No call for a general election
Gordon Brown seems to have weathered the storm over his leadership of the Labour party, which has a positive consequence for the future of the Lisbon treaty. (Or rather, it
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What kind of society do we want to be?
New Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper was on the radio this morning, discussing the new Child Poverty Bill. The aim of the bill is to pursue the government’s child
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Regional cooperation in Africa
Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown was in Maputo, Mozambique, to speak about future prospects for political and economic development in Africa. (Read the speech here.) And he did so by
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Gordon Brown’s constitution
It may be safely said that Gordon Brown must have a strong constitution if he can withstand all that has been thrown at him and still remain prime minister. But
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Analysis of the European election results
The European election results were bad news for pro-Europeans. There’s no point trying to present it any other way. One trick that party politicians sometimes try and play is to
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Conservative policy on Europe becomes clearer
For some time now, the Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty is to hold a referendum on it if it is yet to come into force, but if it has
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Who pays for the rebate
Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague chooses to attack Labour for agreeing to give up part of the British rebate. This is the feature of the EU budget whereby Britain
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The Conservatives are on the way out
Caroline Jackson, a Conservative MEP who is standing down this time, has gone into print in European Voice to criticise the decision to leave the EPP after the elections. (Read
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Does Labour support joining the euro?
The Vote Match website – which you can visit here – reveals some interesting facts about what parties think. One of the most interesting is Labour policy on the euro.
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US-style senators
Timothy Garton Ash, thinking about possible changes to the British constitution, writes of the House of Lords that “We can’t have US-style senators because we don’t have US-style states.” (Item