Who hates Britain?
The political news last week was dominated by a row between a leading politician and a national newspaper over whether the politician’s late father had hated Britain. The newspaper said […]
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How to use less fossil fuel
It is well understood by now that the principal way to respond to the threat of climate change is to use less fossil fuel. When fossil fuels are burned, they
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An odd plan for a referendum
Rogue Tory backbencher Adam Afriyie – the man spoken of by his friends as a possible challenger to David Cameron or the British equivalent of Barack Obama – has exceeded
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The cost of EU membership
A new pamphlet from the Taxpayers’ Alliance claims to set out some acts about what it costs Britain to be a member of the European Union. The size of the
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A guide to successful negotiation
John Kay writes a primer on successful negotiation – read it here http://www.johnkay.com/2013/10/02/the-oft-forgotten-basics-of-negotiation – to which the Democrats and Republicans in the US might like to refer when trying to
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The next president of the European Commission
The primaries are starting for the next European elections. Most, if not all, of the main European party groups intend to nominate their candidates for president of the European Commission,
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Not in front of the rest of the world
This website is going to break the habit of many years and praise chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne. His economic policies may not be working out quite as planned,
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The eurozone is out of recession
A notable claim in the article by Wolfgang Schäuble last week, that the eurozone is on the road to recovery, was that the eurozone is now of out recession. This
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Now that the Germans have had their election, can we now please fix the euro?
It has been a persistent theme of politics in Europe over the last few years: wait until after the German elections. Want to renegotiate the terms of the Greek bailout?
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Keeping the government within the law
A previous blog post has noted the importance of the government not only making the law but adhering to the law itself. In our conception of the rule of law,
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