Polls opened this morning for the presidential election re-run in Austria and a constitutional referendum in Italy, both of which are being seen as significant opportunities for Europe’s anti-establishment insurgent parties, with right-wing populists enjoying a good chance to prevail
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a final appeal to citizens Friday, hoping to snatch victory from the hands of defeat in Sunday’s referendum, which will determine whether or not he stays in office.
(AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to call a referendum on the future of Turkey’s EU membership bid, while Brussels accuses Ankara of “backsliding” on key commitments.
My first reaction on new British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet appointments: I’m happy, hope you’re happy too… As an ardent Brexiteer, certainly, I feel a lot more optimistic about the future than I did two days when I penned this
California Parents saw the institution of a new vaccine mandate on Friday barring new students from entering or seventh graders from advancing in school unless they have a list of shots required by the state pushing some parents to move out of state.
The European Union referendum, no matter how you look at it, was won because of the efforts of one man: UKIP leader Nigel Farage. But Nigel Farage and the 17.5 million people who attracted over 25 years to the Brexit
Last week a coalition of Brexit politicians including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove won the biggest popular mandate in British history. More people – 17,410,742 – voted Leave last Thursday than have voted for anything else in Britain, ever. No
Why wasn’t the British government better prepared for Brexit? This is the question being asked right now by all the disgruntled Remainers who can’t quite get over the fact that they didn’t win
“How would it be for David Cameron if he lost this Referendum?” When a BBC crew asked me this two days ago I don’t think either they or I imagined for a moment that this scenario would come to pass.
As Breitbart News predicted, severe flooding hammering the UK on Election Day depressed British turnout enough to assure a victory for the “Brexit” from the European Union.
Leaked cables between British diplomats and ministers outline a proposal to grant visa-free access to the UK to up to 1.5 million Turks, the plan intended to be kept under wraps until AFTER the 23 June referendum. The Sunday Times also reported
Do you know, I think we Brexiteers might actually win this EU referendum. I’m reluctant to talk about it because I don’t want to jinx it. As I was saying to Toby Young on our podcast the other day, it feels as deliciously
Prime Minister David Cameron has long since refused to face his Lord Chancellor Michael Gove in a head-to-head televised debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union. After last night’s stellar performance on Sky News by the Gover, it’s pretty obvious
The Lone Star State has taken one more step towards Texas Independence. A resolution has passed a platform committee at the Texas GOP Convention and is now expected to go to a vote before all of the delegates.
It’s almost two weeks since the rejection of the the European Union (EU)-Ukraine Association Agreement by Dutch voters, but what happens next remains unknown. Observers and interested parties are beginning to wonder when the Dutch government will finally decide how it will handle
Dutch voters will decide on Wednesday whether to support a European treaty deepening ties with Ukraine in a referendum that will test sentiment towards Brussels ahead of Britain’s June Brexit vote and could also bring a boost for Russia. The
After an initial internal signature tally, it appears the California referendum effort to repeal mandatory school vaccinations will fail to meet the number required to make the November 2016 ballot.
London (AFP) – Scottish nationalists will propose holding a new referendum on independence from the rest of Britain, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday. Sturgeon said her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) would set out a timescale for
Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) faces a recall effort from Californians that opposed SB 277 after the state Senator spearheaded the bill that made California one of three states with the most severe childhood vaccine laws.
LONDON (AP) — The former first minister of Scotland says a second referendum on Scottish independence is “inevitable.” Legislator Alex Salmond told BBC Sunday that the British government has not followed through on post-referendum promises to give Scotland more powers.
Greece voted on Sunday on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid, in a high-stakes referendum likely to determine whether it leaves the euro-currency area after seven years of economic pain. Staged against a backdrop of shuttered
Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are clamouring for David Cameron to let them join the NO side in a referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, and are concerned that the strategy of negotiations followed by a vote will effectively
The past six months have been a very mixed bag for dedicated Eurosceptics. Tempering the remarkable victory in May’s European elections was the blocking of the European Union (Referendum) Bill in the House of Lords in January. Following that the Government failed to introduce legislation for a referendum bill in the Queen’s Speech, to ensure we have an In/Out referendum after the General Election
