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February 21, 2012

David Cameron’s hypocrisy is utterly shameless as the EU leaders’ letter to Barosso and van Rompuy demonstrates

Along with 11 other European leaders, David Cameron has signed a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barosso and European Council President Herman van Rompuy suggesting priority areas for growth in Europe. Even taking into account David Cameron’s masterful … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2012

Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up

Towards the end of last week I read a something which concerned me greatly. The use of force in some young offender instituions has increased, in some cases nine fold. The chief inspector of prisons, Nick Hardwick, says the nine-fold … Continue reading →

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February 16, 2012

Women bear the brunt of rising unemployment and the Eurozone is not to blame

Women represent 80 per cent of the 710,000 public sector workers due to be made redundant over the next five years. As the Con-Dem cuts begin to bite, figures from the Office for National Statistics show the total unemployment rate … Continue reading →

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February 10, 2012

As Cameron looks to Norway he will see they are far more integrated with the EU than he likes to think

No-one was more delighted than me when David Cameron said at the Nordic-Baltic Summit earlier in the week that, “the evidence is that there is a positive link between women in leadership and business performance, so if we fail to … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2012

Ed Miliband should follow Merkel’s example and campaign for Hollande in the same way as she is for Sarkozy

The Presidential election in France to be held on 22 April with a further round on 5 May, if necessary, matters hugely to the rest of Europe. Were Francois Hollande to win, there would be one significant voice at the … Continue reading →

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February 7, 2012

David Cameron’s EU problems, not the Milibands, are the real story

Judging by the amount of media coverage generated by David Miliband’s New Statesman article of the “is he going to challenge his brother for the Labour leadership” variety, you would be forgiven for thinking this the at the very top … Continue reading →

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February 6, 2012

Cameron faces more problems with the Eurosceptics

David Cameron’s feral Eurosceptic backbenchers are not going away. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph today 102 of them urge the Prime Minister to “opt out” of 130 EU laws, including the European Arrest Warrant, over the next two … Continue reading →

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February 1, 2012

Marginalised Cameron tries to defend his EU U-turn

“A veto is not for life, it’s just for Christmas.” Congratulations to Ed Miliband on this perfect one-liner. David Cameron was indeed on the back foot in the House of Commons yesterday answering questions on the Brussels summit. The reason – … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2012

The “veto” that never was and the ire of the Eurosceptics

Sometimes I almost feel sorry for David Cameron. He really seemed to believe that walking out of the Brussels summit in December would begin to end his EU troubles. Far from it. As Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander said in … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2012

David Cameron appears to be engaging with the EU in a good way

Even small-state, cut public expenditure David Cameron seemingly wants to help young people find jobs. This is excellent news which I hope will be translated into concrete action in Britain to bring down youth unemployment which currently stands at a … Continue reading →

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