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Recent polling suggests that a vote for Brexit in June’s European Union (EU) referendum would only ‘”slightly” increase support for Scottish independence, complicating any decision by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to call another referendum. According to the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon

The decision on Britain’s future with the European Union (EU) appears to be influenced by issues of sovereignty, democracy, international influence and economics. However, academic research suggests that how people vote in the EU referendum will really be determined by factors such as age,

Former Foreign Secretary David Owen last night advised voters to leave the European Union (EU), to avoid “being sucked into a United States of Europe” which faces an “impending collapse.” He also challenged President Obama’s intervention in the referendum campaign. Lord Owen was

Politicians from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have launched a bid to protect a German satirist, after Ankara filed a criminal defamation suit against him for insulting the Turkish President. Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her decision to allow the prosecution of Jan Böhmermann to

One of the most militantly left-wing trade unions has told members the European Parliament’s decision to back opening rail routes across the European Union (EU) to more competition for private operators is another reason to vote leave in the referendum. As long-term

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been setting the world to rights, declaring that Vladimir Putin should be “running Europe”, Donald Trump would make a “fantastic” U.S. president, immigration has brought no benefits to the UK and admitting he is “100 per cent an

The “passionate European” who created the hit television show ‘House of Cards’ has declared his support for Britain leaving the European Union (EU). Lord Michael Dobbs — who as well as being a best-selling author and creator of the internationally successful

With some recent polls showing the Remain campaign enjoying a nine point lead in the European Union (EU) referendum campaign, a leading strategist has warned that while the pro-EU side is maximising the potential of the economic arguments, the Leave campaign – now headed

Leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove has accused Cabinet colleagues of treating the British public “like children, unfit to be trusted” and needing to be “frightened into obedience”, as Conservative Party tensions boil over. Using the opportunity of a keynote speech from the campaign to

It’s almost two weeks since the rejection of the the European Union (EU)-Ukraine Association Agreement by Dutch voters, but what happens next remains unknown. Observers and interested parties are beginning to wonder when the Dutch government will finally decide how it will handle

According to an opinion poll taken at the weekend, fully two thirds of Germans oppose the government’s decision allowing prosecutors to bring a case against Jan Böhmermann, a German comedian who mocked Turkey’s President Erdoğan. Critics warn the effects will be felt in Turkey as

Since the Islamist terror attacks in Paris last November, the streets of major French cities have been guarded by soldiers in full military fatigues. That permanent presence of the French army represents half of all its soldiers now deployed on military operations, but has been dismissed by critics

The Prime Minister of Belgium has backed his Interior Minister who has come under fire for stating that some Belgian Muslims had celebrated the recent Brussels attacks. In an interview at the weekend with the Flemish daily newspaper De Standaard, discussing the

Belgium’s transport minister resigned following the revelation she was informed of reports highlighting security deficiencies in Belgian airports —  including Brussels — despite at first saying she had no knowledge of them. The classified European Union (EU) reports in question, leaked by the the Ecolo and

According to one Labour Member of Parliament (MP), the popular BBC sitcom, ‘Citizen Khan’, is Islamophobic and will probably feature hands being cut off in future episodes. London Labour MP Rupa Huq used the opportunity of a House of Commons debate on BBC

Just days after rejecting the European Union (EU)/Ukraine Association Agreement in a nationwide vote, Dutch voters are increasingly looking to a referendum on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as their next target. TTIP supporters will be increasingly concerned that voters in the Netherlands

Speaking today to the European Parliament about the “never-ending story” of the migrant crisis, the President of the European Council defended the EU/Turkey pact, while conceding it is not “ideal”. Donald Tusk, the former Prime Minister of Poland and now President

The President of the European Parliament has warned a German newspaper of the danger of an “implosion” of the European Union (EU) if the United Kingdom votes for Brexit in the upcoming In/Out referendum. Martin Schulz (pictured above) — the current President of the European Parliament and

The European Parliament tomorrow votes on a resolution accusing the Polish government of undermining “constitutional democracy”, calling for further action if they do not implement decisions from Poland’s highest court. The resolution is the latest attack on Poland’s centre-right government for overhauling the Constitutional Tribunal

A senior Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the German Green Party has called for an end to referendums on issues “not suitable” for direct democracy because they threaten the very existence of the European Union (EU). Rebecca Harms MEP (pictured above), a

Numbers of anti-Semitic incidents are reaching historically high levels in Austria, according to a Jewish organisation concerned by the numbers of Muslim migrants. Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria grew by 82 per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to the Jewish community representative group Israelitischen

A Labour councillor has been suspended from her party for allegedly tweeting anti-Semitic messages, said to include calling Adolf Hitler the “greatest man in history”. In the latest such scandal to hit Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, a 20 year old Politics and Sociology student

Angry postal workers pose a risk to the government’s referendum campaign by threatening to dump the pro-remain EU leaflet described as “one-sided propaganda”. The reaction of postal workers to the government’s EU leaflet — the enticingly-titled  “Why the Government Believes That Voting to

Brexit campaigners have revealed a 240 per cent increase in European Union (EU) convicts filling prisons in England and Wales at the same time that Eastern European prisons shrink. Figures published by the Grassroots Out campaign for EU withdrawal show the

Accusation of “whitewash” have met the news that next week British spies will start vetting and editing Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry report. A team of national security officials taken from the security services is set up and ready to go to the offices

Left wing campaigners have argued that although the European Union (EU) is a “machine for neoliberal capitalism” that is in a “disgraceful state” and a “disintegrating mess”, the UK needs “to stay in Europe to change Europe.” Speaking at a fiery debate in

One of the most militantly left-wing trade unions has urged its members to vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) in June’s referendum, contradicting the advice of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) leadership. The National Union of Rail,

Unless Britain votes to leave the European Union (EU), the National Health Service (NHS) will face a “myriad of dangers” from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), according to a former Foreign Secretary. Lord Owen has warned that if TTIP negotiations

The Islamwatch website being launched today by Flemish nationalists aims to report, map and monitor the gradual ‘Islamisation’ of Flanders. The populist Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest – VB) party is today launching the Islamwatch website in Belgium. The party is a member of Marine

One of the mainstream media’s leading cheerleaders for Britain remaining in the European Union (EU) has admitted that the outcome of the referendum will have little effect on UK workers’ rights. Workers have been warned that leaving the EU would jeopardise

Some campaigning for Britain to remain in the European Union (EU) have warned Prime Minister David Cameron that the government’s handling of the ongoing steel crisis risks losing the June referendum, as Brexit supporters prepare hundreds of thousands of leaflets targeting affected

A new poll reveals that as the European Union (EU) referendum approaches, key arguments proffered by the Remain campaign are less popular that those put forward by Brexit campaigners. An exercise carried out by the research, polling, and strategic consulting firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) has

John Caudwell, the founder of what was one of the UK’s largest independent mobile telephone retailers, has denounced as “rubbish” the suggestion that three million jobs will be lost if Britain leaves the European Union (EU). As a successful entrepreneur — in 2006 John

Leaving the European Union (EU) could turn out to be in the long-term interest of the United Kingdom according to Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger. In an interview with Sky News to mark the launch of ‘The Rolling Stones: Exhibitionism’ —

A poll has revealed the public has no faith in the government’s anti-radicalisation scheme, with 96 per cent of respondents saying it is a failure. The coalition government’s flagship Prevent strategy was unveiled in June 2011 as part of its attack on extremism in

The chief executive of a leading budget airline has challenged the pro-European Union (EU) campaign’s suggestion that cheap fares for flights are dependent on membership of the politico-trading bloc. Failing to understand the distinction between causation and correlation, Prime Minister David Cameron