With Theresa May having failed to extract anything new from negotiations with the EU, Britain could be heading towards a fresh referendum – which would mean a huge disruption to the party system.
Category: Referenda
Spain’s nationalists lose the plot
While Spain's minority government struggles for survival, the opposition parties have stepped up their rhetorical opposition to anything that smacks of Catalan self-determination.
Well, that was pretty clear
Theresa May is humiliated but promises to carry on: a result both shocking and utterly predictable.
Yet another Brexit D-day
The Brexit endgame is about to begin, with the British parliament set to reject the prime minister's deal tomorrow.
New twists in the Brexit tale
The Brexit drama continues, with Theresa May getting cold feet and the European Court of Justice lending the remainers a hand.
Brexit: the final fortnight
Britain's parliament has two weeks to approve the agreement for leaving the EU. Assuming it doesn't, then what?
Brexit, or how not to do democracy
Theresa May's government is teetering, with little prospect of getting its Brexit plan through parliament. Is there a better way this could have all been handled?
“Non” scores a Pyrrhic victory
New Caledonia votes against independence, but the narrowness of the margin suggests that there is plenty of life left in the issue.
Referendum preview: New Caledonia
A new nation in Oceania is unlikely to emerge just yet, but Sunday's vote in New Caledonia will be an important step towards deciding the territory's future.
Blasphemy in Ireland and Austria
Ireland strikes a blow for freedom of speech, despite an unfortunate precedent from the European Court of Human Rights.
