Perfect Storm: Brexit, Pandemic and the Irish border

Richard Lutz witnesses the unravelling of a right royal British mess. 

There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen

Richard Lutz joins a food queue and ponders the mistletoe.

Irish stew: Biden, Brexit, Boris and borders

Richard Lutz watches storm clouds gather over the Emerald Isle.

Anger over Birmingham Airport lorry park proposals

Have your say on Brexit lorry park plan, say Lib Dems.

Campaigners to protest at HS2 woodland destruction

Claims that work has already begun affecting wildlife haunts.

“Normal politics are on hold” – Sir Vince Cable

Former cabinet minister gives keynote speech at Birmingham conference.

Post-Brexit conference to warn of “economic chaos”

Government’s threat to break international law has “eroded trust and risks poisoning relations.”

The Big Con: Neck-deep in chicanery

Richard Lutz on seven days of shambolic politics.

Brexit: “An exercise in British self harm”

Richard Lutz reads a new book on the dramatic effects of leaving the EU. 

Irish stew

Richard Lutz scurries over and round the Irish border.

Life in the time of Corona: Of farming and those facemasks

Richard Lutz, in isolation, watches the world go by. 

Letter from Scotland

Tony Fitzpatrick reports from north of the border on Brexit and a sense of loss.

Sir Howard asks: Quo vadimus, baby?

Sir Howard Elston, our sanitaryware editor, demands answers about the burning questions of the day.

“Carmageddon” fear for industry claims university report

New report reveals thousands of transport manufacturing jobs at risk from a hard Brexit.

Voting and the long poisonous shadow of the referendum

Richard Lutz braces himself for an election that will stop the country cold in its winter tracks.

Bonkers brexit bonanza ballot

Richard Lutz checks into Hotel Ballotbox.

Birmingham hosts EU Settlement events

Support offered for EU nationals living in the UK.

Brexit fears for West Midlands music industry unveiled

Report suggests post-Brexit drop in music tourism could significantly harm the regional economy.

Right royal messes and other stories

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Cameron is where the blame lies

Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole

Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.

Double trouble in the land of Bojo and Trump

Richard Lutz feverishly peers into his crystal ball as the political world swirls around him.

City MP to speak at Public Vote event

Jess Phillips MP calls for Labour to take a clearer line on Brexit.

Labour campaigners call for Birmingham MP’s support

Pressure put on rebellious Labour MP ahead of crucial Commons votes.

The Brexit baloney

Andy Munro poses a topical question or six to his MP.

Brexit wreckage: The merry go round that’s gone mad

Richard Lutz scrapes through the shattered remains of Brexit-land to find any signs of anything …except madness.

Letter from Brexitland: In the terrain of the unbridgeable

Richard Lutz listens to the clock tick away until Britain leaves the EU.