Ceding power to Brussels
More on the government statement about the Referendum Bill, published on Monday (read it here). It has been suggested to me that perhaps the government is not being cynical, perhaps […]
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The referendum bill is not what it seems
On the face of it, it is hard to disagree with the Referendum Bill to be brought forward by the coalition government. Membership of the European Union has constitutional implications,
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New politics, but not yet
The Federal Union committee meeting yesterday discussed the forthcoming referendum on electoral reform. You can read the conclusions of the discussion here. It was hard to separate from the discussion
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The state of the union
You can read President Barroso’s “State of the Union” address, that he gave yesterday, here. He did not utter the words of the American president each year, that “The state
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Who’s in charge?
There is a delightful power struggle going on within the EU institutions. The twin presidents of the European Commission and European Council are tussling for the role of leader of
A journey
Tony Blair’s much heralded memoirs published last week, contain a warning about occasions “where we confuse the state with the interests of the people”. Isn’t this the criticism that federalists
Are all voters equal?
One of the basic tenets of federalism is that all citizens should be equal. People living in different member states within a federation might have different rights and duties with
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Keep Cornwall whole!
One of the planks of the coalition government’s platform is to reduce the number of members of the House of Commons and redraw the boundaries so that each constituency has
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EU taxes: who decides?
Janusz Lewandowski, member of the European Commission responsible for the budget, has floated the idea of introducing a new tax to finance the European Union independently of the member states.
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Incoherence
The proposal to hold the AV referendum on the same day as local and devolved elections next year has put Labour in a spin. One Labour politician is quoted in