Hugo Dixon |

Hugo Dixon is a campaigner, journalist and entrepreneur. He was active in the campaign to stop Brexit, as Chair of InFacts and Deputy Chair of the People's Vote campaign. He also co-founded CommonGround. He founded Breakingviews in 1999, which he chaired until it was sold to Thomson Reuters in 2009. He writes columns for The Independent, The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times, Politico and other publications. He is author of The In/Out Question: Why Britain should stay in the EU and fight to make it better, and The Penguin Guide to Finance.

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Leavers are all quitters: undermining referendum legitimacy

by Hugo Dixon | 12.07.2016

Leadsom and Johnson weren’t defeated. They ran away from responsibility. Nobody’s left to hold to account for their false promises.

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Still slim chance of staying in EU with May as PM

by Hugo Dixon | 11.07.2016

Theresa May says Brexit means Brexit and she won’t hold second referendum even if public mood changes. But things may not be so simple.

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How Labour should play EU question

by Hugo Dixon | 29.06.2016

It would be electoral suicide to push for second referendum. But it doesn’t have to sit passively and give new Tory PM blank cheque either.

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6 questions for aspiring prime ministers

by Hugo Dixon | 28.06.2016

The next Tory leader’s top task will be to manage the referendum fallout. MPs must grill candidates about how they’ll do this.