On Monday, MPs will decide whether to give us a referendum on leaving the EU...
On Monday, in response to a popular petition, the House of Commons will divide on the following motion: This House calls upon the Government to introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament to...
View ArticleTen times as many people are demonstrating in Westminster for an EU...
It's not clear exactly how many people are encamped next to St Paul's Cathedral. Most estimates put the number at between 200 and 400, depending on precisely what time of day you do the headcount. What...
View ArticleGreece announces a euro referendum – hark what discord follows
I wish I could convey the sheer writhing horror that George Papanderou's referendum proposal has provoked in Brussels. Eurocrats instinctively dislike referendums. They feel that their work is too...
View ArticleScots should be allowed to choose full autonomy or outright separation
What exactly is the problem with Scotland becoming self-govering within the United Kingdom? 'Devo max' has long been my preferred outcome but that, in a sense, is beside the point. According to every...
View ArticleThe veto has been dropped; the only option now is an In/Out referendum
So now we know: no repatriation, no renegotiation, business as usual. December's 'veto' turns out to be nothing of the kind; at best, it is a partial opt-out. Britain had asked for concessions in...
View ArticleAn EU referendum is inevitable; its outcome is not
A referendum on EU membership is starting to feel unavoidable. Boris Johnson's support for the People's Pledge is just the latest token of a changed atmosphere. When the question was last put before...
View ArticleHow to declare an EU referendum, keep almost everyone happy and win the...
'Inside Number 10,' says James Forsyth, 'it is becoming a question of when to announce a referendum, not whether to call one.' It's certainly starting to look that way. The Times reports that 82 per...
View ArticleEU referendum: who will benefit from first-mover advantage?
Matters are a bit clearer following the Prime Minister's statement to the House of Commons. Some things were stated plainly, others could be inferred from the body language. Here, for what it's worth,...
View ArticleManchester votes overwhelmingly for an In/Out referendum
What more evidence do the party leaders need that a referendum on EU membership is an election-winner? Two adjoining seats in Greater Manchester have just become the second and third to hold...
View ArticleDavid Cameron has given the most Eurosceptic speech ever by a British prime...
What an extraordinary moment. As recently as two years ago, the PM was saying that he saw no need for a referendum because he didn't want to leave the EU. Now he says that Britain needs a different...
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