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Celebrating EUROPE DAY – Thursday 9 May 2024
Europe Day is an annual celebration, commemorating peace and unity across Europe and marking the anniversary of the historic Schuman declaration of 1950. Schuman’s proposal set out his ideas for a new form of political cooperation across Europe that would make...
The EU’s Youth Mobility Proposal
Our leaders may have been too hasty in rejecting the EU’s proposed youth mobility scheme so soon – it offered mobility, not freedom of movement.On Thursday 18 April, the European Commission proposed a new scheme allowing improved mobility for young people between the...
Events 2024
24 April – UK in a changing EuropeIn person/live on Slido – 19.00 BSTUnlocked – reflections on elections past & an insight in election number crunching ahead of the general electionSpeaker: Sir John CurticeRegister to attend here18 April – Best for...
Elections 2024: Conservatives Ramping Up Disinformation Campaign
As the mayoral and council elections loom, evidence mounts of disinformation tactics to smear the opposition. All across England, local elections for 2600 councillors and 10 mayors
Bremainers Ask… Lord Chris Rennard MBE
Formerly the Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrat Party, Lord Rennard was elevated to the House of Lords in 1999. He was Director of Campaigns and Elections for the Liberal Democrats from 1989 to 2003 and Chief Executive of the Party from 2003 to 2009.Iain Shirlaw...
A Rose by Any Other Name?
Multi-millionaire, Richard Tice, has got his knickers in a twist over the definition of Reform UK, formerly known as the Brexit Party. Reform UK - or to give it its official Companies House title, Reform UK Party Limited – has been labelled as a far-right party, a...
Votes for Life – the restoration of overseas voting rights
Voting by Proxy Now our voting rights have been restored, it’s time to consider how to cast your vote as a British citizen abroad. If you are unable to vote in person in the UK, then we strongly recommend voting by proxy as postal voting has proved very unreliable in...
‘Big Dog’ returns: is the nation ready for a Boris Johnson comeback?
As the nation anxiously awaits the announcement of a general election, hints of Boris Johnson’s return are causing a stir, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.In the run-up to the forthcoming general election, are we about to see Boris Johnson...
Bremainers Ask…… Prof. Chris Grey
Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Business and Management Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He previously held professorships at Warwick and Cambridge Universities. Since 2016 he has written the Brexit & Beyond Blog, and he is the author of Brexit...
New Frontex deal: closing the gap with the EU
The new Frontex deal signals that the UK is continuing cooperative relations with its neighbours – this can only work in both parties’ favour, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. A new Frontex border deal aimed at reducing the number of small...
‘Stop! Think Fraud’ – perhaps the government should take its own advice
The government has gained another ‘X’ community note for its ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ campaign – if only it had been more careful itself, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. The Home Office has launched a campaign with the slogan ‘Stop! Think Fraud’...
Liz Truss and her Popular Conservatives are just another populist con
The launch of the splinter group the Popular Conservatives last week was met with derision. But their mission is both tired and dangerous. Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton writes for Bylines Cymru.What a feast of delusion and desperation we witnessed at the launch of...
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Wha a lame excuse
The usual ' one rule for them' another for us
The EU’s youth mobility proposal
Our leaders may have been too hasty in rejecting the EU’s proposed youth mobility scheme so soon – it offered mobility, not freedom of movement
by @Suewilson91 MBE in @YorksBylines
#YouthMobility
As a journalist, I understand why Liz Truss is getting so many interviews. But there is something deeply jarring about seeing someone with such intellectual deficit, such delusion, such misinformation, being given platform after platform. Might reflect how we got in this mess IDK