Europe

It had one in 1972 over joining the EEC (63 per cent Yes). It had one in 1986 on the Single European Act (56 per cent Yes). It had one…

Over the last month, Madrid has been turned into an electoral battleground. Recrimination, armed police and death threats have characterised an ugly campaign that began when current Madrid President Isabel…

Earlier this month, the Government launched a new regulator called the Digital Markets Unit, a quango designed to introduce new checks and balances to the wide-ranging activities of tech giants…

Politicians tend to like their election campaigning to be as stage managed as possible: the reception Keir Starmer received from publican Rod Humphris earlier this week, for daring to enter…

Supply and demand is a fundamental part of our market economy. It drives our businesses and informs how companies interact with their customers. It is rewarding to see that in…

For several weeks now, Russia has been massing its forces on the border with Ukraine. A steady stream of footage has shown armoured vehicles, heavy artillery, tanks and troop transports…

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, revealed in his Budget plans to raise taxes a Treasury-led panic to pay off the Covid debt as soon as possible. This was then supported by…

As we all must know by now, Prince Philip died at the end of last week. This is a solemn time for the nation as we mourn the death of…

As a boy growing up in the Soviet Union, I remember the drill. Show your papers, refrain from criticising the government, and you will pass unnoticed. Careers and livelihoods were…

Western liberalism prides itself on having achieved a ‘meritocracy’. Like – in a different way – the Greek conception of an aristocracy, a meritocracy allows for rule by the best…