Ken on Apr 27th, 2007Mr Deluded
The Telegraph reports that Blair may announce his resignation as Labour leader before next Thursday’s local elections in an attempt to limit the expected electoral damage. May the first seems to be the day most favoured by the pundits who say that the announcement would dominate the news in the run up to the local [...]
Ken on Apr 20th, 2007It`s All Our Fault
Alan Cochrane writing in the Telegraph says it is “good to hear the Tory leader reject the populist appeal of English nationalism.”
I find it rather odd that when writing about the elections to the Scottish Parliament it is somehow the English which are to blame for the present mess the Scottish raj which is controlling [...]
Ken on Apr 4th, 2007Good for the BCC
This from Euobserver
Radio ads run by the European Commission in Ireland have been ruled in breach of Irish media law as they were "directed towards a political end," according to Dublin’s independent body dealing with complaints on broadcasting content.
Parts of the ads, paid for by the European Commission’s representation in Ireland, were strictly awareness-building [...]
Ken on Apr 4th, 2007Modest Brussels bureaucracy
Looks like Labour Movement for Europe trolls are out today.
This from the Independent
Sir: Marc Glendening is talking through his hat in when he mentions the “over-centralised structures of the EU” (Letters, 27 March). The EU can only legislate with the approval of the ministers from its member states in the Council and any [...]
Ken on Apr 3rd, 2007British Parliament Controls EU Legislation Not
The only control our Parliament has over EU legislation comes from the European scrutiny committees in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the only weapon those committees have in their armoury to stop the executive simply agreeing to anything in this country’s name is something known as a scrutiny reserve.
