A visit by the Saudi king
I have written before on this blog about the drawbacks of diplomacy. The state visit by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia seems like a good occasion to write about the […]
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The Reform Treaty and the euro
An enquiry comes in as to whether the Reform Treaty has any implications for Britain’s opt-out from the euro. Despite what some Eurosceptic conspiracy theorists have sometimes suggested, the answer
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Homeless and helpless
I remember there used to be a campaign in London on behalf of homeless people called “Homeless, not helpless”. Tory policy on Europe risks being both. It is well-known that
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Brussels jam
A nonsensical article by Boris Johnson in the Daily Telegraph last week (you can read it here). He argues that Qualified Majority Voting in the EU should be unravelled, and
News from Lisbon about the new treaty
A report from the House of Commons European Scrutiny committee earlier this month complained about the procedure that had been followed in drawing up the new Reform Treaty. It objected
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Glaring stupidity
My eye is drawn to an exchange in the Financial Times (you can read it here). The debate about subsidiarity in the article and the response is very interesting, but
Global Parliament
A series of programmes on the BBC looks at democracy in practice, and includes an opinion poll conducted in 15 countries around the world. (Read the survey here.) Naturally, anything
Crisis in Belgium?
The Eurosceptic press has been delighting lately in the Belgian political crisis, in which no new government has been established since the general election back in June. Speculation is growing
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Which parts of the treaty are the most important?
I received a response to my article on the idea of a referendum on the Reform Treaty (which you can read here) asking “what do you mean by: ‘The parts
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The BBC gets it wrong again
In the wake of scandals over phone-in competitions and even the name of the Blue Peter cat, the BBC needs to confront yet another failing. It reports a UKIP-inspired referendum
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