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Brexit has raised that awful question the British are desperate to avoid: What is Britishness?

“I know I’m visibly different. I don’t have the privilege to hide my identity. I’m BLACK & my name is Magid. I don’t intend to try fit in. Get used to it!”

Jeremy Corbyn has called for a “speedy and thorough” independent investigation into reported claims by senior civil servants that he is “too frail” to be prime minister. The Labour leader, in a letter to Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, said the matter had “undermined confidence in the principle of civil ...

Tory leadership candidate previously said pay rises should be paid for by getting rid of staff A union has warned Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson’s warms words on pay rises mask an ugly plan to slash jobs. Johnson’s supporter Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Times that public sector workers ...

Gordon Brown made his plea as the Government prepared to transfer the financial burden of providing free licences to the BBC.

DUP leader Arlene Foster has said it is “very important” Britain leaves the European Union by October 31, but she refused to back either candidate to become the next prime minister. She said the Government must keep a no-deal Brexit on the table and claimed repeated extensions are fuelling public ...

The ex-Labour leader said the union is more at risk now than at any time in the past 300 years, including during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

The Bank of England cut its growth forecast for Britain's economy to zero in the second quarter of 2019 and highlighted risks from global trade tensions and growing fears of a no-deal Brexit. BoE officials voted unanimously to hold interest rates at 0.75%, as expected, and stuck to their message ...

It’s a matter of faith among Brexit supporters that failing to obey the consultative referendum on EU membership is an assault on democracy. MPs who actively campaign to stay in the EU are betraying that democracy. Almost every day a Brexiteer or sympathetic news outlet rages against the ‘anti-democratic’ Remain ...