Federations No Longer a Fad
Labour MP Austen Albu said, during the debate on accession to the EEC, “No one believes that there will be any very rapid advance towards a federal Europe.
11 November 2019 - 16:48
The Brexit Logjam Finally Breaks
We can be sure that the EU will do everything it can to stop the UK from being able to adopt policies that make us more competitive. This does not mean lower standards, but better standards and regulations designed by UK legislators for UK conditions and not by EU bureaucrats.
7 November 2019 - 19:48
The Single Market Isn’t Working: Why Doesn’t the Left Understand This?
"The Tories may well change the rights of workers but at least we will have the possibility as a Labour Party and trade union movement to put those back, as we have done before. When those rights go in the EU, they are gone for good. They become more or less unalterable.”
6 November 2019 - 19:48
Patrick Armstrong: What about Whataboutism?
Accusing someone of 'whataboutism' is supposed to be a final, complete and crushing response.
4 November 2019 - 22:48
Johnson’s Deal: A Precarious Bridge to Economic Freedom
The UK in Johnson’s deal has agreed to an exit bill of c. £39 billion – and quite possibly significantly more. There is no link between the payment of this and agreeing a free trade deal
2 November 2019 - 19:48
The Lebanese ‘Canary in the Mine’ Is Signalling Mid-East Trouble Ahead
The point is, how will the region find a future for a young population that is out-running the continent’s water and (useful) land resources, if fossil fuel cannot be the employment driver?
2 November 2019 - 07:48
The Benn Act: Law Officers Acting Unlawfully
It is now clear, contrary to most expectations, that the Scottish Court of Appeal has accepted the legality of the three letters that were sent to the EU regarding an extension of Article 50 on 19 October. Even Lord Pannick reluctantly agrees.
1 November 2019 - 19:48
Killing Julian Assange: Justice Denied When Exposing Official Wrongdoing
Assange is undeniably hated by the American political Establishment and even much of the media in bipartisan fashion, with the Democrats blaming him for Hillary Clinton’s loss while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has labeled him a “fraud, a coward and an enemy.”
31 October 2019 - 21:48
What about the Wagner Group? …It’s All About the Oil
According to most accounts, even if questionable, the US checked with Russian partners about Russian forces being present there before engaging in the firefight at the Conoco oil plant. If true, the most probable solution to this mystery is that the Russian military did not know that Russian contractors were present near the plant that day.
30 October 2019 - 06:48
Paul Craig Roberts: Better Relations between the US and Russia Are Not on the Cards
During the Cold War both sides received false alarms of incoming attacks, but neither the Amerians nor the Soviets ever pushed the button in response to the warnings. Why? The reason is that both sides understood that they were working to reduce tensions and to build trust. Both sides understood that in this atmosphere the alarms had to be false.
28 October 2019 - 09:48
How the Deep State Overthrew the Last Nationalist Government of Canada… in 1963!
The Northern Vision called for building vast roads and resource development complexes across the Arctic along with rail links to Alaska.
28 October 2019 - 03:48
Agriculture and Fishing / Brexit / Economy / International Relations / International Trade / Politics
Unreasonable Pressures on the DUP
The whole of agri-food sector exports to the EU comprise only 1% of output of goods and services in Northern Ireland or in other words 4% of sales to the outside world. Even so, almost one billion pounds of business is at stake and 5,000 jobs could be at risk plus parts of farmer’s incomes if the whole sector were to go under.
23 October 2019 - 11:48
Negotiating Brexit
The first step is to make sure that the Prime Minister has the full power to bind the United Kingdom and to obtain the best result through his negotiators. You cannot have a Prime Minister whose moves are undermined by reports of a Parliament that will not accept no deal.
22 October 2019 - 20:48
Hungarian Prime Minister Urges Turkic Council Leaders to Sign Trade Deals with the United Kingdom
Reflecting the obsessive focus on a deal with the European Union, the Department for International Trade's efforts at signing trade deals with non-EU states has fallen well short of expectations.
19 October 2019 - 21:48
The People’s Republic of China: Seventy Years of Economic History
The “Open Up the West” program built out 6 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 1 municipality—each becoming integral to the Chinese economy.
18 October 2019 - 11:48
The British MPs Behaving like the Hong Kong Executive
Even Yanis Varoufakis, the pro-EU former Greek finance minister, called the Withdrawal Agreement “a deal that a nation signs only after having been defeated at war”. No wonder the Benn Act is also known as the Surrender Act.
16 October 2019 - 11:48
High Impact Conventionals: A Realist Approach to Nuclear Disarmament
Serious consideration should be given to laying the framework of a multilateral treaty in which the world's great powers commit to replacing their store of nuclear weapons with high-impact conventionals within a timeframe of, at most, twenty years.
9 October 2019 - 16:17
Trump Threatens to “Totally Destroy and Obliterate” the Economy of Turkey if ISIS Fighters Are Released
Earlier today, the President of the United States issued a warning to Turkey and European countries to keep track of their ISIS fighters. The tweet comes as the United States is pulling out of involvement in Syria, allowing Turkey to expand its influence over the north of the country, including Kurdish-controlled areas.
7 October 2019 - 17:37
Pakistani Kashmir Chief: Standoff with India May Spark Nuclear Armageddon
“If a war breaks out between India and Pakistan, it will be quick, dirty and deadly. It will be an Armageddon, hundreds of millions will die in South Asia, and 2.5 billion people will be affected by radiation all over the world,” said Masood Khan.
3 October 2019 - 20:48
A Delinquent Parliament Begets the Rule of Lawyers
Legal critics of the judgement have pointed out that the Supreme Court has casually dispensed with the fundamentals of the ‘political constitution’ that was established following the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688. In that constitution the Queen in parliament is sovereign.
2 October 2019 - 03:48
The EU’s Fear of the English
There was a Soviet-era phrase that NATO had three functions: keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down. The three jobs of the EU now are: keep the Americans out, the Germans in, and the British down.
1 October 2019 - 20:48
Supreme Court: on Shaky Ground
The Government is unquestionably more sinned against than sinning.
1 October 2019 - 15:48
Trump Says that the Military Response to the Attack on Saudi Arabia Will Be “Proportionate”
It is quite likely that a “proportionate response” is coming, and that could set off a chain of events that nobody will be able to control.
17 September 2019 - 13:48
The New Heresy that Threatens the Entire European Continent
The last Conservative MP in the seat of Newcastle-under-Lyme was Charles Donaldson-Hudson. A JP and member of the landed gentry, he held it from 1880 to 1885. Yet when the autumn election finally arrives, Newcastle - a Labour bastion ever since - will be one of the Tory party’s top target seats.
16 September 2019 - 19:48