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There are almost no scenarios under which the UK could be completely independent from Brussels. No wonder the out campaigns are so vague on the details.
The Prime Minister will allow ministers to vote as they please in the EU referendum. But did he really have any other option?
The prime minister will have no choice but to pour all his heart and soul into the EU referendum.
Until this week’s tax credits debacle, the Conservatives have performed exquisitely the role of the reasonable and pragmatic English party that swears by its faith in “whatever works”. So far, under the…
The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union was officially launched on October 12. But the grand unveiling in London was entirely lacking in fizz. The idea that Britain will be stronger if it remains…
After being called the “most dangerous man in British politics”, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn decided to use his first party conference in Brighton to show he is as normal and British as a cup of milky…
The new Labour leader’s arrival coincides with a new phase in European politics – the rise of the left.
With visits to Madrid and Lisbon, the British prime minister, David Cameron, hopes to start the “delivery” stage of his strategy to renegotiate the UK’s new terms of membership to the European Union on…
Labour Party HQ is on red alert. The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader is seen as a real and dangerous prospect by the majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Countless party grandees have…
In threatening to derail a vote on fox hunting in England, the SNP has undermined its credibility as a voice for Scotland.