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Words are easy, actions are harder
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 19 September 2006 The political season resumes after the summer break with renewed discussions about what to do with the constitutional treaty. Ratification – and […]
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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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Strategy and action of the UEF
By Richard Laming Based on a speech, given at the Ventotene seminar, 7 September 2006 It is of course a pleasure to come to Ventotene to speak about the strategy […]
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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 […]
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H G Wells and world government
By John Parry A review of “Building Cosmopolis: The political thought of H G Wells”, by John S Partington (Ashgate Publishing) The British author H G Wells is mainly known […]
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In search of Middle East peace
By Brendan Donnelly Published in The Times, 9 August 2006 Sir Lord Rees-Mogg reminds us of the “insult to our national independence” offered by the US Government in pressing for the […]
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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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The shredding of Lebanon
By John Roberts Watching yet another calculated bout of obscene violence in the Levant, one of the questions that ought to recur is: what persuades an ordinary young man (or […]
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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 […]