Britain’s Eurosceptic press
A response to my complaints about Euroscepticism in the press has asked, not unreasonably, what I would do instead. Should there be some kind of regulation? At present, there is […]
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Britain and the EU
Hearts and minds
Returning like the dog in the proverb to the speech last week by new Europe minister Caroline Flint, the conclusion reads: “My aim is not to make people love the
Overcome with emotion
It’s been a strange week for statements about the European Union and why we should support it. Government ministers here and in Brussels have been musing on the issue in
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Giscard says opt-out
A Eurosceptic thinktank, Global Vision, is holding a conference today to press the case for Britain to remove itself from the heart of the EU. They want a trading relationship,
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Europe Day, but not in Britain
Today is Europe Day, the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that gave birth to the idea of the European Union. It is celebrated across Europe as a recognition of what
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Can we be best friends with France?
This blog does not normally get excited over state visits, preferring supranational institutions to intergovernmental diplomacy. Institutions are based on rules, so people can be held to the decisions they
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Exactly what it says on the tin
I know it doesn’t help much to rake over Wednesday’s debate in the House of Commons on whether to have a referendum on the Lisbon treaty, but I can’t resist
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Exposed by the call for a referendum
The squirming of the Eurosceptics in the face of the Liberal Democrat call for a referendum on EU membership tells us a lot about them. The Liberal Democrats themselves, having
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Not going metric
An announcement from the European Commission today that the drive to extend the use of the metric system in the UK is coming to an end. (Read about it here.)
How popular is federalism here?
A question comes in through the website: “Given the (almost) universal Euro-sceptic stance with the public in the UK, how popular is federalism here?” A very good question, with an
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