Politics

Odds on a three year delay to Brexit have plummeted with bookmakers now pricing it at 9/4. April-June 2019 is still the most likely Brexit date at just 11/10, with the much trumpeted official leaving date of 29th March now a very unlikely 10/1. But according to Betway the second favourite is now for no Brexit before 2022. Alan Alger said: “Theresa May’s last gasp trip to Europe for a crisis summit has offered a chance of an extension, but...

The EU’s agreement of a short extension of Article 50 reduces the likelihood of a no-deal ‘Brexident’ next week. Even if Scope has expected the UK to avoid a no-deal exit, the consequences of prolonged uncertainty for the UK’s credit ratings are growing. The EU agreed Thursday to a short Article 50 extension until 22 May, less than the UK’s request for an extension to 30 June and conditional on the Brexit deal being approved in the UK Parliament next...

Theresa May has returned to the UK with a "clear choice" on Brexit following eight hours of talks with EU leaders. Brexit will be delayed until 22 May if MPs approve her deal next week, but there will be a much shorter delay - until 12 April - if they do not approve it. In that eventuality the UK must set out its next steps or leave without a deal. MPs are expected to vote for a third time on the...

UPDATE: The petition to stop Brexit has surged past 2.75 million, the biggest volume of signatories ever for a government epetition since Theresa May called for just a short stay for Brexit and blamed MPs for the impasse. A petition to revoke Article 50 has hit one million signatures and is rising by the second. The petition was posted a few weeks ago but after last night's performance by Theresa May, signatures have leapt up so fast you can see...

Owen Paterson MP claimed that people came up to him on public transport and told him to "just get on with" Brexit, during a Channel 4 interview last week.

Jeremy Hunt has warned MPs that Brexit could be cancelled if MPs reject Theresa May's deal for a third time. The foreign secretary issued the warning to pro-Brexit Tory MPs as the Prime Minister travelled to Brussels to appeal to EU leaders to grant a delay to exit day. He said cancelling Brexit was “unlikely” but said it was one outcome of the “extreme unpredictability” that would follow May’s deal being voted down. There are just eight days to go...

Funnyman Lucien Jack has just finished visiting all 28 member states of the European Union before the UK crashes out.

A Conservative political activist has been lambasted after sharing footage that claimed to show Islamists in Pakistan burning down a Christian church in response to the Christchurch attack. Theodora Dickinson, who has 17,000 followers on Twitter, shared a video on March 18 saying: "In response to the New Zealand mosque attacks, Islamists have burned down a Christian church in Pakistan. Why is this not being shown on @BBCNews?!”. The tweet, which has since been deleted, was retweeted over 5,500 times and...

Eric Cantona has unveiled a Brexit bunker somewhere in between the UK and France as tensions mount over the exit process. The whole country seemed up in arms following Theresa May's speech last night after she said there would no change of course on Brexit and she would “work night and day” to get MPs to support the unpopular Withdrawal Deal. A petition to revoke Article 50 has reached over 600,000 signatures in under 24 hours, but there is scant...