In the furore about reported failings in the National Health Service recently, Daniel Hannan MEP remarked that: Any organisation that is treated as being beyond reproach is bound in time […]
Any institution needs its critics Read More »
Labour eurosceptic MP Gisela Stuart convened an interesting debate in Westminster Hall on 16 July about the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative system. Her speech focused on
How can national parliaments exert influence in the EU? Read More »
Date: Monday 14th May Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Wolfson Theatre Speaker: Jonathan Lord Sumption Chair: Professor Martin Loughlin Jonathan Lord Sumption was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court
Foreign policy in the UK courts (14 May 2012) Read More »
The World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an
The next head of the World Bank Read More »
Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of
The lady in the lake Read More »
Based on a talk by Richard Laming at the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Cathedral, 11 December 2011 Before talking about the issue of global democracy, I ought to say a
The case for global democracy Read More »
That the protestors outside St Paul’s cathedral are critical of global capitalism should not be surprise. Doesn’t everybody object to the way in which what was effectively gambling in unregulated
No globalisation without representation Read More »
Barack Obama was widely praised for the declaration in his speech at Westminster Hall on 25 May that “we believe not simply in the rights of nations, we believe in
The rights of citizens, the rights of nations Read More »
It has become apparent that the British government ordered many more shots of swine flu vaccine last winter than turned out to be needed. (The Guardian reports the story here.)
Environmentalists are angry about the decision by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) at the weekend to reduce the allowable catch next year from 22,000 to
Tuna off the menu and onto the agenda Read More »
