Tax and Europe? Eh? What now? How exactly, Mr Howard? Labour have (stupidly and anti-democratically) promised to hold referenda on the Euro and the proposed European constitution, allowing people to have their ill-informed say. Tax (and inflation) has been lower … Continue reading →

Yesterday I mentioned Robert Kilroy-Silk’s announcement that he wanted to be leader of the UK Independence Party. This was, in part, due to his assumption that he’d have the backing of the UKIP’s major financial backer. He doesn’t. Ha ha … Continue reading →

Well, the Tories are on to yet another vote-winner. Launching “Vote Blair, get Brown” as a slogan would make a good vote-winner for Labour, whose single biggest election liability is the prime Minister, but for the Tories to try it … Continue reading →

Peter Mandelson faces questioning from MEPs today, and unsurprisingly seems to have found his toughest challenges coming from the British contingent. While Mandy promises to be a team player, amazingly an interesting point was raised by a UKIP MEP, Nigel … Continue reading →

Hurrah! My views on the man have already been stated, but it never hurts to emphasise the point. Not only do we have the Blair/Brown business heating up following the PM’s announcement he’ll step down after a full third term … Continue reading →

Scissor Sisters if you’re Liam Fox, Dido if you’re Nicholas Soames, The Smiths if you’re David Cameron and Meatloaf if you’re Michael Ancram. As the Conservatives set up shop in Bournemouth, some bright spark came up with idea of trying … Continue reading →

It’s scarcely breaking news that Kerry is held as marginal winner of the first bear pit square-off of Bush v. challenger. This little beauty (courtesy of mefi) gives another perspective on things. Basically, to paraphrase an old friend of mine, … Continue reading →

Britain is one of America’s closest allies. So why does the US persist in illegally detaining and torturing our citizens? This report, of a letter written by British Guant�namo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, alleges yet more torture by US troops. … Continue reading →

Checking the front pages of today�s US papers, it looks rather like last night�s debate � coinciding as it did with yet another appalling attack in Iraq – is hopefully going to work to Kerry�s advantage. There can be few … Continue reading →

Then check out DocuTicker (with the obligatory ta to Metafilter) – “a daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo’s, think tanks, and other groups.” Looks like a superb blogging resource, providing handy summaries of and links to various … Continue reading →

Let me know if I’m boring you… I just posted this as a comment to this post on EU Referendum. I ended up going on a bit, along the same lines as I did the other day… The pro-European campaign … Continue reading →

1,191 : 15,033 Isn’t liberation grand? If a similar ratio of liberating military to civilian deaths had been the case during the freeing of Europe in World War II, the total civilian dead on the continent would have been in … Continue reading →

Intense workloads have prevented me from posting about the questioning of the new EU Commissioners that is going on from now until 8th October. Updates on the hearings seem to be cropping up on EurActiv most of the time. The … Continue reading →

Despite my last post, the “yes” campaign has a long way to go. As long as we continue to bitch among ourselves, the stronger the “no” campaign will become. Although they may seem obvious to us, the benefits of closer … Continue reading →