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A new report warns that any replacement arrangements put in place when the UK leaves the EU will leave the British people less safe. (Getty images)Britain’s exit from the European Union following the Brexit vote in June could leave the UK "less saf...

Express UK  Guy Verhofstadt, the EU Parliament’s chief negotiator, savaged representatives from the European Council and threatened to start up his own talks with the UK if MEPs are not given a leading role in the Brexit process. His as...

Ms Jane Campbell / Shutterstock.comBy Gavin Barrett, University College Dublin Britain’s membership of the European single market has become the most contentious issue in the post-Brexit debate. And the legal issues involved are proving rathe...

Days after the referendum, in which Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU), the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, called for Article 50 to be triggered as quickly as possible, to set in motion our formal negotiations to leave the organisati...

Sanity is always temporary. I can say that because we all know that no one acts rationally all the time. Our brains evolved (or were created, if you roll that way) for the simple purpose of survival, not reason. Reasoning, … Continue reading &#...

The UK property market has been something of an obsession following the EU referendum. House prices declined continuously for months following and record numbers of buyers pulled out of transactions in a panic. Although the annual house price growth...

Written by Aaron Vansintjan and Sam Bliss and first published at Common DreamsVery serious people often tell us that the word “degrowth” is too negative. People like happy, positive, nice things. Sure, the economy is systemati...

Se riuscite a mantenere il sangue freddo e se non avete una mitragliatrice in casa, circostanza che potrebbe far nascere la tentazione di usarla, può essere divertente e istruttivo immergersi nella rabbia senza fine e immancabilmente segnata dalle s...

The Austrian Presidential election last week appears to have bucked the trend in a year of political victories for the right, indeed the far right. The left leaning and former Green, Alexander van der Bellen, defeated Norbert Hofer the far right cand...

UK Supreme Court President David NeubergerThe UK Supreme Court, which has heard a landmark case to decide whether the government can trigger the process of Britain’s exit from the European Union without the parliament's approval, says it will...

A British Union flag flies near the Elizabeth Tower, otherwise known as Big Ben, opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on December 7, 2016. (Photo by AFP)British MPs agree not to delay plans by Prime Minister Theresa May to start the Br...

“Solo he mostrado que la bomba existe”: así se titula el artículo publicado por la revista suiza Das Magazin que revela que la red social Facebook habría podido ser un arma secreta que benefició el voto favorable al Brexit en el Reino Unido y...

Michel Barnier, chief Brexit negotiator for the European Union, speaks at a press conference at the European Commission on December 6, 2016, in Brussels. (Photo by AFP)The European Union has warned that Britain will have less than 18 months to strike...

Britain’s Attorney General Jeremy Wright speaks at the UK Supreme Court in this image taken from video in London, Monday December 5, 2016. (Photo by AP)The UK Supreme Court has begun a hearing into a landmark case to decide whether the government c...

With something like a swing of 22%, the Lib Dem candidate, Sarah Olney, won the Richmond Park by-election, overturning a Tory majority of over 23,000 votes at last year’s general election. Zac Goldsmith, resigned from the Tories (sort of) to protes...

British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis is given a tour of SPTS Technologies in Newport, South Wales, December 1, 2016. (Photo by AFP)The UK government says it may pay in order to maintain its access to...

Hate crimes rise sharply in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote. (file photo)A study by the Institute of Race Relations shows there has been a spike in hate crimes following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU).The study, released on Th...

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady DvorkovichRussia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has said that Britain’s decision to abandon the European Union has weakened Europe, saying he would rather see the EU had remained stronger.“The...

The vast majority of the broad political left in the UK campaigned to remain in the European Union (EU), at the referendum on the UK’s membership in June this year. The vote, of course, went the other way, and now the country must decide on the pre...

British Prime Minister Theresa May chairs a meeting of the cabinet at her retreat in Chequers, Buckinghamshire, on August 31, 2016.(AFP)British Prime Minister Theresa May makes restricting immigration a top priority in Brexit negotiations with the Eu...

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