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Election 2024: Conservatives face backlash from British citizens living overseas
Is the Conservative Party wise to hire a coordinator to drum up support from British citizens living overseas? Sue Wilson MBE, Bremain Chair, writes for Yorkshire Bylines. On 16 January, UK voting rights were finally restored to disenfranchised British citizens living...
Bremainers Ask 2023 highlights
What did this year’s contributors have to say about rejoining the EU?Gina Miller: What do you think will be the path and timescale to rejoining the EU? Under EU law, the UK is now a third country, so it would have to reapply and undergo the whole accession procedure...
Sunak delivers speech alongside Europe’s hard-right populists
Rishi Sunak rubs shoulders with hard-right leaders at political festival in Rome, writes Bremain Treasurer Helen Johnston for Yorkshire Bylines. Rishi Sunak is clearly short on friends these days. Reinforcing ties with countries that newly-minted Lord Cameron...
Bremainers Ask …… Annette Dittert
Born in Cologne, Annette Dittert is a German author, filmmaker, correspondent, and journalist and regular commentator on British politics and Brexit. She has worked for ARD German TV since 2001, as a war correspondent in Poland, a senior correspondent in New York, and...
Events 2023
23 March – Day for Rejoin 2024In person events – across UK/EUGet the date in your diary now & watch out for further details. Or organise your own event.More information here11 December – Unlock DemocracyWebinar 4pm – 5 pm GMTBritish citizens living overseas are...
Minister for common sense?
Esther McVey, minister for common sense: sounds ludicrous; here’s why it’s insidious writes Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton for Yorkshire Bylines.For some, Rishi Sunak’s shuffle felt like a return of some common sense. Still, the appointment of Esther McVey as minister...
A desperate plan from a desperate prime minister
Sunak’s latest cunning plan is just another terrible idea that’s doomed to failure. Rather like his government, his party, and Sunak himself, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Rishi Sunak has a plan. It’s not a very cunning plan, but it is one...
If the answer is David Cameron, what on earth was the question?
Cameron's back in government, despite not being an elected MP – and despite austerity, Greensill and Brexit, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Just a few short (or tediously long) weeks ago, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared himself to be...
Suella Braverman ‘inflames tensions’ ahead of Remembrance weekend
Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s latest comments suggesting the police ‘play favourites’ with protests draw stark criticism, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.On Thursday 9 November, The Times published an article by the home secretary...
Bremainers Ask …… Gina Miller
Gina Miller is a dynamic businesswoman, activist and now, a UK political party leader. In 2012, Gina co-founded the True and Fair campaign, and has campaigned on issues as diverse as modern-day slavery, domestic violence, special needs, inequality, social justice, and...
Sunak’s first year as prime minister in 46 seconds
Is a 46 second video of Rishi Sunak's achievements in a year of being PM perhaps a bit too long? Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE writes for Yorkshire Bylines.Have you seen our prime minister’s latest puff piece, celebrating his first year in office? No? Then, boy are you...
‘Hard man of Brexit’ Steve Baker changes his mind
Steve Baker MP has declared that future referendums should require a super majority to be enacted – so why the sudden change of heart? Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE writes for Yorkshire Bylines.Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker has been sharing his thoughts on...
EU races ahead on asylum and immigration deal
In anticipation of natural disasters and war, the EU has agreed plans to deal with the inevitable displacement of the vulnerable, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. On Wednesday, the EU sealed a historic deal on the future management of asylum...
Bremainers Ask ……… Dominic Grieve KC
Dominic Grieve was Attorney General (2010-2014), served as Shadow Home Secretary and was MP for Beaconsfield (1997-2019), as well as chairing Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. He is also president of the Franco-British Society, holder of the Legion of...
National Rejoin March II – Saturday 23rd September
Bremainers March For RejoinSaturday 23rd September 2023 Keeping up with the march as it happened.“We marched for an end to Brexit, we marched for a second referendum, and we’ll keep marching until the politicians catch up with common sense and the British public and...
Bremain in Spain in London
The second National Rejoin March heralds a turn of the tide that will bring the UK closer and closer to the heart of Europe, writes Bremain treasurer Helen Johnston for Yorkshire Bylines. Members of campaign group Bremain in Spain had a busy and productive weekend in...
‘Our Star’ a symbol of European unity and peace
Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE visits the European parliament to witness the inauguration of ‘Our Star’, a symbol of friendship, unity and hope and writes this article for Yorkshire Bylines.On Wednesday 20 September, en route to the Bremain in Spain AGM and the National...
Brexit cost us our global reputation
The government can continue to stick plasters over Brexit, but the damage it has done to Britons abroad is undeniable, writes Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton for The New European.We Brits love to emigrate, with almost one in ten living overseas. Yet, the portrayal of...
Free speech hypocrites and fake patriotism exposed: EU flags at the Proms
What is the real meaning of patriotism? Are those who waved EU flags at the Proms more patriotic than those who attack them, asks Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton for Yorkshire Bylines? Watching the furore over the people waving flags at the Last Night of the...
Triple lock under threat from the Conservatives, again
Sunak declines to confirm whether or not the triple lock on pensions will be retained in the Conservative manifesto, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. At PMQs this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated he was “committed” to the triple lock...
Defining patriotism: why a Welsh immigrant in Spain campaigns for the UK to rejoin the EU
Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton writes for Bylines Cymru. Lisa lives in Spain but that doesn’t make her any less Welsh, or care any less about the UK. Join her on the March to Rejoin the EUThere’s a saying. You can take the girl out of the Valleys, but you can’t take...
Bremainers Ask…… Professor Michaela Benson
Michaela is a sociologist with expertise in migration, citizenship and identity. She is particularly known for her research on lifestyle migration, the middle classes, and Britain's relationship to its emigrants and overseas citizens at moments of major political...
Bremainers Ask Revisited ……
In our occasional “Bremainers Ask Revisited” feature, we ask former contributors to comment on the current state of play, and Brexit in particular. This time we asked Marina Purkiss (Jeremy Kyle Show/Bylines/Trawl Podcast), Professor Anand Menon (Director, UK in a...
A place in the sun no longer: the dreams broken by Brexit
Second home ownership and retirement to the continent, once within reach of ordinary citizens, is now the preserve of the wealthy, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Last week, the government published the results of the English Housing...