Theresa May yesterday emerged from a trench, her leadership rivals splattered all over the battlefield: a free walk to leadership…
A Brexiteer must deliver Brexit
And then there were two. Conservative MPs have put forward Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom as their chosen candidates to…
The Great Single Market Trade-Off
There’s a Westminster whisper doing the rounds. It’s been around for some time but it’s getting louder. It goes something…
Fear not, our future is bright outside the EU
Weeks like this do not come along often in a lifetime. On Thursday 23rd June 2016, UK voters stunned the…
The EU ‘Devil We Know’ Is a Disaster for Democracy
It’s a common doorstep retort. “The European Union is bloody awful,” she says. “But life outside it will be much,…
The ‘Sugar Tax’: A Sweet Defeat
George Osborne’s 2016 Budget is unlikely to go down as one of his finest. Deficit reduction target misses were confirmed…
Brexit: A Norway Bargain
You’ll hear it often during the course of the next few months: “They simply can’t tell the British people what…
Countering the Brexit Myths
Over the coming months we are going to be inundated with claims from either side of the debate on the…
Undemocratic and Humiliating: The Latest Greek Bailout Deal
The Greek people could not have been much clearer in their rejection of austerity: a national referendum delivered a decisive…
Time to Return to the Drachma
The referendum question put to the Greek people on Sunday 5th July 2015 was patently absurd. Not only was its…