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- No end to the controversy - 23/01/2013Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European Union:...
- Prospects for a referendum on Europe - 15/01/2013Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday. In it, he will announce a...
- Federal Union review of 2012 - 05/01/2013The most important outcome of the past 12 months is that the eurozone survived. The world was poised on the edge of a financial precipice at the beginning of last...
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- Proved right on press regulation - 18/03/2013This blog has not expected to be proved right so quickly on press regulation, but that’s what happened today. At the end of last year, when the Leveson commission published...
- Trade war over gambling - 30/01/2013International trade disputes often shine a light on odd behaviour, and the dispute between the United States and the tiny Caribbean island country Antigua and Barbuda is no exception. Originally...
- The wrong conclusion on welfare reform - 24/01/2013In his speech on Europe yesterday, David Cameron observed that Europe, with seven per cent of the world’s population and 25 per cent of world GDP, accounts for 50 per...
Libya Archive
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Easier said than done
Posted on 07/10/2010 | No CommentsDavid Cameron’s leader’s speech at the Conservative party conference contained an interesting comment on the Lockerbie bomber: But there are some red lines we must never, ever cross. Like the sight of the man responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, the biggest mass murderer in British... -
It’s a federal system, stupid
Posted on 20/07/2010 | No CommentsJames Kirkup in the Daily Telegraph politics blog today describes very well the background to the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. Specifically, he explains why the UK system of government means that David Cameron is not to blame. “What’s really odd... -
Silence over the Lockerbie bomber
Posted on 26/08/2009 | 1 CommentGordon Brown has resisted calls to express an opinion on whether or not the Scottish government was correct to grant a compassionate release to the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. He has made clear his views on issues such as England’s defeat of Australia to... -
Not enough separation in Scotland
Posted on 24/08/2009 | 1 CommentThe recent decision by Scottish justice sectary Kenny MacAskill to free, on compassionate grounds, the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has provoked a storm. American politicians are complaining, British politicians are complaining, and now Scottish politicians are complaining. An emergency debate was held in the... -
Who frees the Lockerbie bomber?
Posted on 19/08/2009 | 1 CommentDaily Mail editorials aren’t the first place this blog would look for insightful and relevant comment, but today an interesting question is raised regarding the fate of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. Mr Megrahi, a Libyan citizen, was convicted of murder for the deaths...
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