The battle to restore Labour’s economic credibility is on hold as it attempts to rebuild its image as a pro-EU party. Johnson argues that this requires a “principled stance” and a consistent message.
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Many people of Corbyn’s political persuasion react to the EU with the hysteria that characterises the Eurosceptic right, objecting instead on the grounds that it is essentially a capitalist plot to undermine workers.
Read more“I’ve never forgotten that as we looked at the books in the library, she said to me through the interpreter, ‘I am so delighted to be in England. I’ve always wanted to be in the country of Hobbes and Locke’”.
Read moreUKIP’s only MP, Douglas Carswell, tells Palatinate that his party needs to improve its image in order to succeed.
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Will Fremont-Barnes provides an England perspective on the Euro 2016 draw and whether the permutations of the draw mean that they can go all the way this time around
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Will Fremont-Barnes talks to Peter Tatchell, the prominent LGBT rights campaigner.
Read moreTwenty-five years after Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister, her former cabinet colleague, Ken Clarke, recalls her final days in office and reflects on his own Westminster career in this interview.
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Although his party was routed at the general election, Paddy Ashdown tells Palatinate that the Liberal Democrats will recover “much more quickly than people expect”.
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown speaks to Palatinate about the perils of patriotism and England’s ‘exotic’ cultural influences.
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Palatinate catches up with Jacqui Smith at the Labour Party conference to discuss her time as Home Secretary and the prospects for the progressive left under Jeremy Corbyn
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