The appealing “European citizens’ initiative” was an innovation brought in by the Lisbon Treaty. EU citizens could demand action on a particular subject provided they collect a million signatures. It has proved remarkably ineffective. After three years there have been […]
The Conservative Party HQ has written to local associations warning them not to step out of line on the EU referendum. Well aware that the predominantly pro-withdrawal Tory rank and file are not going to swallow Cameron’s renegotiation package, it […]
THE PRESS OFFICE OF The Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour) News Release 3rd November 2015 Peer hammers Government for pro-EU bias and stay-in campaigners for belittling our country’s ability to stand on its own During a debate on […]
Towards the end of the 1990s, during drinks after at a debate at Bath on joining the euro, Mr Idris Francis, a long-standing supporter of withdrawal from the EU, asked Kate Barker, the CBI’s chief economist at the time, why […]
Last week, Norway and its relationship with the EU was the talk of the town. David Cameron spoke out against any idea of an independent UK using Norway as a model for a future relationship with the EU. Specially selected […]
Why did the ruling élite of the European Union (the EU) plagiarise part of the last movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th (Choral) Symphony and make it the EU Superstate’s official anthem? The section in question includes Beethoven’s choral arrangement […]
