The latest news from the Czech Republic, famously that faraway country of which we know little, is that its government has collapsed. In a vote in the Czech parliament yesterday, […]
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There was an interesting comment yesterday in the debate about the government’s green paper on a new Bill of Rights. Justice secretary Jack Straw introduced the debate, with a proposal
Democracy and national identity Read More »
The report published yesterday by Lord Turner, chair of the FSA, proposing a new approach to financial regulation has been widely hailed as a significant change. It outlines a new
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As the European elections come closer, a new political movement enters the fray. Called the Jury Team, it intends to field self-styled independent candidates in each electoral constituency in the
The Jury Team is wrong about Europe Read More »
At the debate last week, I was asked the interesting question of whether there should be a difference in the treatment of a purely domestic constitutional reform and an international
Is there a difference between a constitutional change and an international treaty? Read More »
I was asked to give a speech at a conference today, arguing the case against having a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. I’d rather have been asked to speak about
Two arguments against having a referendum on the Lisbon treaty Read More »
Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley launched his new eurosceptic political party Libertas in the UK today. He intends to have candidates in each of the 27 member states, apparently, but on
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I was on the radio this evening, debating the state of Anglo-American relations with Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society. We actually agree on a lot, so it was a
Is there a special relationship? Read More »
I heard an interesting talk at the weekend by Avraham Burg, a former member of the Israeli parliament and a man on the fringes these days of Israeli politics. That
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“The prime minister has said it’s not acceptable and, therefore, it will not be accepted. And it might be enforceable in a court of law, this contract, but it’s not
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