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How will Brexit affect the refugee crisis?
Whatever the UK decided to do if it left the EU, the Channel would remain 350 miles long, and still practically impossible to police. In autumn last year Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old boy from Syria,...
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The Brexit crisis
The referendum debate has been long on polemic and short on facts. It is parliamentary sovereignty that opponents of the European Union revere. But on 23 June the people will be sovereign. It is a...
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Spirit voices: how do you make an ethical documentary?
Both Channel 4’s Interview with a Murderer and the BBC’s Koko: the Gorilla Who Talks to People exhibit disquieting storytelling methods. The Sunday newspapers were madly excited by the prospect of...
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Swipe right for like: can non-arthouse foreign films succeed in Britain?
A look at Polish romcom Planeta Singli, plus Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetary of Splendour. It’s rare for a foreign-language film to get distribution in Britain unless there is a...
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How much do benefits paid to EU migrants cost Britain?
George Eaton explores the myths around our migrant benefit bill. EU migrants could be forgiven for being confused. Half the time they are depicted as job-pinching Stakhanovites: the rest of the time...
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The day after Brexit: What happens if we vote to leave the EU?
From triggering Article 50 to unrest in the markets, Stephen Bush explores the immediate consequences of a vote to leave the EU. It is 10.01pm, 23 June. The polls have just closed. There is...
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Can the UK have a deal with the EU like Switzerland or Norway?
Stephen Bush explores the options for a European trade deal if Britain left the EU. What happens if we vote Out? That question is harder to answer than Whitehall would like. Vote Leave, the official...
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Cocodrilo tears: Mexico’s Radio Turquesa
On the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, everything is run from generators, the internet is heat-wavishly slow, and the radios mostly battery operated. To the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatán...
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My 1981 diary reminds me just how hard I worked for my A-levels: not very
I still have my diary from that summer and a quick glance at it reveals exactly how dedicated I was to my studies. It’s A-level time and across the land teenagers are locked in their rooms reciting...
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Clacton v Clapham: the schism that determines whether you vote for Leave or...
The contrast in attitudes in these two places is between those who have benefited from globalisation and free movement and those who believe they have not. It's rare to spot a eurosceptic around...
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Commons Confidential: A prize parliamentary pet
Plus: how an SNP MP ended up voting while wearing a wedding dress.Michael Gove, with the taste of victory on his lips, couldn’t be smugger. The word in both Tory camps is that, whether the Brexiters...
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How to call bullshit on EU referendum campaign claims
My modest proposal is to construct a set of your own Brexshit bingo cards. As soon as you hear someone saying “Let’s be clear about this … ”, you can be sure that being clear is the very last thing...
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A guide to the EU referendum: the facts
Everything you need to know to make sense of the EU vote.*/ A lot of hot air has been blowing in the EU referendum campaign – the latest polls and odds swinging this way and that, politicians making...
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If you want a genuine leftwing government, you need to vote Leave
The European Union is a barrier to a progressive government, says Graham Stringer. The European Union referendum is now only a few days way. On 23 June, Labour voters along with left-leaning people...
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Nigel Farage’s anti-EU poster depicting migrants resembles Nazi propaganda
Ukip’s lowest point in its campaign for Brexit. Nigel Farage unveiled Ukip’s anti-EU campaign poster. And it resembles Nazi propaganda. Here it is:Photo: Twitter/@tompeck And here are some stills of a...
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Labour MP Jo Cox shot dead in her West Yorkshire constituency
Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, has died following an attack outside a constituency surgery she was holding in a local library. Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, has died after being shot...
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“Jo died doing her public duty”: Jeremy Corbyn pays tribute to Jo Cox MP
The Labour leader praises the MP's "lifelong record of public service and a deep commitment to humanity". Following the death of Jo Cox MP, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has released this statement:...
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EU campaigning suspended following death of Jo Cox MP
Both Leave and Remain have suspended their campaigns, and the BBC has cancelled Question Time tonight. Following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox, both Leave and Remain have suspended their campaigning...
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Jo Cox MP, 1974-2016: The kind-hearted campaigner who lived on a houseboat
Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, has died following an attack in her constituency. In her short time in Parliament, she campaigned for Palestine and Syria. Under a glorious blue sky above the...
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Jo Cox might be the best foreign secretary Britain never had
The Labour MP and humanitarian I came to know was the type of person who would restore one's faith in politics. I can't call Jo a close friend but I came to know her quite well over the last year. We...
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