For years, crusaders of the Euroskeptic cause have claimed that all the evils of the world will disappear once Britain leaves the European Union...

David Cameron’s decision to allow members of the government to campaign on either side of the referendum on European Union membership was presented as a magnanimous gesture. But in reality, he had no other option.

Like many election years, 2015 was a strange time for British politics. But the vote, which put the Tories in power, was only the prelude. Things got truly bizarre in the latter half of the year when the opposition stopped showing up for work.