Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a bad tradition
The resignation of French head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over allegations of a sex attack in a New York hotel room has restarted the debate about who …
Gordon Brown
New Labour and the European Union: Blair and Brown’s Logic of History (7 April 2011)
You are invited to the launch of “New Labour and the European Union: Blair and Brown’s Logic of History”, by Dr Oliver Daddow 7 April 2011, 5.00 – 6.45 pm, …
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No call for a general election
Gordon Brown seems to have weathered the storm over his leadership of the Labour party, which has a positive consequence for the future of the Lisbon treaty. (Or rather, it …
Gordon Brown’s constitution
It may be safely said that Gordon Brown must have a strong constitution if he can withstand all that has been thrown at him and still remain prime minister. But …
The two meanings of federal
How many times do we hear in British politics that federalism in Europe means centralisation? That a federal Europe would continue to accrete power after power away from the member …
Strange news: a British pro-European policy
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 25 March 2009 We are truly living in extraordinary times. Thanks to the credit crunch and the ensuing recession, some of the world’s major banks …
Gordon Brown turns his back
Published in EUobserver, 19 March 2009 British prime minister Gordon Brown opened a press conference in Downing Street on Monday, with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at his side, with …
Gordon Brown gets something right
Amid the daily assaults on him in parliament and in the media, Gordon Brown can at least take comfort in some praise today on this blog. He is reported on …
Gordon Brown and the euro
The newspaper articles welcoming Gordon Brown as the new prime minister all say that one of his undoubted achievements as Chancellor was to keep Britain out of the euro. Allow …
Orderly transition?
There is some confusion in the press today about whether or not there will be a referendum in the UK on the successor to the constitutional treaty. Tony Blair has …