““Our national interest lies in staying in the European Union” says Ed Miliband. Nick Clegg does the same, stating “Liberal Democrats, it falls for us to stand up for the national interest, we will be the party of ‘In’.” Even
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Category: Brexit
Britain, perhaps it’s time to hold a referendum and to leave the EU
I’m going to start this blog entry with the assertion of my basic views, for these remain unchanged. For it is the circumstances that have altered, as I will explain. Now, as before, I am strongly of the view that
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LabourList | Tomorrow’s EU vote is a very postmodern political pickle
“Tomorrow’s debate and vote on an EU referendum in the House of Commons is a problem largely of David Cameron’s own making. It was he who, in November 2009, made a u-turn on his cast iron guarantee that the Tories
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“It’s far from clear how Labour should deal with the growing argument about a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union Today MPs on the Backbench Business Committee have agreed to debate and, crucially, to vote on whether the
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Public Service Europe | Calls for EU referendum in UK ‘a distraction’
Calls for EU referendum in UK ‘a distraction’ – Public Service Europe.
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What would leaving the EU actually mean in practice?
In 2005 I went to France to campaign in the referendum on the European Constitution, making the case for oui. One thing about that campaign has been with me ever since: it was clear what oui would mean (France would
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Why an in-or-out of the EU referendum is not the solution some in Labour think it is
What should Labour’s EU policy be in opposition? What can at the same time be positive about the future, realistic, deliverable, and also decisively different from the coalition’s approach to the EU? Vital questions. The starting point seems to be a few
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