All posts tagged "Referendum"

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  Scottish power-sharing deal brings independence referendum a step closer

  A second Scottish independence referendum has come a step closer, following the formation of an alliance between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group to

  • Posted August 24, 2021
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  For Tory realists, a Brexit fantasy is their only hope

  Having spent three years pursuing their promised Brexit, the Tories are set to double down – electing a leader they know is bound to fail. But as Matt Ross explains,

  • Posted June 20, 2019
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  Rallying Britain’s moderates

  This week, former UK PM John Major raised a banner for centrist MPs, urging them to challenge the radicals shaping Britain’s politics. Matt Ross asks why Parliament’s moderate majority has

  • Posted October 17, 2018
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  Catalan officials detained in referendum crackdown

  Spanish police have detained 14 Catalan officials and raided more than 20 regional ministries in a bid to stop a planned independence referendum. Thousands of protesters took to the streets

  • Posted September 21, 2017
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  Leading Brexit campaigner says UK can remain open to immigrant labour

  The UK’s leaders have the opportunity to win public support for a Brexit settlement that protects the levels of immigration required to support economic growth, a leading Brexit campaigner has

  • Posted April 25, 2017
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  Ripples around the world: Brexit’s implications for Europe and beyond

  The UK referendum vote to leave the EU will have consequences far beyond the Continent. Six months after the historic poll, Matt Ross considers its implications for governments both in

  • Posted January 4, 2017
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  Responding to the Brexit challenge: a round table debate

  The UK’s civil servants are working hard to understand the likely impacts of Brexit, and to help forge a UK government position. But at a round table debate bringing together

  • Posted December 8, 2016
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  Why the British PM is pursuing a Brexit she doesn’t believe in: Analysis

  It is becoming clear that the UK is heading for a ‘hard’ Brexit, leaving the EU’s Single Market and customs union and recreating its trading relationships from scratch. Matt Ross explains

  • Posted October 3, 2016
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  Hungarian poll further blow to EU migrant dispersal plan

  Despite overwhelming domestic support for the Hungarian government’s anti-migrant stance, low turnout rendered its referendum on Sunday invalid, permitting campaigners on both sides of the debate to claim victory. More

  • Posted October 3, 2016
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  UK government under pressure to set out Brexit ‘vision’

  The UK government is coming under growing domestic pressure to explain its Brexit strategy, with MPs of all parties and former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calling on the prime minister

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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