Although opening up these questions to voters feels dangerous to those standing against a British exit from Europe or a Scottish exit from the UK, it would be more dangerous yet to ignore calls for change.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to tighten the eligibility rules for benefits for immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania are an overreaction said EU commissioners Lazlo Andor.
Prime minister David Cameron has become the first foreign leader to northern Sri Lanka and meet Tamil leaders since Sri Lankan independence in 1948.
The Conservatives have been accused of attempting to remove ten years of speeches, press releases, and party announcements from 2000-2010, a period from when the party were reorganising to try and win back power from Labour.
The omnipresent slogan at the Conservative party conference, ‘for hardworking people’, reflects the belief that hard work is the proper way of living one’s life and the route to economic success. The rhetoric of George Osborne and his colleagues around hardworking people is not new but it remains regressive in its effects, not least in ignoring the real hardships faced by those who work hard for a living. David Spencer argues that there are other areas of life that matter to our well-being and allowing work to dominate us can only lead to harm.