The Speech
So we have finally heard The Speech. David Cameron spoke this morning to outline what Conservative party policy on Europe would be after the next election. (Read the speech here.) […]
Liberal Democrats
Party views of a referendum on Europe
The prospect of a referendum on British membership of the EU continues to hang over British politics. (Federal Union has warned of the reasons why such a referendum might not
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The House of Lords is a mess
The House of Lords is a mess. It brings together in one place party political nominees (often former MPs), acknowledged experts on particular issues, descendants of drinking buddies of long-deceased
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The coalition government and the European Union – who, whom?
The Federal Union committee, at its meeting on 12 September, discussed the record of the coalition government on Europe and in particular the influence of the Liberal Democrats. The outcome
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The delusion of national elections
The fallout from last week’s referendum defeat for the Alternative Vote continues to settle, with comments from prominent Yes campaigners such as Jessica Asato and Peter Facey, as well as
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Coalition tensions
The Liberal Democrats at their conference in Liverpool this week were discussing the coalition government. A coalition is necessarily a compromise between different and even conflicting interests, and resolving those
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What Liberal Democrats can fight for in the coalition government
By Richard Laming Entry into the coalition government after the general election in May presents the Liberal Democrats with a difficult dilemma. On the one hand, they share and exercise
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How to both support and oppose the euro at the same time
One of the things that did for the Liberal Democrats in the general election campaign was their inability to explain their position on the euro. They were widely and generally
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Britain, Europe and the general election
By Richard Laming Today’s conference has been looking at the Europe policies of the different political parties. I will speak about the Liberal Democrats’ policies in a moment but I
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Where next for the constitution?
An interesting discussion yesterday between Andrew Duff and Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat spokespeople on constitutional affairs in the European Parliament and foreign affairs in the House of Commons, respectively. (It
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