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The End of the West: The once and future Europe (29 November 2011)
Posted on 02/11/2011 | No CommentsPanel Discussion jointly hosted by the British Academy and Princeton University Press Tuesday 29 November 2011 6.30pm – 8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 The panel will look at how Europe should respond to the dramatic changes... -
I am still a pro-European
Posted on 31/08/2011 | No CommentsAn interesting post by Jon Worth arguing that framing the debate about Britain and Europe in terms of pro-European and Eurosceptic is not helpful. The European Union legislates everything from working hours to the price of potatoes, air quality to trade tariffs. There is no... -
Glad to be out of sync
Posted on 05/08/2011 | No CommentsThe comments posted on Twitter by death penalty campaigner Paul Staines are revealing. He said that: “restoring the death penalty has profoundly eurosceptic implications.” And furthermore that: “US, India, China and Japan all have the death penalty on statute books. We’re out of sync with... -
Religion and politics – friends or foes? (15 September 2010)
Posted on 17/08/2010 | No CommentsA one-day conference being organised by the WYNDHAM PLACE CHARLEMAGNE TRUST in conjunction with the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw with the generous support of the Polish Embassy London on Wednesday 15th September, 2010 in the Polish Embassy, 47 Portland Place, London PROGRAMME... -
Thomas Paine, from “Rights of Man”
Posted on 14/08/2010 | No Comments“If there is a country in the world, where concord, according to common calculations, would be least expected, it is America. Made up, as it is, of people from different nations, accustomed to different forms and habits of government, speaking different languages, and more different... -
Why unite Europe?
Posted on 06/08/2010 | No CommentsOne of the criticisms often thrown at the idea of a united Europe is not only that it would inevitably be undemocratic, but that it is intended to be undemocratic. This criticism makes two assumptions. The first assumption is that democracy can only exist within the... -
It wasn’t a vote about architecture
Posted on 05/12/2009 | No CommentsThe timing could not have been better. The fallout of the Conservative decision not to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty now that it has come into force, and not to hold a referendum on any other European question either until new proposals come... -
Is there a war on terror?
Posted on 16/01/2009 | No CommentsBritish foreign secretary David Miliband has declared, in a change to what was understood to be previous policy, that the UK is not involved in a war on terror. (Read his article in the Guardian here.) President Bush famously introduced the term as a rallying... -
Where does Britishness come from?
Posted on 14/03/2008 | 2 CommentsInteresting comment here by Charles Moore on how Britishness is “artificial” (and he means it “as a compliment”): “It may be that the government’s plan for oaths of allegiance for 18-year-olds in schools won’t work, but I am suspicious of the argument that it is... -
European guilt
Posted on 24/02/2008 | No CommentsI was at a talk today about the history of the state of Israel – this year marks 60 years since it was founded – and I asked about the relationship between Israel and Europe. We hear a lot about the connection between Israel and...
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