I’ve come to the point where one of the chief reasons I want us to vote Remain on Thursday is so we don’t have to talk about the European Union again for another year at least. As a Europhile, it pains me to say this, but after the last few months it is how I […]
Archives for June 2016
The worst thing about Brexit is that the people who vote for it will be most adversely affected if it happens
Several areas in London are odds on to be the place that votes to Remain in the EU in the largest numbers. Clacton-on-Sea is odds on to be the place which votes most heavily for Leave. Two things are interesting about this. One, the places in London voting for Remain are the areas most directly affected […]
What will suspended campaigning mean for the EU referendum result?
Both EU referendum campaigns have been suspended since Thursday afternoon and look to be halted until Monday. Given the proximity to polling day, we’re in uncharted waters here. Given what happened on Thursday, there was no choice. The tone of the campaign had become unbearably hateful, and in light of an MP being murdered in […]
The bleak view of post-Brexit Britain I put forth is starting to look too positive
On Tuesday of this week, I posted a vision of what life would be like if we voted to Leave next week. It was a terrifying look into a UK taken over by the right of the Conservative Party. But having discussed it with others since, I think I may have actually been a little […]
This could be Cameron’s last ditch move to keep us in Europe
This week, upon advice from strategists and pollsters, David Cameron is taking a step back from the Stronger In campaign. This is not how DC saw things going down a few months ago – by this stage, Remain were going to be 20 points up in the polls, all down to his magnetic popularity. Instead, […]
What Brexit is really going to look like now
The Germans are saying no access to the single market if the UK votes for Brexit, and Cameron has said he’ll take a Brexit vote as a signal to pull us out of the single market as well. Although both sides could backtrack on this, it would be difficult after all this has been said. […]
An interesting poll on who Britons associate with Leave and Remain
Over the weekend, I happened upon a YouGov poll that was conducted and released at the end of May on the EU referendum question. This one wasn’t your run of the mill polling on the subject – instead, people were asked to rank 30 different well known fictional characters from most likely to vote Remain […]
England v Russia – a review of the match and everything around it
I have to confess something off the top: it’s been some time since I watched an England football match. It’s partly that as I get older, I like cricket more and football less. Another part of it is that something broke in me when I watched that mind crushingly awful England v Algeria 0-0 draw in the 2010 […]
My fear is that post-EU referendum, politics could be thrown into chaos – whatever the result
David Cameron had hoped that an EU referendum would result in a thumping win for Remain, close the Europe question down for a generation and thus bring unity to his party. All three of those goals now look out of reach. The polls are staying doggedly close into the final stretch, already Brexiteers are setting up for a […]
Owen Jones is correct: the right of Labour must let go of Tony Blair
As you know, I don’t agree with Owen Jones all that much. However, he wrote a piece the other day that was spot on entitled, “If Blairites want a future they must divorce themselves from Blair“. In the piece, Owen describes beautifully how a need to link themselves with Blair continually undermines the right of […]