A society of states
Margaret Thatcher famously remarked that there is no such thing as society, only people and their families. Of course, she was wrong, as this blog remarked in the context of […]
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How popular is federalism here?
A question comes in through the website: “Given the (almost) universal Euro-sceptic stance with the public in the UK, how popular is federalism here?” A very good question, with an
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Three subjects in search of a theme
Discussion on 18 Doughty Street this evening ranged far and wide, but I kept trying to get a European angle into the debate. (18 Doughty Street is an internet TV
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Over-compensation
Who could possibly object to what Douglas Alexander said in his Washington speech last week? (Read it here.) He is the newly-appointed secretary of state for international development, and so
Damage to democracy
A meeting of the International European Movement was held this weekend in Berlin. I was there as a British delegate and also because the UEF bureau was meeting in parallel.
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Gordon Brown and the euro
The newspaper articles welcoming Gordon Brown as the new prime minister all say that one of his undoubted achievements as Chancellor was to keep Britain out of the euro. Allow
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More democracy
A report from the European Citizens Initiative campaign from the European summit. They are of course happy that the direct democracy provision from the constitutional treaty remains in the new
Tradition
The BBC news online report on the summit in Brussels reports this: “The inter-governmental conference is the body that is charged with drafting the EU’s reform treaties, traditionally created with the
What to do about Guantanamo?
I was on 18 Doughty Street this evening, discussing various issues on the new internet TV station devoted to politics. Various points came up, including the European summit (obviously) but
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Orderly transition?
There is some confusion in the press today about whether or not there will be a referendum in the UK on the successor to the constitutional treaty. Tony Blair has
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