Farage is right: the UK is not a self governing nation (but not in the way he sees it)
Everyone’s favourite damp-rag bashing rumbustious politician Nigel Farage has been at it again, claiming today that he “could not…
Europe
“The tide is turning against an austerity approach” says Miliband
Following his meeting with French President Francois Hollande today, Ed Miliband said: “The points of agreement we have…
Another return for Silvio? He couldn’t. Could he?
He is the longest-serving Italian Prime Minister of the post-war era. He has been Prime Minister on three…
Labour needs a European shopping list too
For David Cameron struggling to tame Douglas Carswell and Liam Fox now, read John Major battling with the…
UKIP MEP calls for MOD to be scrapped
The Tories are increasingly worried about losing votes to UKIP, but I wonder how many people know about…
What’s Labour’s answer to the Tories’ likely election – renegotiate – referendum on the EU approach?
So William Hague has launched the FCO review of the competences of the EU (essentially, an examination of…
Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s big problem? She’s not Birgitte Nyborg…
Helle Thorning-Schmidt – the real-life left-leaning first female Prime Minister of Denmark – has one big problem: she’s…
The Financial Transaction Tax – and a more responsible form of capitalism
The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) is being debated in two important fora this week – the meeting of…
EDL’s knock on the door for all of us
It’s not often when you find a constituent has knocked on your office door in the European Parliament,…
Should Ed commit to an In/Out referendum on the EU?
With Cameron lurching from sceptic to “statesman” on the issue of Europe, struggling to remain relevant on the…
