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Cameron and Major battled Tory rebels on Europe, but May can’t even rely on her own foreign secretary

The Labour and Tory manifestos both accept the need for tax rises and market regulation. Even Blair at his peak didn’t achieve that consensus

Miliband has cause to note the early signs of an ideological sea change

David Cameron and Ed Miliband do not matter as much as they think

On the rare occasions when a national referendum is held it solves nothing

Critics call him a liar; fans say he was a crusader — but both theories imply an implausible character shift

The Labour leader will never get the chance to implement his policies unless Brexit is halted

Direct democracy is alien to our system. Which is why, as with AV, and now in Scotland, we can’t seem to get it off the ground

The fact that Cameron had not thought the wording of the question through should worry those who want to stay in the European Union