Europe

Labour’s poll lead over Tories proves austerity is more unpopular than the EU

 This article was originally written for Left Foot Forward When David Cameron blindsided Ed Miliband with an in-out referendum on the EU last month, he hoped to deal a devastating blow to the opposition by painting the Conservatives as the party of democracy with its finger on the pulse of public opinion against an out

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What has the EU ever done for US? The Working Time Directive

It’s a bit of a cliché to fall back on the Bible of Monty Python if you’re a lefty, but when you’re dealing with something as timeless as Life of Brian, it’s no surprise there are parallels more than 30 years on. When John Cleese’s militant cries “but apart from better sanitation and medicine and

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