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David Cameron claims widespread public support for his ‘repatriation’ pledge. Polls suggest that, when people are asked the question, they agree that powers should be repatriated from Brussels. I don't think these are quite the same thing, but in any case there is no...

This week’s news that the House of Lords has rejected the Tories' plans to redraw constituency boundaries for electoral advantage is great news for British democracy. The next challenge is to tackle the low levels of voter registration. Democracy is deep in the DNA of...

In his great speech to last year’s Democratic convention, Bill Clinton argued that ‘basic arithmetic’ is the only way to defeat the Tea party dogma that lower taxes are the answer to America’s every problem. ‘Basic arithmetic’ is my big argument for Britain in Europe...

The End of Politics begins as a fierce polemic against the steady growth of western states and their indebtedness. Its main contention, that the traditional philosophies of left and right (but mainly left) are moribund in the face of the current crisis, is argued...