My vote
An essential new website is launched to help voters decide whom to vote for in the European elections in May next year. The MyVote2014.eu website – visit it here – […]
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Democracy and prosperity in the German elections
A shocking article by Wolfgang Schäuble in the Financial Times claims that “Europe is being fixed”. (Read it here.) Germany’s finance minister claims that the European economy is on the
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Best efforts to fight climate change
A piece in the Times (£) by Alice Thomson is the perfect illustration of how people’s horizons and thoughts about what can be achieved in politics are shaped by the
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Borders can be complicated
A jolly piece in the Spectator, inspired by the dispute over Gibraltar, reports on strange borders around the world. What look like neat lines on maps often turn out, on
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The worst day in history
Today is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, when the invading army led by James IV of Scotland into England met with disaster on the Northumbrian fells. A
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Does the government obey the law?
It must hurt when, in government, you are defeated by the opposition. Still more so when you thought you had the votes lined up on your side, but you never
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Syria: the next best thing
He’d lost the debate before he even opened his mouth. To summon back Britain’s MPs from the four corners of the earth during the summer recess needs an urgent case:
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How to go to war with Syria
Parliament has been recalled tomorrow for a debate on the crisis in Syria. The use of poison gas in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta appears to have crossed a line,
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History is bunk
Royal Navy warship HMS Westminster docks in Gibraltar so that the British government can show it is not going to be intimidated by Spanish protests at the border. Spain, which
What has the Commission got against menthol cigarettes?
The No Thank EU campaign against the new Tobacco Products Directive asks a pertinent question: The EU proposes to ban all menthol and slim cigarettes (the latter less than 7.5
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