“Brexit can be stopped” says Keir Starmer. But only if you are happy to jettison democracy

It has been an interesting few days for the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn, the party leader, has made a couple of pronouncements. First, there was

What are we afraid of? Thoughts on the Second Referendum march in London

In the wake of that march in London for a second referendum, lots of people have said lots of things. I’ve heard lots of poor

Any democracy can change its mind, but are extra referenda more democratic?

It will not have escaped your notice that many are continuing to call for a second EU referendum. For a long time, that suggestion was

No, Tim Farron, the British public do not need a second referendum

Theresa May has today announced the triggering of Article 50, the beginning of the two-year negotiation period for leaving the European Union. You can read

Tony Blair is against populism because, in reality, he is against democracy

The one good thing about Tony Blair’s intervention on any issue on which I disagree with him is that his intervention is usually detrimental to

The morning after the brexit before: some conclusions to draw

The results are now in. Two nations within the UK voted to leave the EU while two voted to stay. Every region in England outside

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