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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...
Bremainers Ask ….. Alexandra Hall Hall
Alexandra Hall Hall is a former British diplomat with over 30 years’ service, including postings to Bangkok, Washington, New Delhi, Bogota and Tbilisi, where she was the British Ambassador from 2013 – 2016. Her most recent assignment was as Brexit Counsellor and...
UK unilateral action over protocol
This was not the first time we have heard from the UK government that the negotiated Brexit deal - and the protocol - is not fit for purpose, writes Bremain Chair Sue WILSON MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. When Brexit opportunities minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, gave evidence...
Working from home under attack by out-of-touch and out-of-date government
With their attack on WFH, Johnson and Rees-Mogg have proved just how far the Conservatives have strayed from being the ‘party of business’. by Sue Wilson MBEWhen the pandemic forced employees all over the world to work from home (WFH) – many for the first time ever –...
EU-UK Relations Deteriorating Rapidly
by Sue Wilson MBE Liz Truss on Twitter 12 May – https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1524681502537265152?s=20&t=l3kBvGC-hHUQs00w8YMmYQ In the run up to the Stormont elections in Northern Ireland, UK/EU negotiations were put on hold, so as not to interfere with the...
A government that’s out of touch and out of ideas
Unless the government recognises the suffering its causing, it will remain out of touch and out of ideas, and the public will be the losers by Sue Wilson MBE When Prime Minister Boris Johnson was interviewed recently on Good Morning Britain, Susanna Reid did not pull...
‘Bittersweet’: Brits living abroad for over 15 years finally win right to vote in UK Elections
By George Mathias - Originally posted in The Olive Press CAMPAIGNERS were celebrating their victory after years of battling for the right of those who have lived abroad for more than 15years to maintain the right to vote in UK elections. On Thursday, April 28, the...
‘Mixed feelings’: British citizens in Europe finally get right to vote for life
By Hayley Maguire - Originally published in The Local Es British citizens living abroad will no longer lose their right to vote in UK elections if they have been abroad for over 15 years, after a long-term government pledge finally became law. Here's what we...
Votes for life in UK general elections for British expats finally becomes law
NEIL HESKETH / JENNIE RHODES - Originally posted in SUR After a fight over several years, campaigners are celebrating the change which gives UK citizens in Spain more say in decisions 'back home' British citizens living in Spain are celebrating today after the law...
Bitter sweet feelings as elections bill passes through parliament
by Sue Wilson MBE The passing of the elections bill through parliament comes at a price as Johnson now takes control of the Electoral Commission. When I heard that the elections bill had been passed by parliament, the song It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to came...
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