Perhaps the reason why the Conservatives are marginalising them is that the former are shaping an electoral coalition big enough to include Leavers and Remainers.
Taking out the middle man is what the Protestant reformers promised to do, and Carswell is in his way a very Protestant figure.
You can’t encourage people to take what are described as virtuous acts, only to punish them later financially.
Some voters are angry, but anger doesn’t define most people most of the time.
Traditionally, a technocratic government would now steer the country through choppy waters. But this time that could lead to more instability.
The referendum was meant to be about constitutional reform. Instead, it’s become an anti-politics storm which could have wide-reaching consequences.
Indiscriminate attacks on Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, the media and business are anti-meritocratic and nihilistic, which should trouble those on the Right.
Her actions demonstrate that she truly understands the concerns of ordinary people and the reasons why they voted to leave the EU.
Many of the party’s new members seem to support him simply as a fashion statement.
We hear the cry that “better people” should enter politics. But is it any wonder that many of the people we need decide it is not worth the sacrifice?
Jo Cox’s death should be a wake-up call to treat our politicians better.
I don’t care if the Culture Secretary wears a blue silk kimono while eating his toast, and I really don’t want to know whom he’s dating.
The current price of protection against Tea Party politics is the risk of Potemkin parties.
The correct response to its aftermath and to Blair’s speech is not to refight old battles, but to build a positive relationship with the Union from the outside.