Even AI thinks Brexit was a ‘bad idea’
27/03/2023
Google is dragged into a debate over political bias after its new chatbot says Britain should have stayed in the EU.
“I think Brexit was a bad idea... I believe the UK would have been better off remaining in the EU."
A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?
Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.
mages from Google Satellite imagery show hundreds of lorries lining the roads around the Port of Dover after months of chaos delaying crossings.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
The move protects the data of EU citizens, but it is unclear how it will affect the UK after Brexit.
Under cover of Brexit - Chris Grey
03/07/2020
The most important Brexit event of the week came and went with relatively little fanfare, yet it marks a significant moment.
Explosive leaked trade papers show NHS, chlorinated chicken already on table in US trade talks
27/11/2019
'Trade campaigners have welcomed the release of leaked papers detailing trade talks between the Trump administration and British government officials, which show the US government pushing Britain into as hard a Brexit as possible because they see this as the best way of benefitting the US economy. This comes at the expense of standards, protections and livelihoods in Britain.'
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, sources said.
Critics argue change will make it easier for users to be subject to surveillance.
Brexit prompts tech firm to move data and user accounts of British users from EU to US.
Trump administration threatens UK with tariffs if Boris Johnson imposes taxes on tech giants
21/01/2020
Digital services levy due to be imposed on web-based firms like Facebook and Amazon from April.
There has been a massive surge in the number of people searching online about how to move abroad after the Conservatives won the general election with the greatest majority since Margaret Thatcher.
A post-Brexit deal should make it easier to build supermarkets, avoid tax and sue the UK, US business lobbyists say.
Trump administration ‘tells Boris Johnson to drop tax on tech giants’ to secure trade deal
04/08/2019
The Trump administration has made it clear to Boris Johnson that any post-Brexit US-UK free trade deal would rely on Britain dropping plans to tax large American tech firms, according to reports.
European commission looks at tax rules after report reveals tech firms pay less than half the tax of traditional companies.
Investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour is likely to spark US anger.
Revealed: the Trump-linked ‘Super PAC’ working behind the scenes to drive Europe’s voters to the far right
25/04/2019
A controversial Madrid-based campaign group, supported by American and Russian ultra-conservatives, is working across Europe to drive voters towards far-right parties in next month’s European Parliament elections and in Spain’s national elections this Sunday, openDemocracy can reveal today.
But if you judge a country's interests only by prevalent Google searches, it was after the polls closed when British voters started to think seriously about the implications of their choice.
The five questions everyone's asking Google
16/11/2018
We all do it - we don't quite understand something, so we reach for our phones and Google it.