In The Media
Bremainers Ask….. Professor Juliet Lodge
Juliet Lodge has been a professor of EU politics at several universities in UK, NZ and EU. In the 1990s, she was named ‘EU Woman of Europe’ for her voluntary work. She has authored many books about the EU and is a regular contributor to Yorkshire Bylines. Juliet also...
Bremainers Ask ….. Professor Anand Menon
Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at Kings College London. He also directs the UK in a Changing Europe project. His areas of research interest include the policies and institutions of the European Union, European security, and British...
Labour on the attack
The success or failure of any ad campaign is based on it being seen and being talked about – in that, Labour have certainly succeeded, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.On 6 January, the Labour Party published the first of a series of campaign...
Bremainers Ask …. Russ Jones
Russ Jones is an author and political commentator with over 277,000 followers on Twitter where he regularly reports on #TheWeekInTory as @RussInCheshire. He is currently writing the sequel to his book The Decade in Tory. The new book will be entitled Four Chancellors...
Bremainers Ask – Siobhan Benita
Siobhan Benita was a former senior civil servant who left Whitehall to campaign for better politics. Passionately opposed to Brexit, she joined the Lib Dems on the morning of the EU Referendum result and became a leading voice in their anti-Brexit movement. Now...
Give me back my vote!
Millions of disenfranchised Brits living abroad care deeply about British politics and would like to have their vote back now, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.The Conservatives are in trouble. They are running scared and hoping we won’t...
Secret Summit admits Brexit isn’t working
Was this secret summit the first tentative step towards reversing the unmitigated disaster that is Brexit? We can only hope, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for West England Bylines. On Thursday and Friday last week (9-10 February), a cross-party ‘secret...
Bring back the death penalty says 30p Lee Anderson
With our human rights already under threat, it’s difficult to trust a leader who believes Lee Anderson is the answer to any question, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines.Newly elevated deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, is...
Bremainers Ask….Revisited
To start the year, we asked three former Bremainers Ask contributors to tell us about their highs and lows for 2022 and their hopes for the coming year. This is what they had to say.Alexandra Hall Hall is a former British diplomat who resigned from the Foreign Office...
Hunt for optimism
The chancellor’s economic plans for growth require a good dose of optimism, a dollop of delusion and some rose-tinted spectacle bySue Wilson MBEOn Friday morning, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt outlined his economic plans for growth to a business audience in London. In his...
Looking for a well-paid job? Be an MP!
Send in your application now. Never will you get a better chance to grab what’s rightfully yours. Sue Wilson MBE, Bremain Chair, writes for Yorkshire Bylines.As the UK faces a severe shortage of labour and skills, 80% of small firms are struggling to recruit suitably...
Are we framing Brexit from the wrong perspective?
As UK public feeling shifts back to a pro-European stance, is it time to positively charge the nature of the conversation? Bremain Chair Sue Wilson writes for Yorkshire Bylines. Although it has taken far too long to materialise, Brexit is finally up for discussion....