Civilisation
Just back from a weekend seminar in Switzerland, to mark the 60th anniversaries of Winston’s Churchill’s famous speech in Zurich (which you can read here) and of the adoption of […]
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Where next for the constitution?
An interesting discussion yesterday between Andrew Duff and Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat spokespeople on constitutional affairs in the European Parliament and foreign affairs in the House of Commons, respectively. (It
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Just the facts
During the summer break, I had the privilege of sitting in on a weekend discussion about the future of Europe conducted on a deliberately neutral basis. I was there to
Can we justify killing the children of Lebanon?
Yet again, an article by Boris Johnson spurs this blog into action. Read the whole article here, but the important bit is this: “Whatever the hideous shambles of the past
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Blair and the Middle East
The analysis of the Middle East crisis set out in Tony Blair’s speech in Los Angeles seems to me to be confused, distracted, even almost deranged. Read the speech here,
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Morality in foreign policy
Amid all the debate about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the consequences, civilian and political, that have followed, I was prompted to have another look at an old article
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Months and not years
This blog has reported before on the commitment by the Conservative party to leave the EPP in the European Parliament, and also on William Hague’s recent speech on his party’s
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I love Dan Hannan
Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for the south east of England, has featured in this blog from time to time. He is quoted beautifully in yesterday’s Financial Times, in a piece
The truth about Lebanon
An excellent posting by Joschka Fischer, former German foreign minister, on the Guardian comment site here. Since leaving the Bundestag after the last election (in which the grand coalition pushed
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The Henry Jackson Society
To the launch of a new book by the Henry Jackson Society, “The British moment”. The book is based on the belief that foreign policy should be based on values
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