Attitudes towards a new EU Referendum Vote

12 December 2024 Comment

The only constant in politics is change. Sir Keir Starmer’s shifting stance on Brexit is a good example. Back in 2019, as Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, Starmer was an ardent advocate for holding a second referendum and for his party to campaign to be within the EU in such a vote. Five years on, after […]





Is Immigration Costing The Conservatives Votes?

26 February 2024 Comment Migration and freedom of movement

For a government that had argued that Brexit would deliver lower levels of immigration, there were two unwelcome bits of news in November. First, it emerged that net migration had reached a new record high annual total of 745,000. Second, the Supreme Court ruled that Rwanda is not a ‘safe country’ and thus an inappropriate […]


Do Labour Supporters Back A Softer Brexit?

26 February 2024 Comment What should Brexit mean?

Should he win the next general election, one of the key decisions that will face Sir Keir Starmer will be whether and how far to seek a softening of the terms of the Brexit deal negotiated by Boris Johnson. Although Labour have ruled out any attempt to rejoin the EU, the party has left the […]




Do Voters Care About Controls on EU Imports?

31 August 2023 Comment What should Brexit mean?

The defining slogan of the Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum was, of course, ‘Take back control’. The slogan not only referenced how Brexit would facilitate control of immigration, but also of goods and services entering the UK. For some advocates of Leave at least, that latter prospect was a crucial part of their […]