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Brexit was delayed for a second time in the early hours of Thursday morning when, after late-night talks in Brussels, EU leaders agreed to grant Britain a six-month extension to Article 50. The new deadline – October 31 – effectively takes the prospect of leaving the bloc without a deal off the table, as MPs are still deadlocked over a way forward. Yesterday, Theresa May made clear she intended to bring back her Brexit deal to the House of Commons for a fourth time, after agreeing with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to continue further talks in an attempt to break the impasse.

However, during exchanges in the House of Commons, Mr Corbyn warned Mrs May she had to prepared to compromise if the talks were to stand a chance of success. If a deal is not ratified by MPs in time, Britain will have to participate in the European Parliament elections on May 23. As uncertainty and frustration continues to grip the nation, newly-resurfaced reports could paint the European Union in a “Orwellian” and frightening light. In 2012, Daily Express reports suggested that EU pamphlets were being handed out to teachers to "brainwash" pupils at a young age.

THE EU was accused of using British money to "brainwash" children all over the country

Theresa May made clear she intended to bring back her Brexit deal to the House of Commons

It came after a video appeared on the European Commission official website, showing Judith Schlling, the Commission’s publication manager, handing out EU-focused leaflets at the Education Show in Birmingham. Ms Schilling said in the video: “We are here to offer to the teachers the resources produced by the European Commission’s office in London but also the ones we are being given by the Directorates-General in Brussels and Luxembourg. "Everybody has now picked up on the idea that we will never succeed to convince people about the value of being a member of the European Union if we do not start early enough with the young people before they form prejudices and are misinformed by other sources.” Some of the materials reportedly included free literature for teachers, such as the “Passport to the EU”, containing “fun” information about states, and a “mini language guide” with samples of the EU’s 23 official languages. For “slightly older readers”, Ms Schilling said there was “The EU: What’s in it for me?”, which explained “how we benefit from membership of the EU in our daily life, everything between lower roaming charges and cleaner bathing water".

Former Ukip leader Paul Nuttall heavily condemned Ms Schilling's words and action

Former Ukip leader and MEP for North West England Paul Nuttall heavily condemned Ms Schilling's words and actions. Speaking at the time when he was Deputy, he told the Daily Express: “It is what we always suspected but could never prove. “Now we can. “They [the EU] are effectively using our cash to brainwash our children. And it has to stop.’’ Ukip leader Nigel Farage also commented on the video, saying: “It is vital that such an important issue, which is essentially the deliberate political indoctrination of our children, be dealt with in as open and as transparent a way as possible.”

Thee Commission’s publication manager handed out EU-focused leaflets at an education fair

Nigel Farage called for transparency and openness