“There’s an election going on in Denmark? Really? As a resident of the UK you could be forgiven for not knowing, given that both BBC News Online and The Guardian seem to have neglected to cover the announcement this week.
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LabourList | The European reaction to the UK’s riots
“A moralising article from Tony Blair is enough to make anyone choke over their Sunday morning cornflakes, and his opinion piece in today’s Observer is no exception. It’s here if you feel like a browse. One line from Blair’s piece,
Continue reading LabourList | The Eurozone predicament is undesirable, not unexplainable
“Sometime around the turn of the century I was a reluctant economics student and posed an essay question by my cantankerous macroeconomics professor as to whether the Euro is an optimum currency area. The idea comes from Candian economist Robert
Continue reading LabourList | Better selection and election systems would give us better MEPs
“This week I was in the audience at a Young Fabians* event about Britain and the EU with Mary Honeyball MEP as the speaker. The event was part of one of the Young Fabians Policy Commissions, with the aim of
Continue reading LabourList | The EU and the UK need to stand back and let Egyptian elections happen
“I’ve spent three weeks in July in Cairo, Alexandria and Dahab, one of the very few tourists in Egypt these days. According to the New York Times tourism – previously 10% of Egypt’s GDP – has plunged by 40%. That
Continue reading LabourList | Honesty or gamesmanship?
“We’re on track for a multispeed EU and the UK government is OK with it. That is the main conclusion for the UK from a week from a week when the Euro was, at least temporarily, brought back from the
Continue reading LabourList | Ratings agencies – a sideshow in the Eurozone debt crisis
“Scandal! The European Union wants to increase its budget by 5% for the period from 2014 onwards. Prompt critical statements from Downing Street, the leader of the Tory MEPs in the European Parliament and even Tony McNulty. How dare those
Continue reading Too many places to write (and some thoughts on Huffington Post and Dale & Co.)
UK online politics seems to be in a period of transition this summer, and it’s not (yet?) due to the News of the World fallout. It is instead because of the launch of two new large scale blogs – Huffington
Continue reading LabourList | 5% EU budget hike? Not as simple as Cameron would like you to believe
“Earlier this week, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Michel Barnier prompted stinging headlines in UK broadsheets for his comments about agencies such as Moody’s that have downgraded their ratings on Irish, Portuguese and Greek sovereign debt. “EU attacked for
Continue reading The Labour/left blogosphere in the UK and Wikileaks
The whole Wikileaks saga has left me torn and confused. My automatic reaction is to welcome the leaks, to welcome the fact that we know much more now about how the wool has been pulled over our eyes as citizens
Continue reading LabourList | Ken for Commissioner?
“As Glenis Willmott rightly points out on Labourlist today the European Parliament elections should be the short term priority for Labour. With the Tories set to leave the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament it’s vital that Cameron’s right wing
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