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Brexit from the inside: ministers and officials reflect on the path to exit UK in a Changing Europe’s newly launched witness archive opens a window into how Brexit happened, revealing the internal rows and shaken institutions in Whitehall. Jill Rutter shares the details A projection on No.10 Downing Street counts down to the UK exit from the European Union PA-50001339 01 Feb 2021 It’s a year – to the day – since the UK formally ceased to be a member of the European Union. It’s a month since the transition ended. Brexit is, in the words of the prime minister’s election slogan, done...

Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in This Sceptred Isle, a new UK series about COVID-19 from director Michael Winterbottom.

Kenneth Branagh to star in drama about Boris Johnson’s handling of pandemic Kenneth Branagh (Lauren Hurley/PA) Sat, 23 Jan, 2021 - 21:09 Laura Harding, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in a TV drama about the British Prime Minister’s handling of the coronavirus. This Sceptred Isle, which was first announced last year and has now been commissioned by Sky, will be directed by Michael Winterbottom, who will also co-write, while Tim Shipman, the political editor of The Sunday Times, will act as a consultant. Starting with his appointment as Prime Ministe...

Get latest politics odds as Nicola Sturgeon reveals the SNP's referendum roadmap and Boris Johnson talks to new US president Joe Biden

(Twitter screenshots) Joe Biden has wasted no time in making the Oval Office his own. He’s chosen different furniture from the White House collection, switched out the busts of famous people – including Winston Churchill – and replaced the oval rug. But Biden has made an interesting choice of reportedly removing something from the office that President Trump found essential. The change was first spotted by a reporter at  The UK Sunday Times Radio, who noticed that the red button previously gracing the same Resolute Desk used by President Trump is now … missing. There was a sense ...