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The Speech
David Cameron (picture Number 10 Downing Street) 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...
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No end to the controversy
Brendan Donnelly Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European...
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The two faces of William Hague
William Hague The traditional definition of chutzpah is the man who, on convicted of the murder of his parents, asks the court for mercy on the grounds that he is an orphan. After William Hague’s...
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It’s arrived!
Trafalgar Square fountains illuminated in blue for the birth of Prince George (picture David Holt / Flickr) The first set of reports from the government’s Balance of Competences (BoC) review emerged...
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An odd plan for a referendum
Adam Afriyie MP (picture Tiglath-Pileser IV) Rogue Tory backbencher Adam Afriyie – the man spoken of by his friends as a possible challenger to David Cameron or the British equivalent of Barack Obama –...
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Grant Shapps’ feelings
Grant Shapps (picture Communities and Local Government Office) The latest stage in the saga of British departure from the European Union is struck today by Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps MP. The...
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Federal Union review of 2013
David Cameron (picture Number 10 Downing Street) The overwhelming sensation from 2013 was that of waiting. Important processes have started and not yet concluded. There is a certain amount to be done...
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Stab in the back
An illustration from a 1919 Austrian postcard showing a caricatured Jew stabbing the German Army in the back with a dagger A persistent complaint from the eurosceptics is that the British people were...
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Votes for prisoners comes nearer
Jack Straw, man of action (picture Ministry of Justice) Economics and immigration are not the only battlegrounds in the debate about Britain and the EU. The rulings from the European Court of Human...
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Parliament still matters
Black Rod – vestigial In parallel with the court case on whether parliament is required to authorise the departure of the UK from the European Union (read about it here and here), there has been an...
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