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"What a triumph the Euro is!" says the EU Commissioner. "Do you understand the subject?" says Tim Worstall. And the arguments why the UK should join, or end up Icelandised. Brrr.
James Rogers’ website Global Power Europe is an elegant and eloquent example of the far opposite of British Euro-Scepticism – Euro-Uberzeal. If it’s European, he wants More. Much More. In his latest entry James urges Ireland to vote Yes to the Treaty, lest Europeans turn into minnows. He cites IMF statistics […]
You may well be wondering how many countries have formally recognised the independence of Kosova (or Kosovo as HMG call it). Here is what looks like a pretty comprehensive list. Thus as of the end of May 2008 Kosovo’s independence has been recognised by (only?) 42 out of 192 UN member […]
I happen to think not. Or rather my instinct tells me that that is not what is best for the UK. Maybe this boils down to an aesthetic point of view rather than an economic or political one? On the economic merits, this article by Martin Wolf sums up my […]
Controversy rages (zzzzz) over plans (or not) for the EU to have its own Embassies within the new External Action Service. As previously described, this proposal of course is being hotly debated in Brussels, not least because hundreds of EU officials’ jobs as currently funded are at stake. This latest […]
Tragedy is said to be unfolding within the UK Labour Party. Phil Collins (former speechwriter for Tony Blair) with Richard Reeves argue that the Party has lost touch with its liberal tradition. The full text is in Prospect (subscription only). But the core thought is here: Labour politicians too often see a social problem—obesity, […]
A report by Russian experts under UNDP auspices makes grim reading on Russia’s demographic problems. Basically, Russia has a uniquely dire set of trends combining to reduce fertility rates and increase mortality rates, leading to a notably shrinking – and ageing -population: demographic ripples from the massive loss of men […]
Could excessive/unwise EU regulation of the power sector cause the UK power generation sector ruinous problems? The problem in this complex policy area is that the lead times for taking decisions are necessarily long (power stations cost a lot of money), and decisions once made have to be lived with […]
For the first time in my life I have a garden to look after – myself. It is a Big One. In it and around it swirl buzzards, kites, owls, badgers, deer, foxes, rabbits, hares, frogs, hedgehogs, bats, moles, more moles, even more moles and all sorts of other phenomena. […]
