Stab in the back
A persistent complaint from the eurosceptics is that the British people were lied to about membership of the EU. Joining wouldn’t reduce our national sovereignty, we were told, and we […]
national sovereignty
Who started the first world war?
This year sees the centenary of the start of the first world war. There will be commemoration of this sad anniversary throughout the country during the year, but there will
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Another corporate tax dodge
This is, I suppose, the time of year for things to come back to life, and stories of corporate tax avoidance are among them. It is reported this morning that
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The national interest in Syria
Foreign secretary William Hague has been outspoken in his criticism of Russia and China for their position on the conflict in Syria. Those two permanent members of the UN Security
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Alive and kicking
A very interesting comment here by Centre for European Reform chief economist Simon Tilford, wondering whether the national governments of the member states of the eurozone have got what it
Donald Tusk: European integration is not a threat to sovereignty
“We lived for many years as a non-sovereign country, under Soviet occupation. For us European integration is not a threat to sovereignty because we experienced not long ago a serious
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Neo-con nonsense
This website posted in the Quotebank yesterday some comments made by the US ambassador to the UK, Louis Susman, regarding the British relationship with the EU. (Read them here.) He
Patriotic sentiments
The collision between national sovereignty and democracy got another illustration today, this time courtesy of the justice minister of India. Arundhati Roy, the novelist, faces the prospect of prosecution for
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The state of the union
You can read President Barroso’s “State of the Union” address, that he gave yesterday, here. He did not utter the words of the American president each year, that “The state
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The regulation of sovereign debt
Economic commentator Anatole Kaletsky wrote an interesting article comparing sovereign debt with banking debt (read it here), but I am not sure that he is reconciled to the consequences. Anatole
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