Tagged with "European Union"

EU says “Hard Cheese” to Swiss Democracy

The Swiss voted in a referendum to introduce a quota system on immigration. Very democratic. Which is why the EU hates it and is treating Switzerland with contempt. There's a lesson here for Britain
by Luke Stanley - 28 July 2014
Commonwealth or EU: Which is best for Britain’s future?

In a decade or so the Commonwealth will be a bigger economic power than the EU. But don't buy into the scaremongering of the europhiles. We can have free trade relationships with both. We just need our country back to do it
by Luke Stanley - 25 July 2014
EU needs to stop playing futile games with Russia

Russia's problems are Russia's fault. But the deluded EU needs to stop exacerbating the situation and start facing reality -- something it appears unable to do on so many issues
by Robin Mitchinson - 24 July 2014
Keep your eye on the ball. The real story is Europe

The Soviet Brezhnev era was sometimes ironically referred to as "developed stagnation". Sounds like the EU. But don't be fooled. Even as they bore you to death, they're still after your liberties
by Simon Rose - 21 July 2014
Cameron's crumpet and (old) politics as usual

Once it was "Blair's babes"; now it's "Cameron's crumpet". We're back to gratuitous pre-election politics again. Gove went because he was too good, and the Guardian didn't like him. And who's this Brussels bound Lord Hill fellow?
by Robin Mitchinson - 17 July 2014
What a farce the EU makes of our laws

The data protection fiasco highlights yet again that it is our parliament, not Brussels or the European Court of Justice that should be making our laws
by John Redwood MP - 17 July 2014
Labour gets Eurosceptic? Opportunism? No way!

Honest Brits who support Labour, from the unions for example, get the point about Britain, democracy and the European Union. Why does upper middle-class, boy-from-privilege, Ed Miliband not get it?
by John Redwood MP - 5 July 2014
Bin the EU instead

Many of us have concluded that the EU is a load of rubbish. Little did we know that this is not just a figure of speech
by Oliver Lane - 4 July 2014
Flexibility for Italy

For the final six months of this year Italy will be President of the Council of The European Union - which is good news for Matteo Renzi
by Tim Hedges - 2 July 2014
EU: The long and inevitable goodbye

Maybe 20 years will be needed for the EU to finally disappear into history, but there is an awesome inevitability about it all
by Robin Mitchinson - 30 June 2014
Let Britain again be a champion of freedom in Europe

With the latest crisis with the EU in mind, Britain needs to assume its traditional role of being a friend to small countries, a champion of freedom and diversity, and an enemy of the centralising tendencies that have plagued Europe for centuries
by John Redwood MP - 30 June 2014
The corporatist CBI blusters on about the EU

The corporatist CBI's supportive position on UK membership of the EU makes no sense at all from a broader economic point of view or for entrepreneurship, but it makes a great deal of sense for the vested interests of its main constituency, big business
by the commentator - 29 June 2014
UK should boycott new EU boss Juncker, call referendum

David Cameron must now call a referendum on British membership of the EU to coincide with next year's general election. Also he must have no direct contact with Jean-Claude Juncker. Send our ambassador whenever the need arises
by the commentator - 27 June 2014
EU doors open to Europe's trafficking capital

If you thought criminal gangs from Romania were a problem, you ain't seen nothing yet. The EU's latest crazy idea is to bring in Albania, the drug and people trafficking capital of Europe
by Luke Stanley - 27 June 2014
Euro opportunism: Cameron no match for Sikorski

The Juncker/Sikorski episode shows how little Britain’s voice counts in Europe, how alone its government is and how powerless it is to resist the creation of a form of technocratic absolutism which treats national parliaments and electorates with contempt
by Tom Gallagher - 26 June 2014