Politics

Gerard Batten has claimed just 100 lorries cross the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border a day and that Guinness accounts for half of them in an astonishing Twitter rant. The UKIP leader was responding to a James O'Brien segment on LBC radio discussing why Brexiters hate the Irish backstop so much. O'Brien said: "How can it be that the people saying the solution is easy - 'oh we just need some cameras' - are the same people who say we couldn't possibly...

Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were both spectacularly shut down on live television last night. The former Foreign Secretary was dubbed "deluded" by Sky News reporter Beth Rigby after he insisted Prime Minister Theresa May is now in a position to “go to Brussels and get the freedom clause that the UK needs.” The incredulous Rigby interjected: “Just as she rides off on her unicorn to Brussels, the reality check landed in my phone, this is from ’s spokesperson: ‘The backstop is...

Historian Rutger Bregman visited Davos and did not hold back on his thoughts about the super rich. He called out 'stupid philanthropy schemes' Bregman said that the real issue that needs tackling to make a fairer playing field is tax avoidance. He said: 'We can invite Bono once more but come on we've got to be talking about taxes ... all the rest is bullshit in my opinion,' he says. Bregaman said he feels like he’s ‘at a firefighters conference...

In a historic night in which MPs tabled motions on Brexit, they voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit. Dame Caroline Spelman (Conservative) and Jack Dromey's (Labour) amendment was non-binding but was won by  318 to 310. The amendment was to prevent a "no-deal" Brexit with a motion that Parliament "rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future...

MPs voted against Labour MP Yvette Cooper’s amendment which attempted to stop the possibility of a no deal Brexit happening. The motion was voted against by 298 to 321 votes.  The Labour MP’s amendment had the support of the Labour leadership and some Conservative MPs as it tried to stop the UK crashing out of the EU in an eventuality that the majority of MPs are convinced would be incredibly damaging for the UK economy by giving Parliament time to...

UPDATE: MP’s have voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit and for Theresa May's deal if there is no backstop: LATEST AND REACTIONS Donald Tusk reacted warning that the backstop was an integral part of the withdrawal agreement and that "the withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation. MPs tonight voted against the Labour Party’s official amendment to the EU withdrawal by 296 to 327. Jeremy Corbyn’s motion...

Mike Graham, on his morning show on talkRADIO, took a call from a disgruntled Polish man

Surely it can't get anymore insane than this?  BBC news filmed some vox pops to gauge what the average person on the street thinks about the potential of food shortages post-Brexit. The British Retail Consortium penned an open letter about their concerns over potential food supply issues when the UK leaves the EU. The final gentleman's answer was jaw-dropping. He told the presenter "It's purely scaremongering. As far as I'm concerned it would do the country good to go without...

A no deal Brexit could see between 50,000 and 250,000 British expats return to the UK from the European Union, a leaked government memo has revealed. The internal document, shared with Buzzfeed News, suggests government officials are preparing for a sudden rush of citizens to return home if Britain crashes out of the EU without a negotiated settlement. The EU exodus could put a significant strain on public services, with around 40 per cent of returning expats expected to be be pensioners, placing...