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euroscepticism Articles

Labour’s Brexit brigade should not rewrite history

One of the most famous ‘Eurosceptic’ speeches in the last century was delivered by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell at Labour’s annual conference in October 1962, where he declared that joining the then ‘European Community’ would ‘mean the end of Britain as an independent...
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Cameron should draw a line under the renegotiation as soon as possible

This Thursday David Cameron arrives in Brussels for one of the defining meetings of his premiership. The European council is set for a full discussion of his demands for a renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the European Union. His reputation in history...
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A real laugh

As mayor of London Boris Johnson has been more Silvio Berlusconi than Julius Caesar, writes Sally Gimson The gods are against Boris Johnson. First, David Cameron led the Tories to an outright victory in the election in May. Then George Osborne made a grab for the...
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Parties at war

‘Now it’s open war’, screamed the Daily Mail headline on 18 June 2015. Not, this time, a comment on the Labour leadership race that was then getting into full swing, but the contest to come on the Treasury benches. The future race to be leader of the Conservative...
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Far from silly

Far from silly

Aug 28, 2014 |

This August has been the serious season. Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, Isis, Syria have all reminded us of the perils of an...

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