Grant Shapps’ feelings
The latest stage in the saga of British departure from the European Union is struck today by Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps MP. The Tory plan is to put into …
Conservatives
An odd plan for a referendum
Rogue Tory backbencher Adam Afriyie – the man spoken of by his friends as a possible challenger to David Cameron or the British equivalent of Barack Obama – has exceeded …
The two faces of William Hague
The traditional definition of chutzpah is the man who, on convicted of the murder of his parents, asks the court for mercy on the grounds that he is an orphan. …
No end to the controversy
Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European Union: …
The Speech
So we have finally heard The Speech. David Cameron spoke this morning to outline what Conservative party policy on Europe would be after the next election. (Read the speech here.) …
A lack of leadership
It has been a consistent theme of this website that Britain’s role in Europe is declining because of a lack of leadership. Yes, public opinion is drifting against the EU, …
Prospects for a referendum on Europe
Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday. In it, he will announce a …
Party views of a referendum on Europe
The prospect of a referendum on British membership of the EU continues to hang over British politics. (Federal Union has warned of the reasons why such a referendum might not …
Punished for telling the truth
An interview with Lib Dem cabinet minister Ed Davey in the New Statesman this week has provoked an astonishing reaction. He comments on the experience in government of dealing with …
Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
By Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of …