More democracy
A report from the European Citizens Initiative campaign from the European summit. They are of course happy that the direct democracy provision from the constitutional treaty remains in the new […]
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Parliamentary democracy
I was at a King’s College London European Society debate this evening on the future of the European Union. (Read my introductory remarks here.) I lost my temper, almost, at
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I love Dan Hannan
Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for the south east of England, has featured in this blog from time to time. He is quoted beautifully in yesterday’s Financial Times, in a piece
Fifty one votes to one
I took part in a debate with leading anti-European John Redwood on Thursday evening in his parliamentary constituency, Wokingham. (You can read my speech here.) We started off a little
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The future of Britain – are the European Union plans for Britain the best way forward?
Based on a speech by Richard Laming in a debate with Rt Hon John Redwood MP organised by UKIP, Wokingham, 23 March 2006 I would like to start by thanking
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40 billion pounds
A debate this evening with Gerard Batten, a UKIP MEP for London. On the whole it went quite well (you can read my opening remarks here). One thing that was
Lousy weather
A brief business trip to Brussels today. The weather was dreadful. Sudden heavy downpours and generally grey skies. The weather always seems to be bad in Brussels, similar to London
Happiness
Tolstoy wrote that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Perhaps something similar applies to the debate about Europe. All Yes voters are
What does it mean to be a pro-European?
9 March 2005 I annoy a lot of my opponents in debates by calling them “anti-European”. It is a description they reject, but that does not stop me using it.
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A shot fox
26 February 2005 A debate on Wednesday evening with Marc Glendening of the so-called Democracy Movement. (You may recall a conversation I had with him in an earlier blog entry.)