Middle ground to trump hectoring and lecturing

Referendums are won not by politicians nor even media figures, but those occupying the humble centre ground

How will the abortion referendum play out? The good news is that if, as expected, the voting is held in May, the campaign will only be four months long. The bad news is that we are still only in February.

Referendums, by their nature, force citizens to make a simple binary choice of black and white proportions which boil down to a yes or no. Despite this apparent simplicity, they are the most ...