Fast forward to 2017, and somehow David Cameron is still Prime Minister, and the UK (or rUK?) is facing its referendum on remaining in the EU. The polls show a clear lead for keeping the UK in the EU (the
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Tag: Referendum
Why I’m in favour of an independent Scotland
At the end of the televised Salmond-Darling debate I tweeted the following: https://x.com/jonworth/status/496758648266579968 With 77 retweets so far, it seems to have struck a chord with some people. It also is an aspect of the independence debate that was only mentioned
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Sorry British Bankers’ Association – British influence in the EU has already fallen off a cliff, and it’s not to do with staff
Gergely Polner (@eurocrat on Twitter) normally knows his stuff about the EU. Sometime spokesperson for the Hungarian Presidency of the EU (still the best social media outreach by Presidency), then head of public affairs for the European Parliament in the UK,
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The UK-EU argument is a proxy for the vital debate about the UK’s economic, geopolitical and democratic future
There are two common, and incorrect, justifications for not acting in politics. The first is that now is not the right time, because at the moment everything else is more important. That is the justification most often used by opponents
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Dear Roger Liddle, dear Peter Mandelson: think of organisation before you open your mouths about an EU referendum
Politicians do not know when to let go. Their best days might be behind them, their opportunities for future office slim. But like boxers who think that their next bout might result in a favourable result, they do not give
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Finally something to smile about prior to the AV referendum (vote #Yes2AV!)
First up we have Is your Cat confused about the referendum on the voting system on the 5th May? With cat versus dog simplicity, some nifty graphics, and why AV keeps out the nasty dogs. It’s even good at explaining
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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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