As widely expected, the anti-austerity Syriza alliance won the Greek General Election on 25th January. Syriza fell just short of an overall majority, but appears to have secured a deal with the Independent Greeks party to form a new government. […]
This is not an economics website, so not the place for a debate on the rights and wrongs of Quantitative Easing. However, the political implications of Thursday’s announcement by the European Central Bank are worthy of comment. The announcement of […]
Criticism of the BBC, including its overwhelming pro-EU bias, has increased over the years. This in turn has raised questions about the way it is funded. John Whittingdale, the Conservative MP who chairs the House of Commons Select Committee for […]
Cameron’s ‘Talk is cheap’ says independent Labour Peer as Government dodges question on withdrawal from EU In response to a written question from the independent Labour Peer, Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Hansard 15.01.15), the Minister of State at the Foreign […]
While not directly relevant to the subject of EU withdrawal, thee two pictures taken from last Sunday’s “march of unity” in Paris show that even without the aid of Photoshop and other clever tools for editing digital pictures. you can […]
I was recently asked a question as to why a leader of any country would voluntarily relinquish his powers to govern his country by his laws as he sees fit. In particular, why do EU leaders from the well-governed countries […]
