Tag Archives: Ed Miliband
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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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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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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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
‘The Human Rights Act should be axed’, said Theresa May this weekend. It has according to the home Secretary caused problems for the Home office. The Act which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights in to UK law, could … Continue reading
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EPLP Leader addresses Labour Party Conference
Yesterday Glenis Willmott, Leader of the Labour MEPs, gave this inspiring and thoughtful speech to the Labour Party Conference. Conference, it has not been an easy 12 months in Brussels. Bad news from Europe has been a constant feature of … Continue reading
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The closure of NOTW should be the beginning of a media overhaul, not the end.
The shock and horror of the British public over the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World is palpable. The British public may have had little sympathy with media-courting celebrities who has the boundaries of their privacy broken … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
It would hardly be a proper weekly roundup if this post didn’t discuss the furore surrounding the NOTW (News of the World). Earlier in the week the board decided to close the title – the brand could no longer survive … Continue reading
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The Pessimism of the Right
When my report on Early Years Learning recently went through the European Parliament it received 506 votes out of the 588 MEPs who were in attendance that day. All the Tories there abstained. Nothing unusual there, but something that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Women suffer most as we all become worse off
It’s usually women who suffer disproportionately when governments take it upon themselves to make those who elected them suffer the indignities and privations of excessive austerity. Sadly this has been confirmed yet again. The number of women claiming unemployment benefit … Continue reading
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