Apologising for slavery
Straying from the discussion about the EU institutions for a moment, my eye is caught by the report on a debate about slavery in Bristol (read it in The Independent […]
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The war is nearly over
An intriguing report by the BBC earlier this week that Britain’s war debts are still being paid off, but will be cleared by the end of the year. (Read the
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Supranationalism is not a gaffe
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 19 May 2005 The fuss last week over whether Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström actually made those reported remarks about intergovernmentalism leading to war does not
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A warped view / Record straight
From the Surrey Hants Star Anybody who is unclear about the purpose of the Constitution for Europe may care to reflect on a recent comment from Mr Richard Laming, Director
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The dream of sovereignty
By Conrad Russell At the moment, when I am asked whether I am working on history or politics, I often find it very difficult to answer. This is because of
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Let us reorder this world around us: the European constitution and the wider world
By Richard Laming Having written a pamphlet about European foreign policy and world order, I should start by explaining why I am interested in the subject. It goes back to
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The idea of Europe
By Will Hutton Today’s European Union is a remarkable, if still incomplete, achievement. Its founding six members have been augmented by another nine and up to ten additional countries in eastern
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Only a federal European Union can respond effectively to the existential challenges that confront the world
By John Pinder When Federal Union was launched in London in 1938 it had extraordinary success, with membership rising rapidly to ten thousand and support from leading politicians, academics and
Sovereign states
Letter to The Times, 1 April 2002 Sir, Mr Robin Howard (letter, March 26) is mistaken in his history of the United States. At the time of the Philadelphia Convention,
Building a constitution: the British experience
By John Parry The word “constitution” dates back at least as far as the Roman orator Cicero who used it in the limited sense of a regulation or ordinance. With
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