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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...
Sadiq Khan will be London’s new mayor
THE official declaration has not yet taken place, but already it is arithmetically certain that Sadiq Khan has won London’s election and will be the capital’s new mayor. With...
Low expectations cloud Labour’s abysmal local-elections performance
YESTERDAY Theo Bertram, an adviser in Downing Street under New Labour, blogged on the art of spinning local-election results. He pointed to the party’s grim showing in 2007, when...
Leicester City’s success suggests globalisation is strengthening, not killing, English football
A guest-post from one of my predecessors as Bagehot:WHEN, two years ago, the bones of Richard III, a crippled Medieval monarch, were dug up from a car park in...