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When designing a weapon, it is a good idea to imagine it falling into the wrong hands. The same principle applies when politicians ask for new powers: benefits of the advertised use must be weighed against the potential for misuse. There are legislative weapons so powerful that no government can be trusted with them. The …
Migrants are leaving in droves - and we're screwedIt turns out the government has not been counting migrants properly.But it's worse than that. It hasn't actually been counting at all - it's been guessing.And, just like any ignorant twit down the pub who reckons we're overrun on the basis of no evidence at all, the …
Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, has attempted to position Labour as the party of "soft Brexit" AFP/GettyLabour is to announce it supports continued membership of the single market when the UK leaves the EU in a major policy shift over Brexit.Tomorrow will see the party set out its stall as the party of “soft …
On the face of it, the repeal bill addresses many of the concerns of its critics. But once you dig in a little further, the full scale of the executive power grab becomes clear. There has never been a piece of legislation like this in modern British history. We have never handed the government so …
