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Muppet! Traitor! Spineless! Insults fly as MPs kick the Brexit can. Again
Analysis
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Muppet! Traitor! Spineless! Insults fly as MPs kick the Brexit can. Again

The week that was supposed to sort out Brexit ended up doing nothing of the sort. But at least Westminster's MPs knew who to blame: everyone else.

  • by Nick Miller

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Front page in Polish paper: 'How to spot a Jew'
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Front page in Polish paper: 'How to spot a Jew'

The list of supposedly Jewish traits was accompanied on the front page by a headline reading "Attack on Poland at a conference in Paris".

  • by Emily Tamkin
UK Parliament votes to ask EU to delay Brexit by months
Brexit chaos

UK Parliament votes to ask EU to delay Brexit by months

UK Parliament votes to ask EU to delay Brexit but rejects new referendum; Britain's March 29 departure now unlikely.

  • by Nick Miller
Former UK soldier to face murder charges over Bloody Sunday killings
UK

Former UK soldier to face murder charges over Bloody Sunday killings

Thirteen civil rights demonstrators were shot dead on January 30, 1972, on one of the most notorious days of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

  • by David Young
Brexit crunch week: here's what's happening and why
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Brexit crunch week: here's what's happening and why

A series of crucial votes in the UK Parliament is determining how Brexit plays out. Here's your guide on what, when and why.

  • by Nick Miller
Tories tackle 'period poverty' with free tampons for high school girls
Gender

Tories tackle 'period poverty' with free tampons for high school girls

The policy sparked a rare outbreak of unity across the Commons which is otherwise ravaged by divisions over Brexit.

  • by Latika Bourke
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The farce and the furious: how May's government shot itself in the foot
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The farce and the furious: how May's government shot itself in the foot

Was it a pig's ear, a dog's dinner or a cat's arse? Today was one of the May government's worst political screw-ups, and that's really saying something.

  • by Nick Miller
UK rejects no-deal Brexit, but with an unexpected twist
Brexit chaos

UK rejects no-deal Brexit, but with an unexpected twist

MPs were in furious agreement all day that a no-deal Brexit would be a disaster. Somehow, the government ended up voting for it.

  • by Nick Miller
Climbers killed by avalanche at popular Scottish tourist destination
Tragedy

Climbers killed by avalanche at popular Scottish tourist destination

Three people have died and one person was injured after an avalanche hit Britain's highest mountain

  • by Juliane Rodust
Brexit, meerkats and the never-ending, meaningless story
Opinion
Brexit

Brexit, meerkats and the never-ending, meaningless story

The headlines on the Britain's hapless attempt to leave the European Union are ceaseless, but they add nothing to our understanding of this folly.

  • by Sean Kelly
'The Bollocks Parliament': why Theresa May can't get a Brexit deal
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'The Bollocks Parliament': why Theresa May can't get a Brexit deal

'Bollocks', Theresa May's attorney-general tweeted, just before he chose honesty over politics and wrecked her Brexit plan with his legal advice.

  • by Nick Miller