by Chris Rogers | 9 Jun 2016 | Politics
What do the general public want from politicians? Search me. If I knew then I’d be a very successful one myself. Perhaps it’s easier to ask what they don’t want, and the EU Referendum campaign has – if you believe opinion polls, focus groups and vox pops – highlighted...
by Chris Rogers | 8 Jun 2016 | Employment
The Conservative Party’s manifesto last year promised many things, but few people expected the Party would be in a position to deliver on them without compromise. Cast your mind back to before the general election. You may recall that everyone was becoming an expert...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Jun 2016 | Politics
According to the GMB trade union, the message for Labour MPs is very simple. Get onboard or get out the way. City AM reported this morning that the union yesterday backed a call for Labour MPs to give an undertaking to support party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Doubtless...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Jun 2016 | European Union, Politics
Whitehouse has had a lot of opinions on the referendum this week (sorry, we work in politics and not much else is going on right now). While our Chairman Chris Whitehouse focused on the democratic legitimacy of the EU, and our Associate Director Chris Rogers...
by Chris Rogers | 2 Jun 2016 | European Union, Whitehouse News
Its democratic deficit is the biggest single threat to the future of the European Union regardless of whether the United Kingdom votes on 23rd June to remain or to leave. Put simply, there is no way the “citizens” of Europe can vote out of office the senior members of...
