BRITISH Establishment figures relied heavily on the fear factor during the Scottish independence referendum and they are doing the same on European Union membership.
Many Scots reacted negatively to slurs that they couldn’t run their own affairs without guidance from Westminster and the City of London.
There will be a similar reaction to the scaremongering by Britain Stronger In Europe figurehead and former M&S boss Lord Rose that leaving the EU would be a “leap into the dark.”
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE


