A fax democracy?
There was a rather odd article by professor Vernon Bogdanor, David Cameron’s former politics tutor at Oxford University, in The
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Let’s campaign and let campaign!
It must be easy to run an astroturf campaign. Because all your activists are actually your employees, they’ll do exactly
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The election of Juncker means we must vote Yes
It’s now certain that Jean-Claude Juncker will become President of the European Commission. The European Council (the heads of government
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Vote Yes to save the Danish welfare state
Denmark used to have a great welfare state, but it’s getting undermined at the moment. For instance, private hospitals are
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Today I produced my 10,000th tweet. Of course — as anybody who follows me on Twitter will know — a
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The impossibility of UK federalism
I had decided to stop talking about federalism, for the simple reason that it’s not on offer and is a
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The weakening of the Scottish institutions
It might come as something of a shock to people who know me, but for once I agree with Gordon
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