A democratic scandal
There’s been a lot of reporting lately on what deal the government might have offered Nissan. The Japanese car manufacturer (part-owned by Renault) has a major manufacturing plant at Sunderland …
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Punished by the EU
I borrowed a dog yesterday. There’s a website where people who don’t own dogs but want to walk them can make contact with dog owners who want to put their …
A guide to successful negotiation
John Kay writes a primer on successful negotiation – read it here http://www.johnkay.com/2013/10/02/the-oft-forgotten-basics-of-negotiation – to which the Democrats and Republicans in the US might like to refer when trying to …
Regulation, regulation, regulation
It is enduring mystery how otherwise intelligent people can claim to support the European single market but at the same time object to EU regulation. The single market was created …
Multi-speed Europe and the single market (25 February 2013)
Joint seminar by Federal Trust, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute 25th February 2013 5.00pm – 7.00pm National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE Speakers include John Cooke, Council Member, …
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A bit off
If a future British government wants to renegotiate membership of the EU, the Fresh Start group of Tory MPs has published its view of what that renegotiation should achieve. The …
Contorted arguments against EU membership
The benefits of British membership of the European Union are so profound and far-reaching that its opponents have to twist themselves into all kinds of knots in order to try …
Is it time to leave the EU?
I spoke at a debate earlier this week organised by the Spectator, with the subject of “Is it time to leave the EU?”; naturally, I was against the motion. Also …
London 2012: who will get the Olympic tickets?
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 8 June 2011 Olympic fever is spreading in the United Kingdom and, as with all fevers, it is raising temperatures and causing a headache. …
There is another way
Professor Stephen Haseler, a frequent personality on this website, launched his new book last Thursday, “Meltdown UK: there is another way”. He argued that the neo-liberal economic theory that lay …