Why the Remain campaign should be worried
This has not been the finest week for the Brexiteers. On Thursday, the premiere of Brexit the Movie was held in London, and while the intentions of the film-maker are perfectly laudable, among the...
View ArticleFive reasons to hate the EU referendum
Of course I don’t hate the EU referendum, or not entirely. Finally, after decades of ineffectual complaining, the British are being forced to decide. If it is a Remain, let there never be another word...
View ArticleHelp! Will someone save us from the internal Tory squabble over who gets to...
This is the weekly newsletter from Iain Martin, editor of CapX. To receive it by email every Friday, along with a short daily email of our top five stories, please subscribe here. There have been so...
View ArticleRemain is winning the EU referendum in true New Labour style
I’ve got that old feeling again. No, not that one, the other one, that feeling of being bludgeoned by a baseball bat of a political campaign. Let’s face it, the referendum battle is not going quite as...
View ArticleThe collapse of the press and the rise of anti-social media put democracy in...
For a bunch of supposed professional sceptics and cynics, British journalists tend to have a surprisingly strong romantic streak. No other trade (it is a trade, and not a profession) enjoys analysing...
View ArticleCorbyn is getting worse. The man is a total twit
Leading a political party is difficult work. Do not for one second fall for the erroneous idea that it is easy, or be fooled by criticism from commentators like me or backbench MPs into thinking that...
View ArticleRemain has lost the plot. Has it lost the referendum?
That both sides in the EU referendum are trading insults and dodgy assertions, sprinkled with the odd downright lie, is hardly surprising. This is politics in the raw. At stake on June 23rd is the...
View ArticleBowie was the best
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. In the days around the release of David Bowie’s final album, several leading...
View ArticleTax and the City: Is our only duty to obey the law?
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. I’m finishing my next book and something is bothering me. The book will be...
View ArticleThe collapse of the press and the rise of anti-social media put democracy in...
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. For a bunch of supposed professional sceptics and cynics, British journalists...
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