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Day 2116 of #Brexit: ‘[] Shabana Mahmood is [] to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system []. The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Shabana Mahmood set to make sweeping reforms to asylum system – UK politics live
Home secretary expected to announce changes on Monday
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Day 2116 of #Brexit: ‘[] Shabana Mahmood is [] to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system []. The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Day 2115 of #Brexit: ‘As Reform UK soars in the polls, Britain’s migrant communities are facing an uncertain future. The party has announced a swathe of hardline immigration policies, including its plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain […].’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
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November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Day 2115 of #Brexit: ‘As Reform UK soars in the polls, Britain’s migrant communities are facing an uncertain future. The party has announced a swathe of hardline immigration policies, including its plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain […].’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2114 of #Brexit: ‘The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general [] and the BBC News chief []. However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation […].’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim
‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episode
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Day 2114 of #Brexit: ‘The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general [] and the BBC News chief []. However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation […].’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Day 2114 of #Brexit: ‘The government is set to begin negotiations to link the UK to the EU's carbon trading regime […]. Labour says the move would allow companies to avoid a tax on high-emissions products the EU is planning to introduce from next year.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour to begin talks on linking UK to EU carbon pricing regime
The negotiations, set to begin next week, could hinge on the scale of UK contributions to EU coffers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Day 2114 of #Brexit: ‘The government is set to begin negotiations to link the UK to the EU's carbon trading regime […]. Labour says the move would allow companies to avoid a tax on high-emissions products the EU is planning to introduce from next year.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 2113 of #Brexit: ‘The in-depth polling analysis from Hope Not Hate reveals a voter coalition that stretches from struggling workers and frustrated graduates to wealthy retirees, in places from Hitchin to Runcorn.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
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November 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Day 2113 of #Brexit: ‘The in-depth polling analysis from Hope Not Hate reveals a voter coalition that stretches from struggling workers and frustrated graduates to wealthy retirees, in places from Hitchin to Runcorn.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2113 of #Brexit: ‘Michael Prescott’s memo [] was never commissioned by the BBC []. Among the outside organisations he cited for proof of bias [were organisations] deeply embedded in the political culture wars that have defined the Anglo-American populist right.’ bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier'
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations
bylinetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Day 2113 of #Brexit: ‘Michael Prescott’s memo [] was never commissioned by the BBC []. Among the outside organisations he cited for proof of bias [were organisations] deeply embedded in the political culture wars that have defined the Anglo-American populist right.’ bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
Day 2112 of #Brexit: ‘One of Britain’s richest men, who donated £1m to Brexit campaigns, says he’s considering moving permanently to Australia after delivering a damning assessment of a UK “in chaos”.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Tycoon donor to Brexit campaign considers permanent move to Australia
Lord Edmiston said thoughts of moving to Australia was motivated by reasons including family and a warmer climate
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Day 2112 of #Brexit: ‘One of Britain’s richest men, who donated £1m to Brexit campaigns, says he’s considering moving permanently to Australia after delivering a damning assessment of a UK “in chaos”.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2112 of #Brexit: ‘[] the doom loop: distrusted governments are afraid to take unpopular but necessary decisions; hard problems are deferred; things do not get better; governments become less popular []. Each cycle stokes the appetite for demagogic simplism []’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Day 2112 of #Brexit: ‘[] the doom loop: distrusted governments are afraid to take unpopular but necessary decisions; hard problems are deferred; things do not get better; governments become less popular []. Each cycle stokes the appetite for demagogic simplism []’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 2111 of #Brexit: ‘MPs and BBC staff members have called for Robbie Gibb to be removed from the corporation’s board as outgoing director general Tim Davie hit out at the “weaponisation” of criticisms of the broadcaster.’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
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November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Day 2111 of #Brexit: ‘MPs and BBC staff members have called for Robbie Gibb to be removed from the corporation’s board as outgoing director general Tim Davie hit out at the “weaponisation” of criticisms of the broadcaster.’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘[] the row obscures the context that explains what is [] a political campaign against the BBC [] a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is [] aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘[] the row obscures the context that explains what is [] a political campaign against the BBC [] a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is [] aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘Among those most passionate about its destruction was Boris Johnson […]. “The only two things Boris really cares about are Brexit and killing off the BBC,” one close ally of his told this newspaper while Johnson was Prime Minister.’ www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
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November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘Among those most passionate about its destruction was Boris Johnson […]. “The only two things Boris really cares about are Brexit and killing off the BBC,” one close ally of his told this newspaper while Johnson was Prime Minister.’ www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘Sources [say] Robbie Gibb [] was instrumental in the appointment of Prescott as an adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines & standards committee. The pair are reported to be friends. [] Gibb [] joined the BBC board when [] Johnson was [PM]’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC in crisis: why did Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign?
Director general and head of news quit amid accusations of bias over Trump and trans issues at broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Day 2110 of #Brexit: ‘Sources [say] Robbie Gibb [] was instrumental in the appointment of Prescott as an adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines & standards committee. The pair are reported to be friends. [] Gibb [] joined the BBC board when [] Johnson was [PM]’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Researchers attribute this "frightening increase in the sense of national division" to the aftermath of Brexit, which has evolved into broader political & cultural splits, particularly concerning immigration & the pace of societal change.’ www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
New poll reveals what Britons really think about the UK
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Researchers attribute this "frightening increase in the sense of national division" to the aftermath of Brexit, which has evolved into broader political & cultural splits, particularly concerning immigration & the pace of societal change.’ www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘After excluding data from 2020, when significant travel restrictions were in place because of the pandemic, the number of people granted asylum in Denmark is at a 40-year low.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why does UK government want to copy Denmark’s immigration system?
Some say Denmark’s rigid rules are key to Social Democrats’ power, but critical Labour MPs think model echoes far-right themes
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November 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘After excluding data from 2020, when significant travel restrictions were in place because of the pandemic, the number of people granted asylum in Denmark is at a 40-year low.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Importers of plants say long delays and damage to shipments at a Kent border control post risk driving up prices and could lead to transport companies stopping deliveries across the Channel.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged
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November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Day 2109 of #Brexit: ‘Importers of plants say long delays and damage to shipments at a Kent border control post risk driving up prices and could lead to transport companies stopping deliveries across the Channel.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2108 of #Brexit: ‘Shabana Mahmood is to announce changes to the UK’s immigration rules modelled on the Danish system, largely seen as among the most stringent in Europe, the Guardian understands.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Day 2108 of #Brexit: ‘Shabana Mahmood is to announce changes to the UK’s immigration rules modelled on the Danish system, largely seen as among the most stringent in Europe, the Guardian understands.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2107 of #Brexit: ‘The majority of Britons do not feel proud of their country[]. The wide-ranging polling on attitudes also suggested that people increasingly believe the UK is divided, that so-called culture wars exist, and that life was better in the past.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals
Attitudes poll also suggests people increasingly believe UK is divided, that ‘culture wars’ exist and life was better in past
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Day 2107 of #Brexit: ‘The majority of Britons do not feel proud of their country[]. The wide-ranging polling on attitudes also suggested that people increasingly believe the UK is divided, that so-called culture wars exist, and that life was better in the past.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Day 2107 of #Brexit: ‘The EU executive plans to create a Centre for Democratic Resilience to counter disinformation from Russia and other authoritarian regimes, according to a leaked paper.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others
Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Day 2107 of #Brexit: ‘The EU executive plans to create a Centre for Democratic Resilience to counter disinformation from Russia and other authoritarian regimes, according to a leaked paper.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Day 2106 of #Brexit: ‘The government's guidance for businesses on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade deal is "not fit for purpose", an independent report has found.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NI Brexit: Windsor Framework guidance 'not fit for purpose' - panel
The panel said information was
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November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Day 2106 of #Brexit: ‘The government's guidance for businesses on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade deal is "not fit for purpose", an independent report has found.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 2106 of #Brexit: ‘The chaos of Brexit and years of austerity are to blame for the tax rises Rachel Reeves is expected to announce at the Budget, a Cabinet minister said.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Brexit and austerity still causing ‘major problems’ for economy – Phillipson
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s comments came after Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepared the ground for tax hikes in her November 26 Budget.
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Day 2106 of #Brexit: ‘The chaos of Brexit and years of austerity are to blame for the tax rises Rachel Reeves is expected to announce at the Budget, a Cabinet minister said.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘“Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine and the geopolitical shifts make the case for enlargement very clear cut,” Kaja Kallas told reporters. “It is a necessity if we want to be a stronger player on the world stage.”’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU could admit new members by 2030, says its foreign policy chief
Kaja Kallas tells reporters more countries could join 27-country bloc, including Montenegro, Albania and Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘“Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine and the geopolitical shifts make the case for enlargement very clear cut,” Kaja Kallas told reporters. “It is a necessity if we want to be a stronger player on the world stage.”’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly 300 organisations have issued a rallying cry for a “full-throated defence” of the European Convention on Human Rights – accusing politicians of using it as a scapegoat with devastating effects.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly 300 organisations have issued a rallying cry for a “full-throated defence” of the European Convention on Human Rights – accusing politicians of using it as a scapegoat with devastating effects.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘Nige got under way. His main theme was that the country was basically fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace
Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters
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November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Day 2105 of #Brexit: ‘Nige got under way. His main theme was that the country was basically fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2104 of #Brexit: “Ukraine is fighting for its independence, and our future is in the EU, which is part of our independence[…]” - Volodymyr Zelenskyy www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Zelenskyy calls for Ukraine to join EU before 2030 after commission delivers warning on corruption - as it happened
EU says reforms needed ‘with regards to the fundamentals, in particular rule of law’ to have a chance to ‘provisionally close accession negotiations by the end of 2028’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Day 2104 of #Brexit: “Ukraine is fighting for its independence, and our future is in the EU, which is part of our independence[…]” - Volodymyr Zelenskyy www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...