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Europe referendum Articles

Britain prospers when it looks outwards

This is it. The decision the country makes tomorrow is irreversible – if we decide to leave the European Union. It took a prime ministerial intervention on the steps of Downing Street yesterday, to make this point forcefully – particularly in the terms David Cameron...

The last roll of the dice

As polling day approaches, political debate always seems to get more emotional, more tub-thumping, more heartfelt. For the cynic, it is the last desperate roll of the dice from politicians, a final flurry of crocodile tears to entice a public that badly wants to...

Round the kitchen table

I have been out campaigning on the European Union referendum campaign trail, holding stalls with fellow Labour activists and talking to people on all sides of the EU debate. ‘It’s all so negative’ people kept saying. I agreed. People get tired of negativity. They...

Tory Leavers have repudiated their own economic policy

George Osborne and Alistair Darling have stated that if the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union, there will need to be an emergency budget. Not surprisingly, their claim has been criticised by the Leave campaign, but the central point is surely correct...