The consequences of attempting to buy a Yes vote in the next Ireland referendum on Lisbon
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Ireland and the I can’t really believe it’s not the Lisbon Treaty
Posted in European Union, Politics, tagged Commissioner, EU, Ireland, Lisbon, referendum, Treaty on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lisbon Treaty and the Irish referendum
Posted in European Union, Politics, tagged European Union, Ireland, Lisbon Treaty, referendum on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty. Why the UK government is fortunate to have signed it first.
The Nero syndrome – fiddling whilst globe burns.
Posted in Economics & Finance, European Union, Politics, tagged banking crisis, Europe, European Parliament, financial crisis on October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So whilst the rest of the world begins to fear genuinely for their savings and jobs, over in the European Parliament asylum last week it was business as usual. Items up for discussion were such riveting subjects as more ‘harmonised’ EU rules about teacher training, standards for waste reporting, for colourants in medicines, for roadworthy [...]
The truth about Bank of England independence.
Posted in Economics & Finance, European Union, Politics, tagged Bank of England, Blair, Brown, EMU, independence, Maastricht, Monetary union on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In a new television documentary to be screened next week, Tony Blair claims the credit for the historic decision to make the Bank of England independent, contrary to the received wisdom that it was Gordon Brown’s idea. The truth is that neither had any choice in the matter.
In 1997 the UK was still on the [...]
