Jonathan Lis

Jonathan Lis is deputy director of the pro-EU think tank British Influence and a political writer and commentator.

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Boris Johnson has comfortably topped the first round of the Tory leadership contest

Boris Johnson is heading for Downing Street, but he’ll hate the experience as much as we will

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Theresa May cuts a lonely figure as she prepares to leave office

Don’t start pining for Theresa May: she was unspeakably dire and this disaster’s on her

*Comment & Analysis

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with Lisa Forbes, the new MP for Peterborough

Peterborough: a good night for Labour but everything is still a total mess

*Comment & Analysis

Flying the flag: People rarely pay attention to MEPs, but they have influential political roles

Just in case you’re interested, this is what the European parliament actually does

*Comment & Analysis

Sober up: Dark night of the soul coming for the Tory party

Time for the Tories to sober up

*Comment & Analysis

Frown into a smile: The stakes of the Brexit game are changing fast

Cheer up: The worst Brexit dangers are fading away

*Comment & Analysis

Endless lies: Keeping track of Brexit falsehoods can become impossible

The endless Brexit lies have left us in an Orwellian nightmare

From divorce bills, to an ‘implementation phase’, to non-existent trade deals, to extending Article 50: The Brexit lies now are not forgotten as soon as they’re uttered.

*Comment & Analysis

Tusk's comments caused a storm of British protest

Overreaction to Tusk’s comments shows how thin-skinned nationalists are

After years of attacking the EU in lurid terms, Brexiters apparently can’t handle it coming back, as the furore over Donald Tusk’s comments showed.

*Comment & Analysis

2018 highs and lows: Theresa May’s ‘no-Brexit’ miscalculation

*Comment & Analysis

Jump for freedom or road to nowhere? Neither Leavers or Remainers like defending the EU's fisheries policy

Brexit and fishing: Why we’re all wrong

*Comment & Analysis

Free movement is one of the great pro-immigration accomplishments of the post-war period

Sorry, Lexiters – there is no such thing as a pro-immigration Brexit

*Comment & Analysis

"With no agreement in place, UK and EU licensed airlines would lose the automatic right to operate air services between the UK and the EU.” | Copyright: iStock / Bogdan Khmelnytskyi

Now even the government admits it: no-deal would ground our aircraft

*Comment & Analysis

Dominic Raab stands alongside Michel Barnier in Brussels yesterday. The government is releasing no-deal preparedness reports this week. Copyright: PA

No moral high ground: British treatment of EU citizens is a stain on our national reputation

*Comment & Analysis

Sinking feeling: Political rhetoric around Brexit often tries to play down the seriousness of no-deal

No-deal is not just insanity, it’s sadism

*Comment & Analysis

Barnier has finally killed Chequers – and with it, the UK government

*Comment & Analysis

"Soft Brexit alienates people and no-deal terrifies them" | Copyright: iStock

Soft Brexit alienates people and no-deal terrifies them: a people’s vote is getting likelier by the week

*Comment & Analysis

Transport secretary Chris Grayling suggested on the BBC's Question Time last week that no lorries would be checked after Brexit

Grayling’s fantasy Brexit plan would make trade deals impossible

*Comment & Analysis

Countdown: The UK has until the end of March to trigger Article 127

Article 127: The key Brexit decision with a one-month deadline

*Blog

"May and her colleagues cannot accept that Britain is about to fail"

Lancaster House one year on: May has all her delusion and none of her power

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