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Latest Articles in 'Europe'
- Solving the financial crisis – who pays? - 22/12/2011Federal Union and the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust held a discussion on 10 November 2011 about the current financial crisis in the light of the ethics and vision of the...
- Three threats to the euro still remain - 15/12/2011The European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even...
- Is Germany doing enough to save the euro? - 13/12/2011Debate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top...
Latest Blog Entries
- The lady in the lake - 03/02/2012Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of...
- Incident on the A598 - 25/01/2012This is the story of an accident. It wasn’t a bad one, but it could have been, and it set me thinking. I was pushing my daughter in her buggy...
- The Republican opponents of Barack Obama - 13/01/2012The presidential primaries are finally underway in the United States, with candidates competing for the right to be the Republican challenger to Barack Obama in November. (Obama is unopposed as...
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Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
Posted on 26/10/2011 | No CommentsBy Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of Tory divisions on Europe. It seemed like statesmanship to be offering to dig the prime... -
Don’t bind my hands
Posted on 24/10/2011 | No CommentsIn the 1997 general election, Conservative party leader John Major was reduced to pleading with his candidates who wanted to rule out, for ever, British membership of the euro. In a theatrical gesture at a press conference, he declared: “Whether you agree with me, disagree... -
Increasingly presidential
Posted on 30/04/2010 | No CommentsThe Conservatives have proposed that anyone who takes over as prime minister during a parliament should be required to call a general election within six months. (Read a report on this proposal here.) Obviously, this is a gibe at Gordon Brown, who after succeeding Tony... -
Britain, Europe and the general election
Posted on 14/04/2010 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Today’s conference has been looking at the Europe policies of the different political parties. I will speak about the Liberal Democrats’ policies in a moment but I want to preface my remarks with a comment about why we are interested in the... -
David Cameron and Zhou Enlai
Posted on 06/11/2009 | No CommentsBy Brendan Donnelly The new Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty and the European Union more generally, announced last week by David Cameron, is a distinctly ambiguous one. This may reflect conscious political calculation on his part. It may on the other hand be an... -
Six pledges by David Cameron
Posted on 05/11/2009 | 2 CommentsThe speech by Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday dropped the previous commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon treaty and replaced it with six pledges that he aims to achieve in the course of the next parliament. (Read the speech here.) Arch-opponents of the EU... -
Making assumptions about other countries
Posted on 05/10/2009 | No CommentsNow that the Irish have proved that they remain the nation of Molly Bloom, the eyes of Europe return to the Conservative party. Tory front bencher Michael Gove was on the radio this morning, explaining his party’s refusal to confirm what it will do is... -
No conspiracy: just the facts
Posted on 21/09/2009 | 1 CommentThe political gossip columns are delighting in the suggestion in Adam Boulton’s new book that Peter Mandelson’s return to government last summer was all part of a conspiracy. (Read the Mole in the First Post, for example.) The story is that Lord Mandelson came back... -
A hollow statement of British foreign policy
Posted on 23/07/2009 | 4 CommentsConservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague is one of the best orators in British politics. His attacks on Labour figures such as Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson have always been enjoyable to watch. His speech earlier this week outlining what a Conservative foreign policy might... -
Credit where it’s due
Posted on 25/06/2009 | No CommentsThe Conservatives have now formed their new group in the European Parliament, having left the EPP to found the European Conservatives and Reformists, ECR. David Cameron has kept his campaign promise from his leadership election in the autumn of 2005. A lot of words have...
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