I see that Conservative leadership contender David Davis has renewed the call for only English MPs to vote on English-only matters in Parliament (reported on BBC News Online here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4424370.stm). […]
Parliament for the English? Read More »
It’s been quiet lately. But I found this quote by the late Sir Edward Heath, which deserves to be read by everyone interested in this subject. It was in a
10 July 2005 Let’s hope the Luxembourgers vote Yes in the referendum today, as a response to Jack Straw if nothing else. Jack Straw, who is the British foreign minister,
I wrote earlier in the week about the forthcoming referendum in Luxembourg on Sunday. It’s a vote on a constitutional treaty that has been rejected by the voters in France
A new kind of debate Read More »
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
