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Incoming PM tells parliament he will ‘bring back billions of euros’ of EU funds, as MPs prepare to confirm his candidacy.
'It's an act of solidarity:' Sadiq Khan defends bid to fly EU flag above City Hall on Brexit anniversary day [3 mins]
23/06/2023
Sadiq Khan has defended his blocked attempt to fly the EU flag above his office on the seventh anniversary of the referendum to leave the bloc while speaking to voters on LBC's Speak to Sadiq.
Linda Green’s new novel arose from the racial abuse and hatred she observed after the EU referendum. It’s a Romeo and Juliet for our times.
'Nigel Farage is far too left-wing for my dad': Caller blames pro-Brexit father for failure of his business [5 mins]
07/02/2023
This caller blames his pro-Brexit father for the "crash" of his business after leaving the single market. / "After Brexit, my contacts gradually dried up, dried up, and dried up so I wasn't getting any more work in Europe."
Simone James, who moved to Britain 20 years ago, said she was 'following instructions' and moving back to the European Union
Edi Rama urges ministers to ‘stop discriminating’ after Suella Braverman’s ‘Albanian criminals’ comments in Commons.
Without the government to enforce the lie, Brexit will become just an embarrassing national memory
16/10/2022
Brexit has gone from xenophobic delusion to national embarrassment, sustained only by lies from government and press. We will rejoin the EU.
Areas of UK where more people voted 'remain' saw smaller increases in hate crimes following historic Brexit vote
06/10/2022
Parts of the UK that were against Brexit experienced less of a spike in hate crimes after the vote compared to leave areas, research from Cardiff University shows.
Irish barrister working in London warns of ‘rising anti-Irish rhetoric in the UK’ in the aftermath of Brexit
22/07/2022
Caoilfhionn Gallagher, an international human rights lawyer in London, has warned of what she fears is rising anti-Irish sentiment in Britain after being subjected to death threats and a personal assault in her chambers.
Proposal to replace Human Rights Act with bill of rights is effort to make government ‘untouchable’, say critics.
“Take Back Control meant Keep Them Out”: Alf Dubs on how Brexit “poisoned” the UK refugee response
17/03/2022
The Labour peer, who escaped to Britain as a child, condemns the “farce” of the UK’s visa rules for fleeing Ukrainians.
"I moved to England because of its tolerance and open-mindedness. So when I started to see the posters on the windows, when I started to hear Nigel Farage demonising the foreigners, the hatred and racism that was now in plain sight, I started to feel uncomfortable."
Lewis Silkin LLP partner Brinsley Dresden explains why brands should be careful of using nationalism to try to sell products.
BREXIT has triggered a rise in anti-Scottish sentiment in England, according to academics who have uncovered a “surprising” number of experiences of hostility south of the Border.
Former Siemens chief Juergen Maier says disruption will last at least six months even if trade deal is reached
World View: Lessons to be learned through the experience of defeated Remainers
Kasha lives in the UK but has found some people are hostile because of her Polish accent.
Made to feel unwelcome by Brexit, singer Pachya left her life behind and moved back to Poland.
Brexit party leader tells evangelical Christian TV channel of threat from ‘globalists’ and mass migration.
Opponents say remarks are ploy based on xenophobia to win Labour leave marginals.
Amid a spike in hate crimes, Brits reveal what it’s like to be told to leave the country.
From the outside, nothing much has changed yet. From the inside, however, the UK has undergone a radical and at times ugly transformation. The June 2016 referendum has helped set off a chain of events that has impacted many aspects of life in the country.
Arron Banks has apologised after Leave.EU tweeted a xenophobic meme of Angela Merkel that invoked Britain’s world war victories to target the German chancellor.
Brexit Has Made Britain anti-German Again
06/02/2019
Anti-German dogwhistling has plagued the pro-Brexit camp since pre-referendum billboards enjoined Brits to 'Halt Ze German Advance.' As the Brexit chaos intensifies, that populist jingoism is becoming increasingly shrill.