Unfair tax havens
By Richard Laming Published in the Daily Telegraph, 26 February 2009 SIR – Irwin Stelzer supports a crackdown on “illegal” tax havens (Comment, February 25), but the real point is […]
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Completing the process of devolution
Letter in the Guardian, Thursday 19 February 2009 George Monbiot’s suggestion of an English parliament is not new. We had one during the 1980s, when a Conservative government sustained by
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Do the Socialists have vision and principle?
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 February 2009 The Party of European Socialists will launch its European election manifesto in Brussels today (11 February). In preparation for the elections in
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Should Britain join the euro? A lesson from history
By Richard Laming The scale and nature of the recent crash in the financial markets is leading to a rethink of the present model of economics and regulation. Can it
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The Silence of the Lambs
By Brendan Donnelly In response to the gathering global financial and economic crisis, occasional voices, notably that of Frank Field MP, have been raised in the United Kingdom, canvassing the
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Federal Union review of 2008
The annual review I wrote this time last year took as its theme the word relief. This year, we can even allow ourselves a little hope. The ratification process for
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Britain is no superpower
By Richard Laming Published in The First Post, 9 December 2008 Daniel Hannan is as mistaken now to describe Britain as one of three superpowers in 1945 as the government was
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Andrew Duff elected as new president of the European Federalists
13 October 2008 During its XXII Congress, held 10-12 October in Paris, Andrew Duff MEP (Lib Dem, East of England) was elected as president of the Union of European Federalists.
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On the European fence
Published in the Daily Mail, 10 October 2008 I can’t work out whether Christopher Booker is in favour of countries pursuing their own national interests or against it. We know
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A round of beggar-my-neighbour will leave us all beggars
By Richard Laming Published in the Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2008 Sir, The fall in the London stock market after the unilateral German decision to guarantee bank deposits shows that whatever
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