It is more than four months since the election and so far the only senior British leader to speak out for the unity of Europe was Her Majesty the Queen at a banquet in Berlin in June.As we have seen the prime minister suffered a defeat in the House of Commons after a maladroit attempt to rewrite traditional rules about what ministers can say during the run-up to a national … [Read more...] about Who speaks up for the EU?
Wer ist dieser Jeremy Corbyn? Wofür steht er?
If I get one more call from political friends outside the UK asking ‘C’est qui ce Jeremy Corbyn?’ or ‘Was ist los mit der Labour-Partei?’ I shall have to start charging for my replies.The answer is simple. Jeremy Corbyn is all the ghosts of Labour’s past periods of working through the eternal question of the democratic left – power or faith? The tragedy of the European left … [Read more...] about Wer ist dieser Jeremy Corbyn? Wofür steht er?
Lexit: the Left says no to Europe
It is not often given to one to see one’s political youth replayed decades later. Reading Owen Jones appeal to quit Europe in the Guardian was to bring back so many memories.The first Labour conference I ever attended as a constituency delegate barely out of university was the 1971 Labour special party conference to adopt a position on entering the EEC. I sat enthralled as … [Read more...] about Lexit: the Left says no to Europe
Vote SNP, get Brexit
Never has a British general election caused so much concern in Europe. And never has the UK appeared closer to the EU exit door.David Cameron’s decision to appease Eurosceptic forces in England by withdrawing in 2009 from the pan-European political federation of conservative and Christian democratic parties (EPP) has annoyed Angela Merkel and other centre-right … [Read more...] about Vote SNP, get Brexit