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Anton Savage: Want to win a referendum vote? It’s the principles, stupid

The government could learn a lot from a set of principles contained in one influential book

Anton Savage: ‘Restaurateurs seat the tables in the window first to make the place look full’

Referendum campaigns are meant to persuade people, not confuse them, as the family and carers campaigns did. The reason for the confusion, we are told, is because the constitution is a profound document, with wide-ranging and non-linear impacts and these provisions are not simple matters. This is, of course, guff.

Donald Trump managed to convince some of the least-bright voters in America that Nato members should increase the amount they spend on national defence. Most ...