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Britain, Europe and the general election
Going to vote 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 want...
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Increasingly presidential
Gordon Brown The Conservatives have proposed that anyone who takes over as prime minister during a parliament should be required to call a general election within six months. (Read a report on this...
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Don’t bind my hands
John Major In the 1997 general election, Conservative party leader John Major was reduced to pleading with his candidates who wanted to rule out, for ever, British membership of the euro. In a...
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Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
Sir Julian Priestley By Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of Tory divisions...
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Punished for telling the truth
Ed Davey tells it like it is (picture DECC) An interview with Lib Dem cabinet minister Ed Davey in the New Statesman this week has provoked an astonishing reaction. He comments on the experience in...
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Party views of a referendum on Europe
Campaigners for a referendum 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...
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Prospects for a referendum on Europe
David Cameron (picture The Prime Minister’s Office) Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday....
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A lack of leadership
Leading British pro-European It has been a consistent theme of this website that Britain’s role in Europe is declining because of a lack of leadership. Yes, public opinion is drifting against the EU,...
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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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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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Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
Sir Julian Priestley By Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of Tory divisions...
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Punished for telling the truth
Ed Davey tells it like it is (picture DECC) An interview with Lib Dem cabinet minister Ed Davey in the New Statesman this week has provoked an astonishing reaction. He comments on the experience in...
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Party views of a referendum on Europe
Campaigners for a referendum 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...
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Prospects for a referendum on Europe
David Cameron (picture The Prime Minister’s Office) Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday....
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A lack of leadership
Leading British pro-European It has been a consistent theme of this website that Britain’s role in Europe is declining because of a lack of leadership. Yes, public opinion is drifting against the EU,...
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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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