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Johnson taught Truss everything she doesn’t know
Break the rules, lie about it, get caught lying, change your story, double down – as PM, Truss looks likely to follow in Johnson’s footsteps, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. It’ll be no surprise to anyone following the trajectory of Liz...
Bremainers Ask – Jane Morrice
Born in Belfast, and a teenager during the “troubles”, Jane Morrice built a career on peace building, journalism, Europe and equality. A founder member of the NI Women’s Coalition, she authored the line on integrated education in the Good Friday Agreement. She was...
Boris Johnson clings on to power: a long and expensive six weeks
The prime minister is approaching his final six weeks in much the same way as he’s approached his entire term of office, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.On 7July 2022, less than three years after winning a landslide election, Boris Johnson...
The race to be prime minister
Each leadership candidate has been part of a governing party that has presided over – and in most cases caused – the problems we now face, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Despite what you might have read or heard, for the foreseeable future...
Johnson’s ‘resignation’ exposes a wider lack of integrity in his party
Those attempting to distance themselves from Johnson's lack of integrity should take a closer look in the mirror and examine their own, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. When Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned from Cabinet on Tuesday...
A Cabinet Devoid of Skills
It should surprise no-one that Brexit is not going according to plan. Assuming there ever was a plan to begin with. That’s despite the fact that the Cabinet is packed full with Brexit supporters who repeatedly assure us Brexit is “done”. This is a Cabinet devoid of...
Bremainers Ask Revisited
This month we asked three former contributors to Bremainers Ask to comment on the current state of play of British politics and Brexit. This is what they had to say: Anna Bird, CEO European Movement Summer 2022 will be seen as the time the tide began to turn against...
Hypocrisy, desperation and excuses: Conservative Party clutch at straws over by-election losses
The public has had enough and the Conservative Party's days in government are numbered. They seem to be the only ones not to know it, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Following the loss of two Conservative seats in last week’s by-elections, it...
Woke and proud: Compassion must never be allowed to go out of fashion
The weaponisation of right-wing insults has been going on for some time as part of a push to create a divisive and distracting culture war writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Let me be clear from the start – I am ‘woke’ and I am proud of it. But...
EU Court of Justice rules – Brits have lost EU citizenship rights thanks to Brexit
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that UK citizens have lost their EU citizenship rights as a result of Brexit. This follows an earlier ruling by the EU Advocate General, back in February, that only citizens of an EU country may hold EU citizenship and...
Lord Frost gives evidence to public administration and constitutional affairs committee
This week Lord Frost came up with a series of explanations for why the Brexit deal isn't working, none of them being his fault writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Whatever’s wrong with the Brexit deal – and according to Lord David Frost that’s...
Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood calls for UK to join the single market
Ellwood says the government's choice of Brexit is damaging and could be softened by the UK joining the single market - the Norway option, writes Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Brexit has not turned out how “most people imagined”. That’s according to senior...
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