The arguments for and against Brexit are presented with an insulting show of certainty
Europe has no Madisons to make the case for federalism, while the Leavers patronise us by pretending that leaving is without risk.
Europe has no Madisons to make the case for federalism, while the Leavers patronise us by pretending that leaving is without risk.
Have no doubt about it: we’re leaving. But if we want to put the country back together, we must now keep some perspective.
How two factions of self-proclaimed professional influencers are painting themselves into ever-tighter corners.
As Cameron once reached new voters by focusing on the environment, so the leader after May should take up the fight for gender equality.
It’s real aim is to create the circumstances in which Brexit can be halted – without the all-but-impossible holding of a pre-March 29 plebiscite.
Much of the establishment now accepts that Islamist ideology must be named and challenged. But this view doesn’t seem to be held by the new DPP.
Say what you like about him (and many do), the recently-resigned Foreign Secretary is one of the very few Tories with voter cut-through.
And, late in the day, the Prime Minister bows to our advice, and rushes on to Marr, today, to make the case for her new proposals.
Andrew Adonis’ new study of Prime Ministers since Churchill shows how difficult it is to reach an acceptable, and practical, European policy.
He has been characteristically brash – and offensive. But that’s beside the main point. Which is that he looks strong and the Prime Minister looks weak.
His attack on the Brexiteers as Romantics runs the risk of dismissing the EU referendum as a fraud.
David Cameron’s intervention in 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis, shows how a humane but firm approach to migration can work.
The consequences of not doing so would be catastrophic both for our nation and the party that I hope one day to be able to vote for again.
Five task forces cover energising our economy, transforming our public services, building a fairer society, sustaining our democracy and shaping a Global Britain.
What is wrong with our version of the systen is not that capitalists are ignoring the rules, it’s that the rules they are following are misspecified.