of where we...
Bremainers Ask – Siobhan Benita
Siobhan Benita was a former senior civil servant who left Whitehall to campaign for better politics. Passionately opposed to Brexit, she joined the Lib Dems on the morning of the EU Referendum result and became a leading voice in their anti-Brexit movement. Now...
Give me back my vote!
Millions of disenfranchised Brits living abroad care deeply about British politics and would like to have their vote back now, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.The Conservatives are in trouble. They are running scared and hoping we won’t...
Secret Summit admits Brexit isn’t working
Was this secret summit the first tentative step towards reversing the unmitigated disaster that is Brexit? We can only hope, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for West England Bylines. On Thursday and Friday last week (9-10 February), a cross-party ‘secret...
Bring back the death penalty says 30p Lee Anderson
With our human rights already under threat, it’s difficult to trust a leader who believes Lee Anderson is the answer to any question, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Newly elevated deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, is...
Bremainers Ask….Revisited
To start the year, we asked three former Bremainers Ask contributors to tell us about their highs and lows for 2022 and their hopes for the coming year. This is what they had to say.Alexandra Hall Hall is a former British diplomat who resigned from the Foreign Office...
Hunt for optimism
The chancellor’s economic plans for growth require a good dose of optimism, a dollop of delusion and some rose-tinted spectacle bySue Wilson MBEOn Friday morning, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt outlined his economic plans for growth to a business audience in London. In his...
Looking for a well-paid job? Be an MP!
Send in your application now. Never will you get a better chance to grab what’s rightfully yours. Sue Wilson MBE, Bremain Chair, writes for Yorkshire Bylines.As the UK faces a severe shortage of labour and skills, 80% of small firms are struggling to recruit suitably...
Are we framing Brexit from the wrong perspective?
As UK public feeling shifts back to a pro-European stance, is it time to positively charge the nature of the conversation? Bremain Chair Sue Wilson writes for Yorkshire Bylines. Although it has taken far too long to materialise, Brexit is finally up for discussion....
What can Britain expect from Brexit in 2023?
When it comes to Brexit, political opinion doesn’t yet match what’s happening on the ground, but it’s edging closer by the day, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.As we start a new year, it’s only natural to look forward with a degree of...
Voting and standing in local elections – Spain
On 28 May 2023, there will be local elections across Spain, and British and EU citizens officially resident will be able to vote and to stand. Register to Vote To appear on the electoral lists - an essential requirement to be able to vote - it is necessary to...
Harry and Meghan haters: time to face facts, you are being played
For years right-wing tabloids have poured false poison and vitriol over anyone that dares challenge them, now the Sussexes are fighting back, writes Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton. No one likes to think our convictions are manipulated by what we read and see in our...
Brexit freedoms bill – bad for your health and the country’s
EU law is not bad for our health and safety – unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our government, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Of all the dangerous, anti-democratic pieces of legislation brought forward by our government since...
A letter to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak
Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE writes an open letter to PM Rishi Sunak for West England Bylines:Dear Prime Minister, Firstly, my apologies for not writing to you before to congratulate you on your new job. I just thought I’d better hang on for a few weeks to make sure...
Economic affairs committee take evidence from the governor of the Bank of England
The governor of the Bank of England talks through the big shocks to the UK economy and the risks to come, but gives no mention to Brexit, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.On Tuesday 29 November, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE),...
Bremainers Ask ….. Marina Purkiss
Political Commentator, broadcaster and co-host of The Trawl podcast, Marina is very active on social media, with 289,500 Twitter followers. She has her own show, The Table, on BylineTV and regularly appears on the Jeremy Vine Show.Valerie Chaplin: Thank you for your...
Events 2022
3rd December - Electoral Reform SocietyIn person/Online event – 10.30 – 14.00 GMTThe members & supporters Conference & AGM takes place in Cardiff but you can also join online. Open to members only, but you can join in advance hereRegister to attend here1st...
Bremain in Spain Annual General Meeting – 15th November 2022
This year, for the first time, the Bremain AGM was an online event. We had intended to hold the meeting in London to coincide with the National Rejoin March, but due to the death of the Queen, both events were postponed. Bremain Chair Sue Wilson started the meeting by...
“Brexit a roaring success” – have the Tories lost the plot?
A certain kind of desperation is taking hold in Conservative ranks as Brexit delusions begin to crumble in the face of reality, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Anyone following British politics over recent months and years will no doubt have...