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The eurosceptic grassroots campaign group Leave.EU has signed up over a thousand local councillors from across Britain and the political spectrum in support of their campaign to Leave the European Union at the forthcoming referendum. The campaign already has, 270,000

BBC journalists are to be sent on a compulsory training course about the European Union (EU) in an attempt to ensure impartiality ahead of Britain’s referendum. BBC News director James Harding told parliament’s European scrutiny committee that all BBC reporters,

The Spectator magazine doesn’t hide its establishment bias. In fact, it lashes out whenever threatened, including by this parish. You may recall they recently had a mild hissy fit over us publishing Iain Dale’s Power 100 list. They didn’t like

United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has slammed the BBC for “inaccurate” and “dishonest” reporting of the forthcoming EU referendum. In an open letter addressed to the BBC Trust and broadcasting regulator Ofcom, Mr. Farage called on the

One of Britain’s most pro-European Union (EU) members of the establishment has introduced an amendment to the European Union Referendum Bill which would compel the government to publish a report detailing what life after a British exit from the EU would

The Labour candidate for London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said that anyone advocating leaving the European Union (EU) is either an “xenophobe” or not “sensible,” leading UKIP’s candidate to slam him for “hold[ing] millions of Londoners in contempt.” With his

The European Commission’s oft-cited Eurobarometer poll – conducted twice a year and distributed widely as a reliable source on the thoughts and feelings of European citizens – blurs the lines between pro-EU propaganda and legitimate research, according to a new,

Following yesterday’s renegotiation-apologist article by Conservative Party MEP Daniel Hannan, I dissected his claims and statements, raising questions as to why he was talking about successful renegotiations, especially using the phrase: “If the polls swing far enough our way… Brexit

The In/Out plebiscite on British membership of the European Union (EU) has prompted referendum fever across Europe with others demanding votes on various matters. David Cameron has been meeting with other EU leaders in Brussels to discuss Eurozone stabilisation and the migrant

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he will finally unveil his long-awaited EU renegotiation demands early next month, amid growing impatience from his European partners. Speaking after a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Cameron said the talks

Entrepreneur Charlie Mullins, who earlier this week quit the Business For Britain/Vote Leave Take Control campaign was originally enticed into joining because of a promise to campaign against the top rate of tax, rather than the debate surrounding European Union membership, a

Another day, another “Eurosceptic” going native? In fact, on first glance, it looks like we may have two today, following the news that the Tory leader in Brussels Syed Kamall will not yet commit to campaigning for “out” during Britain’s European

David Cameron’s Conservative Party leader in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall, refused to commit to campaigning for Britain to exit the European Union, in an astonishing about-face on his previous rhetoric which has in the past urged an end to

LONDON (Reuters) – The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group has said that there was no “compelling economic argument” for Britain to stay in the European Union (EU) without a significant change in its relationship with the bloc. The comments by

The European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has declared: “I don’t think Britain needs European Union” in sensational remarks this afternoon that are sure to be seized upon by pro-Brexit campaigners.  The Telegraph has reported that ahead of a meeting

FUENGIROLA, Spain (Reuters) – For some sun-seeking Britons, a cloud has formed over the whitewashed villages, beach bars and golf courses of Spain – the risk that Britain will drop out of the European Union. Over the last three decades, hundreds

UKIP leader Nigel Farage will be speaking live from Gateshead today, continuing on his “Say No to EU tour”. You can watch the livestream below from around 7pm: UKIP leader Nigel Farage continues his “Say No To EU” tour, today

The National Union of Students (NUS) president, Megan Dunn, has become a board member of the “Stay In” campaign for Britain’s European Union referendum, without even consulting the NUS’s national executive committee (NEC), let alone the nation’s seven million students

The chairman of the ‘Stronger In’ campaign to keep Britain in the European Union made an epic blunder this morning, claiming that membership of the European Union saves every person in Britain £480 million a year. Multi-millionaire Lord Rose spoke

A cross-party campaign that will lead the fight for Britain to remain in the European Union ahead of a referendum due by 2017 is to launch on Monday. The “Britain Stronger in Europe” campaign will be led by businessman Stuart

After months of waiting, the British government has finally revealed its main demands in its attempt to renegotiate the country’s European Union (EU) membership, and eurosceptics are unlikely to be happy. The Sunday Telegraph states that the government has four

Baron Rose of Monewden, the former Chief Executive Officer of Marks and Spencer, is due to lead the establishment campaign to remain inside the European Union, reports the Times.  Lord Stuart Rose, a former administrative assistant at the BBC who

The Independent newspaper – owned by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev and edited by the former UK government employee Amol Rajan – has urged the pro European Union camp to smear Eurosceptics as “far right xenophobes” in a desperate bid to

For the first time in 25 years, the French President and German Chancellor, now Hollande and Merkel, came to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The feeling was very different to those days when Kohl and Mitterand, monsters that they

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to quit the European Union to reclaim its sovereignty, a group of business leaders and lawmakers said on Thursday, launching a campaign to persuade Britons to vote to leave the bloc at an upcoming referendum.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has blasted the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President Francois Hollande in the European Parliamentary chamber in Strasbourg today, following their guest speeches in which they urged “more Europe” and further European Union (EU) integration. 

Prime Minister David Cameron said his renegotiation of Britain’s ties with the European Union (EU) was “bloody hard work” but that he would not be rushed into naming a date for a referendum on membership, The Sunday Telegraph reported. On

UK Independence Party (UKIP) Member of the European Parliament Steven Woolfe has been banned from speaking at an event at the European Union-funded Skainos Centre in Northern Ireland. The venue told the MEP that it did not allow political meetings

A remarkable though virtually uncommented-upon piece of political propaganda was issued in late July this year. Universities for Europe and Universities UK, who represent 133 higher education institutions, came out with clear, unequivocal backing for the UK to vote to

On May 30th I wrote a response to former UK Independence Party (UKIP) treasurer Stuart Wheeler who claimed that the party’s leader, Nigel Farage, could not lead the EU referendum campaign. And obviously, me being totally right, I can’t believe we’re still

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Do you remember the guffaws from the media classes when, during the last election campaign, UKIP spokesmen took to the stage to claim that the European Union and its agents of “unity” were perverting children’s minds with

The lifeblood of any economy are the small to medium sized enterprises (SME’s) spurred on by entrepreneurship and the drive for profit. So why does the EU raise barriers to entry for our small businesses struggling to get a foothold? Just

The British taxpayer will be landed with an additional bill for our membership of the European Union (EU) next year, as MEPs voted to increase their budget by billions, defying national governments and their electorates who have voted for fiscal

BRUSSELS, Belgium – UKIP leader Nigel Farage spoke today at the Politico.eu Playbook Breakfast in Brussels, where he weighed in on the ongoing debate over who should run the ‘Leave’ group in the upcoming EU referendum campaign.  His comments come

The Tory establishment are slapping themselves on the back again this morning, following an article by Conservative Party Home editor Mark Wallace.  I should declare an interest: Mark got me a job once at the Tax Payers’ Alliance. I owe

BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – The president of the Party of European Socialists (PES) had plenty to say at a meeting dedicated to keeping Britain in the European Union (EU) this morning, telling delegates to scare voters into wanting to stay