Referendums
Italy’s heading for its own Brexit moment
Though he is a big fan of the European Union, Barack Obama brings bad karma to it. So perhaps he…
Whoever invented the referendum deserves a kicking
My favourite quote of the year so far comes from the author Fay Weldon. ‘If this were an all-woman society,’…
Referendum rage: a warning from Scotland
Scots know all too well how it feels. The rest of Britain is about to learn
What’s really behind the Tories’ present woes?
Philip Hensher 25 May 2024 9:00 am
Geoffrey Wheatcroft identifies two root causes: the disastrous revision of the leadership election procedure, and David Cameron’s turn to the referendum as a device to govern