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Bremainers Ask…… Prof. Chris Grey
Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Business and Management Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He previously held professorships at Warwick and Cambridge Universities. Since 2016 he has written the Brexit & Beyond Blog, and he is the author of Brexit...
New Frontex deal: closing the gap with the EU
The new Frontex deal signals that the UK is continuing cooperative relations with its neighbours – this can only work in both parties’ favour, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. A new Frontex border deal aimed at reducing the number of small...
‘Stop! Think Fraud’ – perhaps the government should take its own advice
The government has gained another ‘X’ community note for its ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ campaign – if only it had been more careful itself, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. The Home Office has launched a campaign with the slogan ‘Stop! Think Fraud’...
Liz Truss and her Popular Conservatives are just another populist con
The launch of the splinter group the Popular Conservatives last week was met with derision. But their mission is both tired and dangerous. Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton writes for Bylines Cymru.What a feast of delusion and desperation we witnessed at the launch of...
Bremainers Ask Revisited – Hopes and Fears for 2024
Gina Miller: I fear the damage Brexit delusion is doing to our country, but election year brings real hope Since the United Kingdom left the European Union at the start of this decade, the inevitable cost and disruption that comes with Brexit reality and the UK being...
Election 2024: Conservatives face backlash from British citizens living overseas
Is the Conservative Party wise to hire a coordinator to drum up support from British citizens living overseas? Sue Wilson MBE, Bremain Chair, writes for Yorkshire Bylines. On 16 January, UK voting rights were finally restored to disenfranchised British citizens living...
Bremainers Ask 2023 highlights
What did this year’s contributors have to say about rejoining the EU?Gina Miller: What do you think will be the path and timescale to rejoining the EU? Under EU law, the UK is now a third country, so it would have to reapply and undergo the whole accession procedure...
Sunak delivers speech alongside Europe’s hard-right populists
Rishi Sunak rubs shoulders with hard-right leaders at political festival in Rome, writes Bremain Treasurer Helen Johnston for Yorkshire Bylines. Rishi Sunak is clearly short on friends these days. Reinforcing ties with countries that newly-minted Lord Cameron...
Bremainers Ask …… Annette Dittert
Born in Cologne, Annette Dittert is a German author, filmmaker, correspondent, and journalist and regular commentator on British politics and Brexit. She has worked for ARD German TV since 2001, as a war correspondent in Poland, a senior correspondent in New York, and...
Events 2023
23 March – Day for Rejoin 2024In person events – across UK/EUGet the date in your diary now & watch out for further details. Or organise your own event.More information here11 December – Unlock DemocracyWebinar 4pm – 5 pm GMTBritish citizens living overseas are...
Minister for common sense?
Esther McVey, minister for common sense: sounds ludicrous; here’s why it’s insidious writes Bremain Vice Chair Lisa Burton for Yorkshire Bylines.For some, Rishi Sunak’s shuffle felt like a return of some common sense. Still, the appointment of Esther McVey as minister...
A desperate plan from a desperate prime minister
Sunak’s latest cunning plan is just another terrible idea that’s doomed to failure. Rather like his government, his party, and Sunak himself, writes Bremain Chair Sue Wilson MBE for Yorkshire Bylines. Rishi Sunak has a plan. It’s not a very cunning plan, but it is one...