EU deal: do the dissenters remain gagged?
The Prime Minister found himself in Wiltshire when the Speaker would’ve liked him to be speaking to the Commons answering an Urgent Question on the EU draft deal.
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The Prime Minister found himself in Wiltshire when the Speaker would’ve liked him to be speaking to the Commons answering an Urgent Question on the EU draft deal.
Jean-Claude Juncker was heckled by a far right Italian MEP in an Angela Merkel mask as he said that 120,000 refugees had to be relocated from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other European countries
The response to that photo to open doors is entirely understandable. The problem is that it might just make things worse.
The heart-breaking images of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach have reverberated around the world, but will they lead to a change in British attitudes towards the refugee crisis?
Zoe Konstantopoulou, senior Syriza politician and speaker of the Greek parliament, tells Channel 4 News that a no vote in the country’s referendum is the beginning of a new era for Europe.
Greece may only represent a fraction of Europe’s economy. But in everything else that can’t be easily measured by the IMF or ECB, it represents to much more.
David Cameron ended up getting the prestigious 11pm slot to speak for about 5 minutes about Britain’s renegotiation. A source said the Prime Minister didn’t notice if anyone had left the room.
The IMF like their emergency economic plans from debtor countries pretty heavy on the spending cuts, light on the tax rises. The Tsipras plan was the very opposite.
Britain voting to leave the EU “would be a disastrous message of European weakness”, according to the chairman of Germany’s foreign affairs committee.
Australia appears to be leading the way in abolishing the so-called “tampon tax” – so why does the UK taxman still class “sanitary products” as “luxuries”?
David Cameron says Britain is “not happy with the status quo” in the EU, so what changes is he seeking as he prepares for a referendum?
The surge in support for the radical left Podemos party in Spain’s regional elections is the latest manifestation of a spectre haunting Europe: the rise of the anti-austerity movement.
I’ve been talking to some with memories of the 1974-5 Common Market renegotiation and asking what lessons it has for the one David Cameron is embarking on.
The fear factor worked. Go to bed with Nigel and you wake up in a love triangle with Ed and Nicola was a prospect that cowed voters into the foetal position of continuity.
Until today two words have been missing from the general election 2015 campaigning: foreign policy.