Why global accountability matters
By Richard Laming This article is a response to the paper “In the name of the people”, by Titus Alexander, chair of Charter 99. You can read the original paper […]
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Magnificent and typical
Tony Blair’s speech to the Australian parliament earlier today deserves reading. (You can read it here.) It got most attention in the press for its remarks about anti-American feeling in
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Britain in Europe: leading or leaving?
By Richard Laming I would like to thank the organisers of today’s debate for their invitation to come and speak. If I may say so, “Britain in Europe: leading or
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Trust
A fascinating presentation this morning by the Edelman public relations company of their 2006 Trust Barometer. This is a survey of opinion around the world of the extent to which
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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EU chain of control
By Lawrence Fullick Published in The Tablet, 18 June 2005 Sir Stephen Wall’s view of the European Union after the French and Dutch referendums (The Tablet, 11 June) states some sensible
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High stakes in French referendum
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 May 2005 In the last week before the French people go to the polls to vote on the European constitution, the stakes are getting
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Gorgeous George
22 May 2005 Last week’s visit by George Galloway to the US Senate has provoked a lot of coverage in the British media, but hardly for the right reasons. He
About Wolfowitz
It seems that Paul Wolfowitz will be accepted as new head of the World Bank, after nomination by President George W Bush. It’s not the place of this website to
How can we make multilateral institutions more accountable?
Based on a talk given by Robert Lloyd, Project Officer in the Accountability Programme of the One World Trust, to the AGM of Federal Union, 12 March 2005. The question
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