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Change UK IMPLODES after half its Remainer MPs quit in row over dire European election results and whether to merge with the Lib Dems

04/06/19 16:27

Leader Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston, Chuka Umunna, Gavin Shuker, Angela Smith and Luciana Berger have all walked out of the fledgling movement. The extraordinary implosion comes after a dire showing for the Remainer party - which was only founded three months ago by MPs defecting from Labour and the Tories - in European elections last month. Some of the politicians including Ms Allen have been pushing for a merger with the Lib Dems - but others were vehemently opposed. In a statement, the departing group said returning to sit in the Commons as independents would leave them 'best placed to work cross party'....read

03/06/19 10:43

The former foreign secretary was out kissing babies and chatting ahead of the Thursday by-election. The visit could burnish his campaigning credentials in the Tory leadership battle.

02/06/19 16:01

David Blunkett has called on trade unions in the UK as well as grassroots Labour movement Momentum to stop the party from 'imploding'.

31/05/19 18:32

Tony Blair's son eldest son posed for a selfie with the Liberal Democrats deputy leader today as he became the latest figure with links to New Labour to back the resurgent Remainer party.

31/05/19 17:25

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage raged that he knew for 'absolute fact' that the US president had been asked to avoid him.

31/05/19 15:18

US president Donald Trump paid a glowing tribute to the former foreign secretary as a 'big power' and a 'friend' at an impromptu press call in Washington yesterday.

31/05/19 12:19

The Unite general secretary urged Jeremy Corbyn to ignore 'Remain zealots' after 'pointless' European elections because the party would lose dozens of MPs in the north and Midlands.

30/05/19 18:52

US president Donald Trump heaped praise on the two politicians as 'big powers' - saying Mr Farage's Brexit Party had won a 'big victory' in the EU elections last week.

30/05/19 15:17

Gemma O'Doherty, 50, a former teacher was deemed racist by Twitter users after posting a picture of primary school children, writing: 'The changing face of county Longford in rural Ireland'.

30/05/19 14:11

Sources close to Cherie Blair made clear she did not support Labour in the polls last week - amid claims she too backed the Lib Dems.

30/05/19 07:15

The respected former Commons Speaker – once a Labour MP – branded the expulsion of Alistair Campbell the 'daftest and most insensitive' decision that the party leadership had made.

30/05/19 07:15

The lifelong pro-EU Tory says that there will be an arms race between those competing for leadership of the Conservatives in which candidates will compete to be the most like Nigel Farage.

30/05/19 02:07

He faced outrage after claiming it was not 'sensible' to step down during 'momentous events' of Brexit. A spokeswoman said the Washington trip was funded by his 'office budget'.

30/05/19 02:05

The former deputy prime minister, 86, outlined his support for Bill Newton Dunn in his constituency in Northamptonshire.

29/05/19 19:14

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson says there should be no sanction for members who backed another party last Thursday and said: 'We should be listening rather than punishing them'.

29/05/19 12:28

Emily Hewertson , 19, from Northampton, shared a video of herself getting ready for a big night out in a hotel room while watching the BBC's election results, racking up 21,000 likes.

29/05/19 07:09

One shadow Cabinet minister said a decisive move by Mr Corbyn (pictured in London) would 'give our membership confidence again that they can get back on the doorstep'.

28/05/19 23:24

Tony Blair's right-hand man at Westminster said he had cast his votes for the Liberal Democrats at the European elections last Thursday our of disgust for Labour's stance on Brexit.

28/05/19 23:20

Tony Blair's right-hand man at Westminster said he had cast his votes for the Liberal Democrats at the European elections last Thursday our of disgust for Labour's stance on Brexit.

28/05/19 19:43

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there is 'work to be done' to halt extremists' rise in Europe and that young people must be made aware of history.

28/05/19 16:24

The Shadow Home Secretary said a new vote on any Brexit deal must become Labour policy and she also urged the party to campaign to remain in the EU.

28/05/19 12:19

With a UK government party riven by civil war and a lame duck prime minister, Labour should have got much, much more than a 14 per cent share of votes nationally, says PETER OBORNE.

28/05/19 08:15

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: As the first results of the European elections began flooding in, I was reminded of one of the most famous headlines of the past half-century - 'Absolute chaos tonight: official'.

28/05/19 07:38

After romping home with the most seats in Italy, Matteo Salvini said his victory – along with that of Mr Farage in Britain and Marine Le Pen in France – showed Europe was changing.

28/05/19 07:10

Mr Corbyn (pictured outside his London home) signalled he could be ready to commit to a second Brexit vote after his colleagues said it was the only way to stop Labour haemorrhaging support.

27/05/19 23:21

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage raged that pro-EU politicians were just 'moaning about every single election which they lose'.

27/05/19 20:48

A host of MPs vying to replace Theresa May broke cover today to warn of a Conservative collapse as it finished fifth on 9 per cent behind the Greens after months of chaos and bitter infighting.

27/05/19 20:07

The 82-year-old pontiff (pictured today at the Vatican) declared that migrants were 'often considered the source of all society's ills' in a strongly-worded plea for tolerance.

27/05/19 17:45

David Cameron looked thrilled as Villa headed back to the Premier League, and clearly wasn't letting the nightmare election results sour his mood.

27/05/19 17:12

Despite success for Sebastian Kurz's conservative People's Party in Sunday's EU elections, he was ousted by a no-confidence vote on Monday at the parliament in Vienna.

27/05/19 15:23

Nigel Farage believes that the momentum from his party's European elections results gives their candidate Mike Greene (pictured together) the chance to enter the Commons

27/05/19 14:45

The Brexit Party would be sitting on a 200-plus seat majority if the votes broke down the same way in a general election, according to the Electoral Calculus website.

27/05/19 13:30

The European elections earthquake will deliver an extraordinary array of new British MEPs to Brussels including Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister Annunziata who quit the Tories after 32 years.

27/05/19 07:40

Kellie Heal, 35, was furious to hear that her 10-year-old daughter's Stoke-on-Trent school had been closed on election day, pulling children away from their education for the second time in a month.

27/05/19 03:33

STEPHEN GLOVER: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has attracted millions of traditional Tory voters exasperated by the Government's failure to honour the outcome of the June 2016 referendum.

25/05/19 02:21

AMANDA PLATELL: Don, 81, wasn’t wearing his uniform — the red beret and insignia of the elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army.

25/05/19 01:28

Irish and Czech voters are heading to the polls after Britain and Holland voted yesterday, with the Dutch Labour party heading for an unexpected victory (pictured, party supporters celebrate the exit poll).

25/05/19 00:14

RUTH DAVIDSON: This rare insight into the pain she was suffering belied the resilience, tenacity and sense of duty that she had exhibited each of every other day she’s served as British Prime Minister.

24/05/19 11:08

The Survation poll for the Daily Mail shows Mr Farage’s Brexit Party well ahead in the European elections on 31 per cent, trailed by Labour on 23, the Conservatives on 14 and the Lib Dems on 12.

24/05/19 01:18

Theresa May ventured out for the first time since a major Cabinet mutiny that saw Andrea Leadsom quit last night - and left the government's plans in tatters.

23/05/19 23:55

The opposition leader said the Prime Minister's crumbling administration 'can't last very long' as he met European election candidates. Mr Farage had earlier cast his vote with a snipe at Labour hopes.

23/05/19 22:36

British voters living elsewhere in the EU have not been sent voting forms. And EU citizens in the UK report being turned away from polling stations Both groups have taken to Twitter to complain.

23/05/19 22:34

In the hour-long video German YouTuber Rezo, 26, takes aim at Angela Merkel's CDU and its policies on climate change, the rich, and drug laws, prompting responses from CDU heavyweights.

23/05/19 22:32

Broadcasters in the UK are restricted on what they can put on air on election days to avoid their coverage swaying voters and affecting the result.

23/05/19 16:18

In little more than 24 hours the besieged leader is due to hold a showdown with backbench kingmaker Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, in which she is expected to announce her resignation.

23/05/19 09:25

STEPHEN GLOVER: Which party should sane people who plumped for Leave in 2016 support in today’s European elections? It is a question troubling millions of voters, me included.

23/05/19 01:44

Heidi Allen wanted Remain supporters to vote tactically for the Lib Dems outside of London and the South East, but was overruled.

22/05/19 23:46

Nigel Farage was campaigning in Kent when two men and a woman were spotted waiting for him at his next stop in Rochester.

22/05/19 17:16

Labour and the Brexit Party were also adamant that the UK should have cut ties with the EU by now. But because of the Article 50 extension, the government has been forced to proceed.

22/05/19 17:03

A second YouGov survey on the state of the party's ahead of EU Parliament elections shows the Brexit Party rising dramatically from 15 per cent to 27 per cent.

22/05/19 17:00

Ms Flint, who represents Don Valley, urged the Commons to 'take stock' after the expected mauling for her party and the Tories in tomorrow's European elections.

22/05/19 16:16

Lord Cooper, who was David Cameron's director of strategy, joined Michael Heseltine in backing Sir Vince Cable's revitalised outfit in protest at the Government's Brexit policy.

22/05/19 15:48

Mark Harbers resigned from the Dutch justice department on Tuesday after it was accused of trying to cover up asylum seeker criminality by listing murder and assault as simply 'other' in a report.

22/05/19 11:01

Guy Verhofstadt has said the rise of populism and the far-right could bring down the Union by 2024 if they cannot be replaced by a 'new vision of the EU'.

22/05/19 11:00

The EU Council President, who said there is a 'special place in hell' reserved for people who promoted Brexit without a plan, backed Jan Rostowski claiming he would make a 'great MEP for London'.

22/05/19 10:59

Nigel Farage told a crowd of about 3,000 at Kensington Olympia, west London, that both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn would face the axe after the European elections.

22/05/19 07:55

In a desperate last throw of the dice, yesterday Theresa May announced several measures which appear to run counter to the Brexit strategy she has developed over the past couple of years.

21/05/19 21:00

After her pitch today of a New Deal appeared to appease approximately no-one in Westminster politics it seems that the vote will herald the end of her Premiership and spark a furious period of politics

21/05/19 08:18

Sir Danny Alexander tweeted the photograph of himself alongside his ‘old friends’, the Tory ex-chancellor and former Lib Dem leader Sir Nick Clegg.

20/05/19 20:00

Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections.

20/05/19 17:10

The parents of quadriplegic man Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident in 2008, say the decision to end his life at a hospital in Reims, France is 'shameful'.

19/05/19 17:46

The UK's most senior police chief for hate crime Mark Hamilton (pictured), said the atmosphere is 'incredibly febrile' at the moment and politicians should be careful not to stoke tensions.

19/05/19 11:55

Theresa May will make a ‘bold offer’ to Labour MPs on staying close to Brussels trade laws indefinitely in a last-gasp attempt to get her Brexit deal over the line.

19/05/19 08:15

On Thursday, Britain votes in the European elections. If the opinion polls prove to be even remotely accurate, they will be won decisively by the Brexit Party, writes DAN HODGES.

18/05/19 16:16

The former Ukip leader was in Edinburgh yesterday to address supporters at an EU elections rally just 200 metres from the fast food chain.

17/05/19 21:04

Theresa May is facing the imminent end of her premiership after Tory MPs said she must set a schedule for her departure early next month.

17/05/19 19:27

The episode, filmed in the Scottish town of Elgin, featured a panel predominantly from the country including Tories, Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems plus a Brexiteer lawyer.

17/05/19 16:19

The former party leader has said Tories could boycott next month's EU elections and said it was 'impossible to justify' the idea of British politicians standing when the UK is supposed to be leaving.

17/05/19 16:14

The Conservatives are facing an exodus as up to 40 EU election candidates are believed to be defecting to the Brexit Party, with Farage saying others have pledged their vote in private.

17/05/19 16:12

Tommy Robinson, 36, was spotted treating himself to an ice cream while campaigning to become an MEP for the North-West in the upcoming European Parliament elections this month.

17/05/19 16:11

HENRY DEEDES: Corbyn had dragged himself to Kent University to launch his party’s EU elections. The location was outside Rochester, a pro-Leave constituency just beyond the M20.

17/05/19 16:08

More than half of the pages, which had a total of almost 2.5m followers, supported the far right anti-immigrant League Party or the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, activists claimed.

17/05/19 15:55

A senior backbencher suggested that he expected ministers to bring forward the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - required to ratify her deal in law - in the 'near future'. But some Tories fear it is a trap.

17/05/19 15:37

Nigel Farage's new party is slated to win 34% of the vote in European elections - compared to just 21% for Labour and 11% for the Conservatives.

16/05/19 20:29

The symbol of Nigel Farage 's movement is a forward-pointing arrow with the party's name written inside will win them more votes next week, an award-winning British designer has said.

15/05/19 15:06

A siren rang out in the Commons as Tory MP Antoinette Sandbach addressed Mrs May, pictured laughing with Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd and Sajid Javid after the alarm went off.

14/05/19 23:34

Crispin Blunt said that the Tories should make an 'accommodation' with the Brexit Party. He stopped short of suggesting a coalition but proposed a deal where the party runs in non-Tory seats.

14/05/19 17:01

In a since-deleted tweet Matt Kelly posted a picture from a Nigel Farage event also pocked fun at the age and ethnicity of those present. He later apologised saying: 'It was meant to be light-hearted.'

14/05/19 14:59

The House of Lords authorities have recommended that the perk be stripped away - sparking claims that they are trying to shut out anti-establishment politicians.

14/05/19 01:47

Nigel Farage was forced to distance himself from one of his senior party officials last night after it was claimed he had defended Tommy Robinson and suggested Islamophobia was ‘made up’.

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