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You find rabbits in warrens, not in hats
Exciting package from Brussels Despite the best protestations of senior ministers, there is a definite sense that the British government is working very hard to get a deal signed off at next month’s...
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Red herrings on buttered bread: the dinner of winners?
Not red at all, but blue And so we come to the crunch. A text for the UK’s renegotiation finally exists and in just a couple of weeks we might have an agreement and a timetable for a referendum. And...
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Final mile or country mile? Getting ready for the European Council
A continent awaits Just a brief post this morning, since we stand on the verge of the European Council that will sort out everything for the UK. Possibly. Or possibly not. As always, the capacity of...
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What’s the state of the EU referendum campaign?
The other night I was very happy to talk as part of UCL’s European Institute event on ‘Brexit Divisions‘. Of course, I might have been even happier if the two individuals from the main campaign groups...
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The EU referendum: Second-order or just second rate?
Steel yourself… The return from whatever Easter break there might have been marks the opening of the last long phase of the EU referendum: There’s a clear stretch now through to late June, which will...
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The battle of the designation: the EU referendum debate encapsulated
Yesterday’s announcement of the official campaign groups for the British referendum on EU membership came a day earlier than expected: it’s been just about the only date that hasn’t been known from a...
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Charge of the Light Brigade
Have you ever noticed how you never see Cameron and Flynn in the same place at the same time? After what feels like a lifetime, we move into the final weeks of this EU referendum campaign. A quick peek...
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Complacency is a killer
Insert metaphor about how toasters can kill if you’re not careful, apply to referendums One of the most interesting aspects of the EU referendum campaign so far has been the extent to which things...
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Destroying the village to save it
As we’ve moved into the last stretch of the referendum, we’ve seen the emergence of a new dynamic: the referendum-as-general-election. In setting out more clearly what a post-Brexit future would look...
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Boris Johnson Must Learn Lessons from the Ideological Failure of Cameronism
Guest post by Dr Jack Newman: Research Fellow, Department of Sociology This blog post summarises the argument of a new paper: Newman, J. and Hayton, R. 2021. ‘The ontological failure of David...
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