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Friday, August 28, 2009

Who said giving the EP more powers was a good thing?

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A new report from the cross-party House of Lord's EU Scrutiny Committee will make yet more uncomfortable reading for all those Yes camp...

Read the question - carefully

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I know we alluded to this yesterday, but it's worth hammering home. It seems Michael O'Leary truly is confused and believes Ireland ...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

"Trust me, I'm a Yes campigner"

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It may be Thursday already, but it's not too late to tell you about an op-ed by Richard Waghorne in Saturday's Irish Daily Mail , wh...
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About to hit the jackpot

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The Parliament.com website is taking a welcome new look at the fact that the team of EU Commissioners due to leave office in a few months...

Double standards

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Easy to see why this google alert for "Lisbon Treaty" went into my junk mail this morning - European Voice runs a story with the ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

There was a better way

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The Economist's Charlemagne today claims that by opposing the incredible 60 percent rise of the British contribution to the EU budget,...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

MEPs to the rescue?

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We learn today that the Government is proposing a tougher stance on internet file-sharing, which would include cutting off repeat offenders...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Desperate times

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Some interesting developments in Ireland over the weekend. The 'Yes' side is due to outspend the 'No' side by 10 to 1 in the...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Showdown over alternative investment

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In HFM Week, we're today setting out our thoughts on one of this year's most contentious EU proposals: the Directive on Alternativ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Toys and terrorists

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It's the middle of August and there's almost no political news, especially not of the EU variety, given the whole of Brussels is on ...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

What's the question?

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As another yes campaign group launches in Ireland, we're struck by the overriding focus on Ireland's EU membership as a talking poi...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

There's more

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At the risk of banging on quite a lot about EU propaganda (but there's so much to say!), further to yesterday's post , we reckon tha...
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

EU Commission officials - coming to a Uni near you

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We have just seen an email that the European Commission would probably have preferred we didn't. Dominic Brett, Head of Public Diplomacy...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Generation Yes: Insulting your intelligence

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For all its claims to want to 'Fight the Lies', the 'Generation Yes' campaign in Ireland is making some very bold claims wh...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Spin spin spin

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Before disappearing on holiday, EU Communications Commissioner Margot Wallstrom (who, BTW, will have earned more than £2 million in basic s...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Brussels: Shut down?

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August is no doubt the month when most Brussels folk choose to go on vacation - spending a couple of weeks in the countryside or taking a...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Turn the air con down

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change has produced an Impact Assessment for the Government's 'Renewable Energy Strategy' ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

What's in a name?

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Quite apart from the presumptiousness inherent in today's news that Chris Patten fancies himself for one of the job EU jobs that will b...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

(B of the) Bang for our Buck?

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If ever you wanted a metaphor for the shambles that is the EU budget, this is it. The Times tells us that the “B of the Bang” sculpture in ...
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A new level of ridiculousness

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The other day we brought you news of the EU-sponsored conference ‘Promoting a creative generation - children and young people in the new cu...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

Don't go Gordon, all is forgiven!

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An interesting piece in the Times this morning from William Rees-Mogg reminds us that Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to introduce an amendm...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Pass the sick bucket...

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Another day, another highly professional pro-Lisbon website crops up in Ireland. This time, it's " Women for Europe " (hot on ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Law of unintended consequences

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There's a detailed double page spread in the Evening Standard tonight about the case of Deborah Dark, a grandmother wanted in France und...
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Bad for democracy

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Further to yesterday's post on EU propaganda, see EUobserver today for some more snippets of what the institutions have been up to - an...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Playing games

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British business leaders have today been fighting it out on the newswires about the extent of the cost that the EU's new Agency Workers...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

What do you mean you haven't got time?

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For anyone who didn't catch our press summary this morning, the Government has admitted that it will not carry out an Impact Assessmen...
Monday, July 27, 2009

A lesson in caution against unnecessary EU rules

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Over the weekend John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, called for the Government to have the courage to "step in and...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

London? So passé, chéri

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If anyone is in any doubt about the motivation behind the recent, very controversial, tranche of EU proposals for financial regulation, they...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Down the plug hole

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Last week the European Commission published its annual "Fight Against Fraud" report 2008 (and annexes - see here and here ). It ...
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