Denis MacShane MP Articles

As Olympic gold fever dies down, normal political life will be resumed. One of the big debates in the next period will be whether Britain should adopt the prejudices of the Daily Mail, Sun and Daily Telegraph and move to the exit door of the EU. David Cameron's...

Soon this glorious summer of medals will turn into a winter of three discontents – no growth except in poverty, cuts in public services that will bite, and poisonous politics as Tories and Lib Dems bicker while Boris plans Dave's ousting. There is Team GB everywhere...

Ed Miliband's visit to Paris is a remarkable coup after just two years as leader. Neil Kinnock was humiliated by Ronald Reagan's White House in a poorly organised effort to up his international profile. John Smith astonished European socialist leaders when he abruptly...

Margaret Thatcher once called referendums ‘a device of dictators and demagogues.’ She was quoting Clement Attlee as his mid-century generation had seen or remembered how Hitler and Napoleon III used plebiscites to get popular endorsement for their decisions. None of...