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Category Archives: UK coalition
Congratulations Liberal Democrat Mike Thornton MP
Congratulations to Eastleigh by-election victor Liberal Democrat Mike Thornton MP. Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to find a positive spin on his Conservative Party’s relegation to third place, but he could follow the example of Bob Servant, Independent, after … Continue reading
Deputy Prime Minister’s response to Leveson
10 out of 10 to the Deputy Prime Minister. He supports Lord Justice Leveson’s report and understands public concern. He gave a bravura performance in answering MPs’ questions, dealing with each question that was put and not dodging, as most … Continue reading
Posted in Deputy Prime Minister, government, Hacking, Leveson, Leveson Report, Politics, Press, Press regulation, UK coalition, UK Deputy Prime Minister, UK Government, UK press regulation, UK Prime Minister
Tagged coalition, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, Leveson, Leveson Report, Nick Clegg, Politics, Press, Press regulation, prime minister, UK press regulation
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PM missing the point
A generous 7½ out of 10 for the Prime Minister, when he could so easily have got 10. Lord Justice has not proposed removing press freedom by legislation. He is not pointing the way across a Rubicon or advocation a … Continue reading
Leveson
I like what I heard in Lord Justice Leveson’s impressive statement. Like most people commenting I have yet to read the report (it will take a while), but the proposals he summarised in his statement seem right. Will the vested … Continue reading
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
