Does it matter that Cameron has failed to get much of the press to back his EU reform?
In the 1975 referendum, the press campaigned for, and got, a yes vote. What will its influence be this time?
In the 1975 referendum, the press campaigned for, and got, a yes vote. What will its influence be this time?
Yes, Boris’s antics will have been infuriating. But Cameron should have saved his spleen.
The deal has left our Party member readers unimpressed.
We got a bumper response: over 2500 in all, over 900 of these from declared Party members.
Boris has taken a gamble. So have the six Ministers who came for Brexit on Saturday. But of all of that group, Patel has the most to lose.
Also: were they a success?
It’s a big moment.
If he declares for Brexit, the Party will take a big step towards returning to the chaos of the 1990s.
It is not a “renegotiation” at all, since there is no treaty reform – a point President Hollande was quick to make yesterday.
We will be reporting developments and offering analysis for as long as it takes.
There’s a case for remaining in the EU. And a case for leaving. But there is no case for staying based on this shrunken and slippery negotiation.
He said Britain should leave the EU if Britain’s relationship with it did not change. And since Cameron’s negotiation hasn’t changed that relationship, he is being true to his word.
It is flammable timing given the crossover with the EU referendum.
I suspect that he has come to believe that, even with a leadership election round the corner, the Conservatives cannot become the party he wants them to be.
Above all, watch for the truth to be, er, glossed.