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Robbie Gibb’s appointment shows how No 10 wants to politicise the BBC Some of the broadcaster’s staff are troubled by the appointment of an ideological Brexiteer to a supposedly neutral body. Boris Johnson’s government has appointed a known partisan to the BBC board, in an overt bid to politicise a governance body supposed to be free from political influence. Robbie Gibb, a former aide to two Tory politicians – he served as Theresa May’s director of communications in No 10, and a...

The Brexit campaign website Leave.eu has been suspended pending an investigation after trying to set up shop in Ireland in a bid to preserve its .eu domain name.  Faced with becoming site with a .uk web address - Leave.uk, in effect -  after the UK left the EU, attempts were made to register the website in Waterford. Leave.eu, founded by Brexiteer Arron Banks and supported by former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, attempted to move the registration from the UK to Ireland on New Yea...

‘Internexit’ for Leave.EU as domain name temporarily suspended Alex Hern © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Leave.EU has been forced to “Internexit” after the group’s EU domain name was temporarily suspended. It comes after the Irish businessman in whose name the pro-Brexit campaign group’s domain name is registered denied having any involvement with the organisation. Now visitors to the site are greeted with an error message, and the EU’s ...

| UPDATED: 19:22, Fri, Jan 15, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Neale Richmond, from the coalition Fine Gael, criticised Leav...

news Outrage: Row after pro-Brexit group moves its website back into EU Africanews 15/01/2021 © Jonathan Brady/PA via AP, file The Leave.eu campaign was co-founded by British businessman Arron Banks. A group that campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has claimed, without evidence, that its website has been shut down by the Irish government. The official webpage for the Leave.eu campaign was unavailable on Friday evening. The pro-Brexit group has faced criticism for ...

| UPDATED: 14:58, Mon, Jan 11, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Leave.eu, the pro-Brexit lobby group, has transferred its webs...

A gesture of Churchillian solidarity with all they hold dear Gareth Corfield Fri 8 Jan 2021 // 12:41 UTC Share Copy Faced with a stark choice between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the evil technocracy of the EUs Brussels dictatorship, plucky little campaign group Leave.EU was only ever going to make one choice. Thats right. It domiciled itself in the European Union. Ireland (the Republic of), no less. The Irish Timesspotted yesterday that L...

Pro-Brexit lobby group Leave.eu joins the EU The .eu suffix is reserved for European Union citizens and entities, which now excludes 80,000 British websites. In a bid to avoid losing its domain, the group changed its address to Ireland. Sites that use a .eu address need to be based in the European Union or run by an EU citizen A pro-Brexit lobby group transferred its website registration address to the European Union to avoid losing its .eu top-level domain, Irish media reported on Thursday. L...

Leave.EU leaves Britain after Brexit Alex Hern © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Leave.EU has left the UK, as Brexit forced the Eurosceptic campaign group to choose between its name and its country. According to domain name registration records, the organisation, founded by businessman and activist Arron Banks, picked the former. The website is now registered in the name of Sean Power, the chief executive of the Ireland-based professional servi...

"We had to get out of there or wed have been stuck" (Image: GETTY) Speaking to the Daily Telegraph Simon Wiget, director of Verbier’s tourist office, commented: “The British must not be stigmatised. “They arrived in Verbier anticipating fresh mountain air, but then suddenly they are stuck in a hotel room. “The reflex would be to leave if you are told this. “I think the vast majority of people would have believed they were acting responsibly and within the law.” Whilst restaurants ha...