MEPs open arms to UK rejoining EU to ‘correct’ Brexit mistake
Members of European Parliament from across the political spectrum are holding the door open for Britain to rejoin the union.
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UK–EU relations are being reset. British musicians touring Europe must be part of the deal
The UK government has once again put touring in Europe on the agenda. As London and Brussels rebuild their relationship, cultural mobility should be treated as part of the economic infrastructure, rather than as an afterthought.
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Listen: Will Andy Burnham manage to bring the UK back into the EU?
Ten years after the Brexit vote, more and more Britons are asking whether they should go back. According to a YouGov poll conducted earlier this month, 52% would vote to rejoin the EU in a referendum.
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Burnham to prioritise trade and migration at UK-EU summit, after accusing Russia of meddling in Brexit referendum
The UK-EU “status quo is not good enough for Britain”, claimed the British prime minister after accusing Russia of meddling in the Brexit referendum.
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Burnham’s UK‑first politics meet a more protectionist EU and its ‘Made in Europe’ planThe new UK prime minister has focused on domestic policy so far, but wants a close relationship with EU. How can that be reconciled with the EU’s new protectionist ‘Made in Europe’ agenda?
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Burnham’s first 10 days in No. 10: popular tax breaks, but North Sea oil gambit risks backlash
The UK’s new PM is hard not to like. However, calls to drill in an untapped oil and gas field, alongside an unrealistic budget, could turn the tide against him all too quickly.
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How Britain’s Andy Burnham went from ‘King of the North’ to inheriting the 10 Downing Street throne
Andy Burnham has gone from the “King of the North” to Downing Street in a matter of weeks. But what does this mean for the UK and its relationship with the EU?
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Missing the wood for the trees – the EU’s unloved deforestation law reaches endgameThe EU’s deforestation law may not be as popular as when it was passed with massive majorities in 2023 – but has already spawned imitation from the UK.
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Brussels just dodged a Brexit‑fuelled airport meltdown with its biometrics U‑turnThe EU Commission says that the EES will reduce the average time spent at passport control from 90 seconds to 20 seconds per person. Airlines have warned of five-hour queues at airports.
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Listen: How Scotland managed to cut violent crime in half
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of homicides fell by 56 percent in Glasgow alone. And across Scotland as a whole, the homicide rate dropped by more than a third.
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Burnham’s first test: fix UK’s ‘national embarrassment’ defence to reassure Nato
Uncertainty about the US military commitment to Europe, plus the near-certainty of a continuing threat from Russia, places the UK centre-stage in all defence and security discussions. So who prime-minister designate Andy Burnham appoints as foreign secretary, and defence secretary, is crucial.
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Listen: Could the UK really rejoin the EU?
With most Britons now saying Brexit was a mistake, any future bid to rejoin would still force the UK to swallow full free movement and EU rules again. Is that actually a realistic possibility?
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Brexit: A stormy night in Brussels 10 years ago – and a failure of journalismIn 2016, I had had a very uneasy feeling for many months that Leave, under the joint leadership of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, was going to win. Not a single other British journalist in Brussels agreed with me.
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Brexit 10 years on – a decision decades in the making
Tuesday, 23 June 2026, marks the 10th anniversary of the UK decision to leave the European Union. Ten years on has anything been learned?
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Will Starmer’s successor keep working on the UK Brexit ‘reset’?
Keir Starmer’s efforts to rebuild bridges with the EU, after six hostile Conservative PMs, will be one of the defining legacies of his time at Number 10. But what can we expect from his successor?
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What UK voters can learn from the Irish gay-rights movement on how to avert a Farage nightmareIf it seems insane that a man of Farage’s low calibre might lead the world’s fifth largest economy, it would be on trend for recent British prime ministers, who plumbed nadir (Johnson) after nadir (Truss).
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As EU leaders dine, 70,000 voters in the north of England pick a new UK PMOn Thursday (18 June), as the 27 EU leaders meet in Brussels, Britain will elect its next prime minister.
Not strictly true, but don’t panic – you haven’t missed some snap general election on the Brexit island.
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Trump’s America resettled more refugees than the EU and UK combined last year
Global resettlement figures have dropped by some 50 percent to 81,800 in a downward trend that points to the general political backlash against migration and asylum in the US and in Europe.
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EU ministers resist big Brexit rethink as UK speculation of ‘rejoining’ grows
EU officials have played down the prospect of a radical change in EU-UK relations, despite talk from Keir Starmer’s government that the UK could rejoin the single market.
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10 years after the Brexit vote, and six prime ministers later, Britain looks ungovernable
The last time the UK burnt through prime ministers at a similar rate was in decade-long stretches in the 18th century (1760–1770) and the 19th (1827–1837).
