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David Cameron quits Downing Street with a ruined legacy
“THE British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected.” With these words David Cameron acknowledged an outcome that he doubted would materialise:...
Beware the “Brintroverts”
Have polls putting Leave ahead overlooked shy, indecisive and hard-to-reach voters?
The price of caring
SOME reports have it that Thomas Mair, the 52-year-old man arrested for yesterday’s fatal attack on Jo Cox, a Labour MP, was waiting for her outside the Yorkshire library...
Leave is gaining ground. But do not rule out Remain just yet
THE EU referendum race is getting too close for comfort. In The Economist’s poll-of-polls, Leave is ahead by two points. A survey published by ORB on Friday gave it...
Young voters! Your country needs you
AT THE end of today, Tuesday June 7th, many of those eligible to vote in Britain’s EU referendum will lose the chance to do so. As a consequence, they...
The Remain campaign must outlive the referendum
“I DON’T want to stab the prime minister in the back—I want to stab him in the front so I can see the expression on his face. You'd have...
The Leave campaign’s dog-whistle strategy will only succeed if Remain voters fail to turn out
IF BREXITEERS were going to win the economic arguments in Britain’s EU debate, they would have done so by now. Hence the signs in the past days that they...
Why Zac Goldsmith’s “extremism” attacks on Sadiq Khan were wrong
AS THE dust settles on Sadiq Khan’s victory in London’s mayoral election, attentions are turning to Zac Goldsmith’s campaign and his aggressive focus on his rival’s past encounters with...