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Sir Christopher Meyer
Sir Christopher Meyer was reported in the Independent on Sunday 13 November 2005 saying: “There is an imbalance between civil servants and politicians. People say that I breached a trust – […]
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A conference on sovereignty
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to attend a conference on the defence of sovereignty in the 21st century. It was an academic conference, not a political event, […]
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Parliament for the English?
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). […]
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How to restart the European process – a three point plan
Agreed by the Federal Union Committee Background The rejection of the European constitution by the referendums in France and the Netherlands is a setback but not a disaster. The prospect […]
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Challenges at UN summit
By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 16 September 2005 Sir You are correct to say that the United Nations should make a priority of standing up for individual freedom (leading […]
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Democracy must be made a global cause
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 12 September 2005 Sir, Craig Kennedy is right to say that America should champion democracy around the world (“America must make democracy a […]
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New patterns of citizenship in Europe
By Richard Laming Based on a talk given at the Ventotene seminar, 30 August 2005 The question of citizenship is a very important one for federalists. I believe it is […]
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5000 reasons to complete the single market
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 August 2005 Travellers all over Europe found themselves stranded by the collapse of EUJet at the end of last month. Five thousand British holidaymakers […]
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Sir Edward Heath
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 […]
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Aspects of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty
Report by the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, 23 March 2005 The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee’s report on the European constitution drew in several places on evidence […]