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Category Archives: UK coalition
Veto!
Prime minister David Cameron’s veto at the EU summit in Brussels leaves the UK isolated in a way that has no precedent. His “veto” is a refusal not to take part in discussions which are going to go ahead without the … Continue reading
Posted in Britain in Europe, Debt crisis, December 2011, European Council, Eurozone, Sovereign states, UK coalition
Tagged Austerity in the UK, Chancellor Merkel, coalition, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, European Council meeting Brussels 2011, Eurosceptics, Eurozone crisis, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Politics, prime minister, UK coalition; Reform; Whitehall; Public sector; Politics, veto
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3rd Update: The United Kingdom and the Eurozone crisis
As he heads to the EU summit in Brussels, will the UK prime minister, David Cameron, be thinking about the London Conference nearly 80 years ago, also called to resolve an international financial crisis and avoid a further recession? That … Continue reading
Posted in Britain in Europe, Debt crisis, December 2011, European Council, Eurozone, government, London Conference 1933, Politics, Sovereign states, UK coalition
Tagged Austerity in the UK, coalition, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, European Council, European Council Brussels 2011, Eurosceptics, Eurozone crisis, prime minister, UK coalition; Reform; Whitehall; Public sector; Politics
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2nd Update: The United Kingdom and the Eurozone crisis
Here is common sense and leadership from justice secretary Kenneth Clarke in today’s Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5606a946-201a-11e1-8662-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1fomGwuZY. (You may have to register to read it, but registration is free). He was a good minister to work for, as I recall. Also … Continue reading
Posted in Britain in Europe, Debt crisis, Eurozone, government, Politics, Sovereign states, UK coalition, Uncategorized, Work-life balance, Working Time Directive
Tagged Austerity in the UK, Chancellor Merkel, coalition, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, Eurosceptics, Eurozone crisis, France, Germany, justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, Nick Clegg, President Sarkozy
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Update: The United Kingdom and the Eurozone crisis
David Cameron’s threat today to veto any new EU treaty (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16048131) confirms the worst. Of course he is right to defend the United Kingdom’s interests and not to sign any treaty that does not accord with our interests (although as … Continue reading
Posted in Britain in Europe, Debt crisis, Eurozone, Politics, Sovereign states, UK coalition
Tagged Austerity in the UK, Chancellor Merkel, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, EU, Eurosceptics, Eurozone crisis, financial crisis, France, Germany, Nick Clegg, Paris summit, President Sarkozy, prime minister
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The United Kingdom and the Eurozone crisis
Why is the UK taking no part in solving the Eurozone crisis? Why was the UK prime minister not at the summit in Paris yesterday, when President Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Merkel of Germany met? The financial crisis affects … Continue reading
Posted in Britain in Europe, Debt crisis, Eurozone, Politics, UK coalition
Tagged Austerity in the UK, Chancellor Merkel, David Cameron, deputy prime mister, Eurosceptics, Eurozone crisis, Finacial crisis, France, Germany, Lady Thatcher, ordinary working families, Paris summit, President Sarkozy, TUPE, UK prime minster
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Immigration
Is it not a delicious irony that it is a Conservative home secretary on whose watch immigration checks were scaled back apparently without ministerial sanction so that she does not now know how many people were let in improperly? We … Continue reading
Liam Fox’s resignation
Janet Daley and Tim Montgomerie have blogged that Liam Fox’s resignation makes the Cabinet “less Conservative.” What’s to complain about? The message in all this for politicians is that there is no such thing as a “private meeting”.
Fair Votes referendum
Have just Attended Nick Clegg’s excellent speech in Leeds city centre in support of a yes vote in the Fair Votes referendum in May on changing the voting system to the Alternative Vote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12504941. He was speaking following the passage … Continue reading
Sensible public debate needed, not misrepresentation
I worry about the state of public debate in this country. We have serious issues, some of which go back to the last government, some to the one before it, some even further and some have arisen under this government. … Continue reading
COALITION GOVERNMENT
I gave a speech on “Coalition Government” to a 100-strong audience at the Forum 2000 meeting in Horsforth in West Yorkshire on Wednesday, the 9th. The audience were interested and engaged. I gave a positive view of the UK coalition, … Continue reading
