Remain
Television, not social media, is fracturing our society
All it took for the Twitter mob to descend on me was a retweet from Michael Gove. Message after message…
The census is the latest Brexit battleground
The end of the Brexit wars have left some Remainers feeling redundant. A few are now turning their attention to a new…
Has Brexit already destroyed Labour’s chances?
Part of the soap opera appeal of politics comes from the idea that it is a competitive sport based on…
Will mindfulness turn me into a Remainer?
Mindfulness at our all-inclusive Turkish beach resort began at 11 o’clock. Our mindfulness teacher was a tiny, smiley, flexible-looking woman…
Are driverless cars really the future?
Philip Hammond’s last Budget focused on driverless cars as an example of the brave new technological world. But should we…
France is now the sick man of Europe
It is a long time since the term ‘sick man of Europe’ could be applied to Britain. France is now…
The first real gaffe of the EU referendum? It’s from Charles Moore
It was a famous American editor and columnist Michael Kinsley who once defined the political ‘gaffe’ as something that occurs…
If we vote Leave, will Juncker have us shot?
Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
How Leave can win (or at least lose with honour)
It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…
Don’t rule out Referendum Two: the Tory ‘Leave’ genie’s out of the bottle
As the Queen read out her government’s agenda on Wednesday morning, David Cameron could have been forgiven for thinking about…
Leave campaigners aren’t being disrespected. They’re being paranoid
There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…
This really isn’t how Robert Mugabe would run a referendum
It is not what Robert Mugabe would do. Calm down. These are ‘spiv Robert Mugabe antics’, said the Tory backbencher…
Trade comes before trade agreements (but the ‘in’ campaign don’t think so)
The government, or at least David Cameron’s bit of it, seems to think that trade is something that takes place…
Why does no one in the cabinet admit to being a Europhile?
One of the oddest features of the cabinet majority for staying in the EU is that almost no one in…
Why the next Tory leader is likely to be in the ‘Leave’ camp
Here is a thought for all those Tory MPs calculating their personal advantage in the forthcoming EU referendum: unless the…
