The Federal Union committee, at its meeting on 12 September, discussed the record of the coalition government on Europe and in particular the influence of the Liberal Democrats. The outcome […]
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Given that the death penalty had already effectively been abolished in the UK decades previously (in 1969 in Great Britain and in 1973 in Northern Ireland), it was uncontroversial in
The coalition government’s latest experiment in direct democracy is a website where people can post epetitions. If a petition gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be eligible for debate
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After the excitement caused by the outing of the Syrian lesbian blogger –she was in fact a man, in Scotland! – one might ask whether any website is really what
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The European Movement together with the Conservative Europe Group, the Labour Movement for Europe and the Liberal Democrat European Group is organising a cross-party discussion on ‘Britain in the EU’.
By Richard Laming The referendum on changing the electoral system for the House of Commons has divided the world of politics but also, in another way, has united it. The
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The dust is now settling after the referendum in the UK earlier this month on changing the electoral system. The result, on a 41 percent turnout, was 68 percent in
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20 May 2011, 4.30pm for 5.00pm, followed by a reception at 7.00pm Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB 4.30 – 5.00: Registration 5.00 – 5.15: Video Message from
Earlier in the year, I spoke at a Federal Trust conference on European citizenship and specifically the British perspective on the issue. The slides from the presentation I gave are
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For a report on the conference organised by the Federal Trust on 20 January 2011, click here: Conference_Report_20th_Jan_2011 The speakers were: Georgia Georgiadou, policy officer from the Citizenship Unit of the Directorate
