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Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) would enhance the ‘special relationship’ between Britain and America, not diminish it, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton has said. He has criticised President Obama for telling the British people to vote to remain

The most senior Tory Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Syed Kamall, has come under fire from fellow MEPs demanding that he relinquish his post after coming out for the Leave campaign in the European Union (EU) referendum. In a move

It’s 100 days until Britain’s European Union (EU) referendum, and the signs are relatively good at the moment for the Eurosceptics. As we reported earlier: “Although latest polling has the European Union (EU) referendum result virtually tied at 49 per cent Leave to

Although latest polling has the European Union (EU) referendum result virtually tied at 49 per cent Leave to 47 per cent Remain, factoring in the increased likelihood to vote of out voters means the Brexit side would win a convincing victory with 52 per cent of the

Australians, Brits, New Zealanders and Canadians would support the right to live and work in each others’ countries visa-free, a poll suggests. The survey by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) shows large support for a free-movement zone between the four

A report from anti-Brexit campaign group Lawyers In For Britain claims Brexit would give birth to a “regulationfest” fed by the Civil Service and private sector scrambling to reproduce the European Union’s bureaucracy. The report from Lawyers in For Britain (LIFB) — a

Britain’s referendum on European Union membership may be paving the way for other European countries to question their own relationship with Brussels, as increasing numbers of Europeans are asking themselves whether their country too would be better off going it

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a caustic attack on President Barack Obama, accusing him of “exorbitant hypocrisy” for urging the British people to vote to remain within the European Union (EU). President Obama is thought to be

Texas Senator and Republican Party Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said yesterday President Obama’s upcoming UK visit and intervention in the European Union (EU) debate will make a Brexit more likely. Campaigning in North Carolina ahead of this Tuesday’s state primary, the

We are now three weeks into an increasingly confusing European Union referendum campaign. Some of the people I met in Romford market as I toured on Saturday with UK Independence Party (UKIP) Member of the European Parliament Gerard Batten and local Conservative

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Saturday her separatist party would make a renewed push to convince Scots of the case for independence from the United Kingdom. The Scottish National Party leader told the left-wing secessionists’ spring conference that a

Eurosceptic Members of Parliament believe the British government will twist rules designed to stop public resources being used to unfairly influence the country’s European Union referendum in order to block the civil service from releasing migration data ahead of the vote. The

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will come to London in April and urge British voters to back continued membership of the European Union, The Independent on Sunday newspaper reported. Britons vote in June on whether to remain part

Britain’s record trade deficit means European countries would be desperate to agree trade deals with the UK if it votes to leave the European Union (EU) in June, pro-Brexit campaigners have said. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

The euro currency union has been a disaster that has led the German dominance of the European Union (EU), and is doomed to failure, the former head of the Bank of England has warned. In an extraordinary attack on the

The Queen has always been sceptical of the European Union (EU) and preferred Britain to work with the Commonwealth, the government’s official website says. An article by Oxford historian D.R. Thorpe, posted on the “History” section of the UK government

The boss of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund said it would invest even more in the UK if it votes to leave the European Union (EU). Yngve Slyngstad (pictured), chief executive of Norway’s £884bn fund, dismissed claims by the

The Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that leaving the European Union (EU) would cost the British farming industry £330 million. Yet Britain currently pays ten times that figure to subsidise its European farming competitors, meaning the government could easily

In a vote of confidence in Britain, growing numbers of applications for British citizenship are being submitted by European Union (EU) nationals ahead of June’s Brexit referendum. There are more than two million EU nationals living in Britain, with migrants from Poland representing

Suggestions by the Prime Minister David Cameron that Britain leaving the European Union could cause price rises in British shops have been slammed as ‘preposterous, shrill and panicky’. Mr Cameron has also claimed that leaving the EU will hurt British

Syed Kamall (pictured, right), leader of the Conservative Party’s group in the European Parliament, has announced he supports Britain leaving the European Union (EU). In a major blow to Prime Minister David Cameron, former business consultant Sayed Kamall said he backs

LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he felt voters would opt to stay in the European Union in a June 23 referendum but called on the “in” campaign to show more passion. Blair, who

Although most political parties in France officially support the UK’s continued European Union (EU) membership, individual French politicians are increasingly breaking ranks to back Brexit. The French Socialist Party itself does not advocate Brexit, but EurActiv France reports French National Assembly member Karine

One of the Labour Party’s most prominent union paymasters of the hard left has declared he will vote to Remain in the European Union (EU), but not the “bankers’, bureaucrats’ and lobbyists’ Europe” which currently exists. Union firebrand Len McCluskey was speaking to an

David Cameron’s deal with the European Union (EU) could be thrown out by European judges, according to impartial research by the House of Commons library. The library, which provides research and advice to Members of Parliament (MPs) said the European

Not only did Prime Minister David Cameron’s European Union (EU) renegotiation fail to return any powers to Westminster, he lost any British leverage over future changes, pro-Brexit cabinet member Chris Grayling has claimed. In a campaign speech given by Leader

David Cameron’s recent so-called ‘deal’ in Brussels has led to the heralding of a ‘special status’ for Britain. Unfortunately for the Prime Minister, Britain already seems to have a special status within Europe — one which is wholly negative and is not the

Britain has little say over decisions made in the European Union (EU), which is increasingly dominated by Germany, the Prime Minister of Iceland has said. Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson claimed that the UK is wielding “diminishing power” within the bloc as many

(Reuters) – Norway’s $830 billion (£584 billion) sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, does not see the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union as a significant risk to its investments, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday. The comments

Pro-EU charities have criticised their regulator for telling them to stay neutral in the European Union (EU) referendum debate. Britain’s Charities Commission issued guidance this week saying charities should only get involved in the referendum campaign in “exceptional circumstances” following

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage took to his feet in the European Parliament today to accuse Turkey of blackmailing the European Union (EU) and claiming that the Turks have negotiated a better deal than Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron

David Cameron’s European Union (EU) renegotiation deal has actually made Britain’s position in the EU even weaker than it was before, a group of MPs have insisted. In a letter to The Times, the group of Conservative MPs point out

Her Majesty the Queen is apparently backing the idea of Britain leaving the European Union (EU), according to a source cited by the Sun newspaper on Tuesday evening. The Queen, who usually stays out of day-to-day politics in the United

French economy minister has waded into the ‘Brexit’ (British exit from the European Union) debate today – claiming that if the Euro currency and the European Union (EU) remain too rigid and restrictive, then they may be dismantled. Speaking in

Boris Johnson has said he “countermanded and rescinded” an emailed order from his Chief of Staff gagging London City Hall employees from criticising the Mayor’s pro-Brexit stance as soon as he was aware of it. Boris Johnson’s chief of staff,

A Northern Irish Member of Parliament (MP) has attacked the “base level of politics” of pro-European Union (EU) campaigners using ‘Project Fear’ tactics to warn that Brexit could jeopardise the Northern Ireland peace process. Gavin Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for East