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Jon Danzig

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Jon Danzig is an award winning medical journalist and formerly an investigative journalist at the BBC. He specialises in health, human rights and the European Union.

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Only public demand can drive rejoining the EU

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Millions now recognise that Brexit has failed. But recognising failure is not enough. While the Brexit dream has soured, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is gaining ground, capitalising on public frustration and dominating media space. Reform is filling the vacuum because those of us who believe Britain’s future lies back inside the EU are not working […]

Rule Maker to Rule Taker – what Brexit really changed

Jon Danzig |

Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, says Labour’s new Brexit reset means the UK is: “basically going back to being a rule taker from the EU.” But Britain is already a rule taker – and has been since Brexit took effect in January 2020. When we were 𝗶𝗻 the EU, we weren’t […]

A softer Brexit – but we still have Brexit

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Starmer’s new EU deal may be a “Brexit reset” – but Britain remains adrift, and the damage isn’t undone. We’re still outside the Single Market, with lost rights, new barriers, and no real plan to go back in. That said, the new agreement this week between the UK and EU is a welcome sign of […]

Starmer’s shifts on immigration

Jon Danzig |

When Keir Starmer ran for Labour leader in 2020, he promised to defend immigration and restore free movement with the EU.  He said: “We have to make the case for the benefits of migration, the benefits of free movement.”  Many pro-EU Labour members backed him because of that pledge. But after winning, Starmer quietly dropped it.

The EU was started to stop war

Jon Danzig |

8 May 2025 marked 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe – Victory in Europe Day, first celebrated on 8 May 1945. What has VE Day to do with the European Union? Everything.

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