Five Rounds with Farage
This week I put on my gloves and went head-to-head in the ring with Brexiter in Chief Nigel Farage – verbally, of course, on Chopper’s Brexit Podcast. I argued that the tide of events is on our side, and it is now looking certain the last man standing on Brexit is going to be the People’s Vote. I suspect Farage also believes this even if he will not admit it out loud. What he did however admit when I pressed him was that the European Union is democratic since it allowed him t
The end of Brexit – An update
The events of the last week have made me more confident than ever that there will be a People’s Vote and an end to Brexit. As I argue in my latest New European column, there are four critical facts that now make a referendum the most credible way forward. Firstly, Tuesday’s historic Commons vote of 432-202 to reject May’s deal. Secondly, that despite this, May won a motion of confidence from the same House of Commons that eviscerated her policy. Thirdly, as I explained on tal