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The Brexit referendum on June 23rd will be all about David Cameron
DAVID CAMERON returned home from Brussels last night to mixed reviews. The likes of Nigel Farage were always going to pan his “renegotiation” of Britain’s EU membership (and did...
Keep David Cameron’s renegotiation in perspective
DAVID CAMERON is in Brussels for the endgame of his great "renegotiation" of Britain's membership of the EU. For over three years this deadline has loomed over the prime...
An interview with Sadiq Khan
Labour’s candidate for London’s mayoralty discusses his plans for the capitalTHE two incumbents of London’s mayoralty, created in 2000, have both been colourful and independent-minded individuals. Ken Livingstone was...
The “emergency brake” is only symbolic, but it will probably work
IT TELLS you a lot about David Cameron’s dinner in London last night with Donald Tusk that the press could not subsequently decide whether it was a coup or...
An interview with Dominic Cummings
IN MY column this week I profile Dominic Cummings, a former government adviser who is now campaign director for Vote Leave, the largest of the groups vying to lead...
Blame the British public for the junior doctors’ strike
AT EIGHT this morning junior doctors in England began a 24-hour strike during which they are providing only emergency cover, equivalent to that provided on Christmas Day. Patients have...
The Labour Party is heading for a showdown on Trident
AS RESHUFFLES go, Jeremy Corbyn’s tweaks to his shadow cabinet were relatively few. They were, however, momentous. In a marathon of meetings spanning three days (tired and hungry lobby...
Everything you need to know about Labour’s rolling crisis
SOMETHING remarkable is happening in British politics. In September the Labour Party elected Jeremy Corbyn, one of its most far-left and rebellious MPs, to its leadership after a campaign...