I had to laugh when I read an e-mail circular exhorting the people of Luxembourg to vote Yes in the referendum next Sunday because otherwise the constitution might fail and […]
Three – that’s the magic number Read More »
James Stewart gave the performance of his life as a political outsider arriving at the seat of power and determined to play by his rules rather than those of the
Mr Blair goes to Brussels Read More »
One of the supposed selling points of the European constitution was that it would define and limit the powers to the EU institutions. Member states and citizens would know where
Opinions fly around about the European Council meeting later this week, even among people who are normally on the same side in the debate about Europe. Should the ratification process
What should the summit do? Read More »
6 June 2005 The UK’s referendum on 5 June 1975 on future membership of the EEC was the first in its history. Odd perhaps that it was demanded by self-styled
It was thirty years ago today Read More »
30 May 2005 Whatever you think of the outcome of yesterday’s referendum in France, you have to admire the process. Millions of men and women went to the polls to
22 May 2005 Last week’s visit by George Galloway to the US Senate has provoked a lot of coverage in the British media, but hardly for the right reasons. He
One of the first things I learned about the etiquette of debating politics on the internet was that the first person to mention Hitler is deemed to have lost the
10 May 2005 Now that the election has been concluded, what lessons are there for the debate about Europe? Who won, and who lost. Two items of good news for
Some notes on the general election Read More »
A comment was posed on this blog a few posts ago, when I was writing about free trade, asking why the European Union had made it an offence, punishable by
