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
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…
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…
Labour could hold an EU referendum – but it’s too soon to say…
Rachel Reeves was on the Sunday Politics yesterday, and said Labour could hold an EU referendum when Britain’s…
Blair: UK may face “interesting choice” over Euro
Globalisation and Internationalism
Last week I was delighted to spend the first half of the week in Strasbourg visiting and learning…
The curious demise of Francois Bayrou
Eight pm at the close of the second round, and the results are in from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2nd. …
Tony Blair’s instincts on the Euro were right
Monday’s extract from the latest tranche of Alastair Campbell’s diaries , The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq, published in the “Guardian”…
The most important election in history
It’s the most important election in history tomorrow. It could destroy the Obama Presidency and stillbirth Hollande’s. It…
