More and more opinion polls illustrate that the “will of the people” has changed since the European Union referendum in 2016, with more people than ever before supporting the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union. The latest poll mapped by ‘What UK Thinks‘ shows that 51% of people support Remain, while 45% […]
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The local council elections on Thursday illustrated a stark contrast between the victors and losers in England, as illustrated in Figure 1. The biggest defeats were suffered by the Conservative Party with a gigantic and exponential loss of 1,334 seats. This was followed by UKIP which lost 145 seats; and, the smallest defeat was endured […]
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Brexit has taken a back seat recently, with the extended deadline – until Halloween – reducing the urgency. This has seen the question of a second referendum being raised again but has also seen the idea of Brexit at all coming under increasing scrutiny. After the formation of the recent Change UK/Independent Group party and […]
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Britain has a representative democracy which is no longer representative, an electorate that doesn’t fully participate in politics and a section of the population that lacks the right skills for political engagement. But, the crisis is more serious than this because this is about inequality, discrepancies and alienation. Time and time again it is people who […]
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Young people are reclaiming the political scene by getting involved in campaigns and by participating in the democratic process again – and Brexit proves it. Instead of partying into the early hours of the morning, watching Netflix and eating junk food, young people are in fact in the driving seat when it comes to the […]
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The Observer, The Telegraph, The Mirror – and now The New European: Tim Walker is an award-winning journalist who has worked for newspapers from a very young age, on the right, centre and left of the political spectrum. Once a writer for the Telegraph and now a critic of it: Tim Walker’s transition shows […]
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Having run a business for 25 years, I consult on a wide range of business issues. This requires me to negotiate, handle difficult relationships and resolve complex or so-called “wicked” problems. I decided to use my knowledge, skills and experience to offer some advice to Theresa May on the incredibly “wicked” problem of Brexit. Here […]
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We are living in unprecedented times in the United Kingdom. Theresa May has broken a record I am sure she is not pleased about, losing a vote on her Brexit deal by 230 votes: the largest a Prime Minister has lost since the 1920s. The loss was not surprising, as anyone interested and aware of […]
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‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’. When I moved to the UK, I saw this country for what it was: a place of world class universities, exceptional heath care system and a well-functioning parliamentary democracy. However, Brexit has fundamentally and negatively altered Britain: it has become obsessed with immigration, […]
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Britain has two avenues open to it: a no-deal Brexit or Theresa May’s version of it. Never in recent history has Britain faced such dire, gloomy prospects during times of peace. A no-deal Brexit, according to experts and independent reports, would be devastating beyond imagination. Meanwhile, Theresa May’s absurd and unattainable Brexit will be slightly […]
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