European Union and Westminster Politics
Patricia Hewitt, Mansion House Wednesday, 23 February, 2005 In the speech Hewitt claims We listened very carefully to the views of business, trade unions and others before we negotiated the Constitution. We set out our objectives. And we achieved every one of them. With 275 amendments suggesting changes to the draft by the British government [...]
After Eastleigh if they are not running scared they are giving a very good impression, the glorious leader says they are not for lurching, but then we have John Redwood the Tories Eusceptic lightning rod suggesting a mandate referendum for a referendum, now Europhile Jesse Norman Hereford and South Herefordshire has visited Eutopia and did not [...]
David Cameron said the lowest common denominator in politics is to calculate the middle distance between your political opponents and then plant yourself somewhere between them, doing that -he said – will get you nowhere. It’s not about being Left-wing or Right-wing – it’s about being where the British people are. The right thing to [...]
According to a survey of 1,844 Tories -are there that many of them left ?- Only 7% think they can win the next election! As one commenter (aptly named Laughingboy) on Conservativehome.com put it -Thats rather high aint it, what do they base their optimism on???- In the past Year the number of those thinking [...]
Interesting post on Witterings from Witney perhaps arguing for the Harrogate Agenda proposes an intriguing insight when an MP gains Ministerial rank: When elected, a Member of Parliament becomes first a member of the Legislature, the body that is supposed to hold the government (the Executive) to account either by representing the majority view [...]
Why do I say the EU is anti-democratic, it is worrying that so many do not know or do not care about basic democratic principals that the question could even be posed – Abraham Lincoln defined the fundamental characteristic of democratic government in his Gettysburg address; it must be – of the people,- by the [...]
The short answer is because the Labour party would loose influence over England because they would never gain a majority in an English Parliament. And it would make Westminster even more redundant that it already is, if that were possible. But Helen Goodman decided to opt for the longer answer in her reply to a [...]
Phillip Johnston Home Affairs Editor of the Telegraph has an article in Mondays edition on how measures of constitutional significance are handled in the British Parliament. One might wonder exactly what Mr Johnston has been doing with his time if he has only just realised the impact our membership of the EU and the way [...]
On this day when the Euro enthusiast are gathering to celebrate the 50th birthday of the European Project by patting themselves on the back for a job well done, whilst in the real world the real people of the European nation states have indicated in recent polls that they are not as enthused with the [...]
Is the SNP offering something to Scottish electors that is not within the powers of the Scottish parliament. Rodney Brazier Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Manchester in the Times Sir, How could the SNP, if it had power in the Scottish Parliament, legally hold a referendum on independence? Under the Scotland Act “the Union [...]
The presiding officer of the Welsh assembly has said that devolution in England would help deliver a “United Kingdom in a united Europe.” Lord Elis-Thomas said giving people in England a similar say in their domestic affairs would help achieve a more secure constitutional settlement. “There should be a proper English parliament, and that could [...]
Richard Corbett up to his usual histrionic verbalistic form in his post about the affect of the new EU driving licence, which must be renewed every 10 years. nb.I do not link to Corbett because he is far to grand to allow comments, He complains of the Express and Mail’s predilection for publishing at face [...]
EUOBSERVER reports EU parliament MEPs have reacted furiously to a UK parliament report which questions the right of the European Parliament to make laws on criminal and police matters due to the fact that most of its members are non-British. Which is not quite the point made by the report but this slight myth is [...]
Very strange polling results in the Telegraph, “an ICM opinion poll for The Sunday Telegraph has found. Independence is backed by 52 per cent of Scots while an astonishing 59 per cent of English voters want Scotland to go it alone.” 68 percent of English voters and 58 per cent of Scottish voters support for [...]
The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill completed its committee stages in the Commons last Thursday and, despite a spirited counter-offensive by Opposition MPs, remains largely intact as one of the most pernicious measures to have come before a British parliament. The Bill would empower any minister by order to make provisions amending, repealing or replacing [...]
The English Question Thanks to the Blog Great Britian not Little England for the link to this report from Publius: The Journal of Federalism by Robert Hazell. Devolution to Scotland and Wales throws up related questions about the government of England. Does England need to find its own separate political voice? Does England too need [...]
EU constitution is dead, says Dutch minister, Federalist hopes of reviving the draft European Union constitution were snuffed out yesterday when the Dutch foreign minister, Bernard Bot, said the treaty was “dead”. He swept away months of euphemisms and half-truths, as European leaders struggled to avoid being the first to declare an end to the [...]
This from appeared in the Scotsman this morning and was sent by e-mail from Dr Cooper with a note above the letter. Mrs Rolls writes very anti-EU good letters, but I have to disagree with her on this. The editor has deleted “Irrespective of the pretensions of the European Court of Justice” which I had [...]
Thanks to Dr Cooper who sent this to me by email and said; Many people in Washington still haven’t woken up, apparently. Like Mr Pantucci, with his letter in the Independent yesterday. Business Platform Washington still blind to true nature of the EU By : John Blundell January 08, 2006 HISTORY is little but an [...]
Some Conservatives are at last beginning to get the message, that the way back into power in not to offer a pale imitation of NU-Labour but to return to basic Conservative policies and to ground those in the national interest founded on self-government and the supremacy of the British Parliament duly elected by the British [...]
Lord Owen writing in the Times suggests three ways to limit the damage of the EU Constitution in the event of a yes vote, the three methods he proposes are at the behest of our own government. The opportunity for improvement is presented by the Government’s European Union Bill. Intended to pave the way for [...]
by Eurealist on May 12, 2005 09:58AM (BST) Now that the EU Parliament has voted to remove the British opt out from the Working Times Directive against the will of the duly elected British Parliament, perhaps we should consider if the agreement reached at Maastricht should be repealed in the British parliament. This might seem [...]
Eurealist :: Main Page: “Cheese UKIP and Voting by Eurealist on May 5, 2005 08:54AM (BST) To call me a wavering voter is something of an understatement with 13 hours to go before the polls close, I still have not decided who to vote for, or even if I will vote for anyone. My LibDem [...]
Eurealist :: Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths: “Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths by Eurealist at 07:50AM (BST) on April 25, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos William Rees-Mogg asks in the Times “Why this baffling silence?†NEXT MONTH there will be historic votes [...]
Eurealist :: Conservative Party officially rejects British Constitution: “Conservative Party officially rejects British Constitution by Eurealist at 05:15PM (BST) on April 14, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos The British Declaration of Independence 54, Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RP Press: 01661 843226 Office: 01291 621748 www.bdicampaign.org. Email: info@BDIcampaign.org Many Thanks for petitioning on the British Declaration [...]
Neil Herron: EU Constitution and the Metric Martyrs Judgment: “To make sure that everyone understands what is being talked about, an explanatory note was added to the final version of the constitution duringthe closing stages of the negotiations. It states: ‘The conference notes that the provisions of Article I-6 reflect existing Court of Justice case [...]
A letter in the Times from a certain Jonathan Dawid takes William Rees-Mogg to task for discussing the EU Constitution Are we fools led by liars? February 28, 2005 “WHO’S GOT it right? The German Minister for Europe, Hans Martin Bury, or the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Jack Straw? Last week Herr Bury [...]
Direct EU Taxation. The FOC “Myth Series†states clearly that “We control tax and social security†The Government negotiated successfully to keep a national veto over tax proposals. Social Security proposals are subject to an effective veto through a national ‘emergency brake’ mechanism allowing any Member State to refer a proposed law to the European [...]
The Offensive Jack Straw 11 Foreign Secretary Jack Straw attacked the Conservatives’ position on Europe on Tuesday, saying its policy of rejecting the treaty with a view to renegotiating it was “fantasy”. “Claiming that Britain can accept the bits of being an EU member it likes, and withdraw from all the others, is not a [...]
A thought provoking post from The Anglo Saxon Chronicle subject “The British Monarchy within a Federal Europe†There seems to be a general misunderstanding about the British system and an inclination from Pro EU pundits to either dismiss or just ignore the questions that need to be addressed as more of the power of self- [...]
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