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Federal union, from Scotland with love
By David Millar Mr Gladstone and the Claim of Right Has anything good come out of Scotland? Yes, lots of things – whisky, Rabbie Burns, Sean Connery, to name but […]
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Reform of the House of Lords
The following submission was made to the Lord Chancellor’s Department in response to the government’s White Paper on reform of the House of Lords. 1. Federalism divides political power between […]
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After the WTO protest in Seattle, it’s time to go on the offensive. Here’s how.
By William Greider The promise of Seattle was captured in an antic moment observed by one young environmental activist. Amid broad ranks of protesters, he saw that a squad of […]
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Milosevic in court: no peace without justice
By Laura Davis Slobodan Milosevic’s transfer from his Belgrade prison to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 28 June 2001 was headline news: he would be the […]
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Citizens in Europe, citizens of Europe
An important one day conference for students of European studies Tuesday 26th February 2002, from 9.30-5.30, at the Centre for the Study of Democracy,University of Westminster, 100 Park Village East, […]
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Regional assemblies
By Lawrence Fullick To the Western Gazette, 3 January 2002 N SCRASE of UKIP seems to have a Brussels bee in his bonnet when he thinks Regional Assemblies will report […]
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Open letter to Valéry Giscard D’Estaing
Mr Valéry Giscard D’Estaing President of the Convention Brussels, 20 December 2001 A duty to listen: the right to be heard The Bureau of the U.E.F. (Union of European Federalists), […]
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Justice and revenge: the lessons of 11 September
By Geoffrey Robertson QC The immediate and rightful response of the United States to the atrocity of 11 September was to demand ‘justice’, although that word sounded, in many powerful […]
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Some thoughts about the Charter of Fundamental Rights
By John Parry In June 1999 the Cologne Summit decided that the citizens’ “fundamental rights at Union level should be consolidated in a Charter and thereby made more evident”. It […]
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Why Wales needs a Parliament
It is nearly a quarter of a century since I last made a speech in this institution. This University has a fine record in offering educational opportunities to students from […]