This blog specialises in criticising politicians when they say and do things that fall short of our ideas about democracy, effectiveness and accountability in political institutions. So it is only […]
Praise where it is due Read More »
I was asked to give a talk to the politics society at Royal Holloway college in Egham a couple of weeks ago, on the future of the EU after the
The future of the EU after the Lisbon treaty Read More »
The political gossip columns are delighting in the suggestion in Adam Boulton’s new book that Peter Mandelson’s return to government last summer was all part of a conspiracy. (Read the
No conspiracy: just the facts Read More »
The European election results were bad news for pro-Europeans. There’s no point trying to present it any other way. One trick that party politicians sometimes try and play is to
Analysis of the European election results Read More »
David Cameron’s speech on reforming government on Tuesday morning includes the usual sideswipes at the European Union. He says: “The EU and the judges – neither of them accountable to
The debate about expenses in the House of Commons, not normally an issue that might fall within the scope of a federalist blog, has shone light on a different issue
All aboard the bandwagon Read More »
At the debate last week, I was asked the interesting question of whether there should be a difference in the treatment of a purely domestic constitutional reform and an international
Is there a difference between a constitutional change and an international treaty? Read More »
The title is a Latin phrase used in economics which means “all other things being equal”. The prediction of what difference any specific alteration to economic policy will make is
By Richard Laming Published in The First Post, 9 December 2008 Daniel Hannan is as mistaken now to describe Britain as one of three superpowers in 1945 as the government was
Britain is no superpower Read More »
A big victory for the pro-Europeans at a debate on Monday evening. Lembit Öpik and I defeated some Eurosceptics at University College London on “The house believes in a federal
Let the people decide Read More »
