Like many, I’ve struggled to come to terms with the result of Thursday’s vote. So, here are some thoughts as I and many others try and make sense of the situation: 1. No one knows how to react, because almost no one saw this coming. Almost all the polls predicted a Remain win. All the…
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Three days to go: ‘Remainers’ must push a positive case for the EU
Never has so much been risked for so little. It’s a sentence which reflects how I and many others view Britain’s current EU referendum. The stakes are so high – but the level of informed debate has been so low. It’s a toxic cocktail. I’m not sure how it looks from outside the UK, but…
Brits denied a political choice in the TV election debates
The main broadcasters announced their plans for the televised General Election debates this week. And it was a scandal. The three separate debates will see Labour’s Ed Miliband and Conservative leader David Cameron go head to head in one debate, with the second being the same, but including the Lib Dems’ Nick Clegg, and the…