Need for global rules
By Richard Laming Published in The Daily Telegraph, 4 October 2009 SIR – Janet Daley (Comment, September 27) is correct to warn of the problems posed by global governance but […]
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accountability
Not just who but how
Claire Melamed, head of policy at ActionAid, writes in the Guardian today about the G8 summit to be held in Italy this week and whether it would be better if
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Asleep on the job
This blog has commented in the past on the impact of sleep and tiredness on political decision-making, and it is interesting to see the same phenomenon arise elsewhere. The practice
The EU gets the wrong farm deal
EU farm ministers never tire of discussing the Common Agricultural Policy. The latest negotiations concluded in the early hours of Thursday morning, over the so-called CAP healthcheck. The aim was
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And welcome back, Peter Mandelson
As one hate figure for the right departs the stage, another returns, with the appointment of Peter Mandelson as secretary of state for business. The newspapers describe this as a
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Nothing at the centre
A spotter draws my attention to this comment by Tony Blair, made in connection with his new role with the Climate Group attempting to negotiate a new international agreement to
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Too-powerful mayor
By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 1 February 2008 Sir, Steve Richards is correct to say that London needs a more powerful government to promote the interests of Londoners, but
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Ways to fix the world’s (financial) system
This blog used to make a habit of criticising the prime minister’s wilder ambitions for reorganising the world, but times have moved on (or rather, the prime minister has moved
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What sort of human rights do we have?
After the protest about the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Parliament today, Conservative and anti-European MEP Roger Helmer asks, on his blog, “What sort of human rights do
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The leadership of the World Bank
Here is a thought about the proposed new president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick. He is expected to take over from Paul Wolfowitz, who is being driven out of
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