Supranational issues
By Richard Laming Published in the Spectator, 28 November 2009 Sir: Your cover story (“How the Tories can still win in Europe”, 14 November) quotes Liam Fox saying: “We can […]
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subsidiarity
Subsidiarity man
I was delighted to find in an old collection of papers this cartoon: it appeared in The Independent some time in 1991, I think, when the term “subsidiarity” first made
Fifty ways to kill recovery
An interesting article by James Surowiecki, author of “The Wisdom of Crowds”, in the New Yorker asks whether American federalism is hampering the ability of the United States to respond
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The life you can save
A new book by philosopher Peter Singer asks some awkward questions about the moral obligation to give to the poor. Peter Singer has for years examined the limits of what
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More powers for Brussels!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the European Union has too many powers. Politicians from across the political spectrum call for “reform” to reverse what they claim is an
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Small economies can ride out the economic storm
The Financial Times reported on an interesting study by the Lausanne Institute for Management Development yesterday, looking at the resilience of national economies, large and small. Read the report here.
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Repaying student loans
A news report from the BBC today reveals that growing numbers of students from other EU countries are not repaying their loans to the British Student Loans Company. (Read the
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Environmental standards: who decides?
A happy day when the same interesting issue arises in two separate news stories. First, over in America, President Obama is supposedly about to change the rules on the regulation
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Is Heathrow airport getting too big
A major transport initiative such as the proposed new runway and terminal building at Heathrow airport, announced yesterday, provoke mixed feelings from a federalist perspective. Aside from the considerations of
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The future of federalism
Discussion at the Federal Union seminar on 6 September 2008 What has federalism achieved in the UK, Europe and the world? What is its future agenda? How are these issues
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