Conservative policy on Europe becomes clearer
For some time now, the Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty is to hold a referendum on it if it is yet to come into force, but if it has […]
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Who pays for the rebate
Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague chooses to attack Labour for agreeing to give up part of the British rebate. This is the feature of the EU budget whereby Britain
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The Conservatives are on the way out
Caroline Jackson, a Conservative MEP who is standing down this time, has gone into print in European Voice to criticise the decision to leave the EPP after the elections. (Read
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An English Grand Committee won’t work
In a further development of the Conservative idea of English votes for English laws idea, Tory MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind is now toying with the notion of an English Grand
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Homeless and helpless
I remember there used to be a campaign in London on behalf of homeless people called “Homeless, not helpless”. Tory policy on Europe risks being both. It is well-known that
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Conservative and unionist
My fax machine brings me an article by Bob Walter, the Tory MP for North Dorset. He is proposing a private members bill in the House of Commons that would
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With reform, Europe can be a force for good
Let’s ban the word “reform”. Who knows what it means? Who could ever be against it? It is like one of those irregular verbs that Craig Brown invents: – My
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Months and not years
This blog has reported before on the commitment by the Conservative party to leave the EPP in the European Parliament, and also on William Hague’s recent speech on his party’s
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Make your mind up
William Hague’s speech to the Open Europe group last week is a masterpiece of confusion, of seeking to have it both ways. As such, perhaps, it is a good illustration
Hague in Brussels
William Hague, Conservative shadow foreign secretary, went on a mission to the European Parliament earlier this week looking for partners with whom to form a new centre-right, Eurosceptic political grouping.