The cost of EU membership
A new pamphlet from the Taxpayers’ Alliance claims to set out some acts about what it costs Britain to be a member of the European Union. The size of the …
European defence policy
The future of European multilateralism in NATO (28 November 2011)
Monday 28 November 2011: 18.00 for 18.15 – 20.00 Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB A seminar organised by the European Liberal Forum asbl. (ELF) with the support of …
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Whatever happened to the idea of sovereign defence?
Souverainistes and their friends in the media are very keen on the idea that defence is a preserve of national sovereignty. Britain should take its own decisions and not be …
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It’s not about the taxpayer
The latest report from the Taxpayers’ Alliance on the question of European defence cooperation says rather more about the author than it does about the subject. It is generally understood …
The background to Britain’s future foreign policy
Different visions of Britain’s future foreign policy lie behind the disputes at the top of both Labour and Conservative parties at the moment. Those different visions are crystallised in personal …
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Dr Duncan Redford: proposed navy cuts are bad for Britain and Europe
From a letter published in the Daily Telegraph, 12 August 2010 The oft-stated position that our Armed Forces will have to work far more closely with allies than previously is …
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Britain and its allies
Having criticised the new government’s policy on Afghanistan earlier in the week, this blog can also praise it, too. Specifically, the speech by armed forces minister Nick Harvey to the …
Supranational issues
By Richard Laming Published in the Spectator, 28 November 2009 Sir: Your cover story (“How the Tories can still win in Europe”, 14 November) quotes Liam Fox saying: “We can …
The hand of history
In the Daily Telegraph, we find that Conservative shadow defence secretary Liam Fox is adjusting his tune on Nato members’ military commitments. (Read the article here.) Formerly, he had expressed …
Radoslaw Sikorski: Poland believes that the European integration is the best response to challenges we face in a rapidly changing, multi-polar world
“Poland believes that the European integration is the best response to challenges we face in a rapidly changing, multi-polar world. We don’t want the European Union to become a “super-state”, …