Mitrovica, Kosovo — Creative Commons licensed photo courtesy of Flickr user Jekkyl.
Yesterday was the first anniversary of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. Kosovo was not a Yugoslav republic like Croatia or Slovenia, so it did not immediately emerge as independent from the break up of Yugoslavia, but remained a province of Serbia, despite [...]
Filed under: eu, europe, foreignpolicy on February 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
It is in the ‘national interest’, Mr. Brown thundered as he addressed the House of Commons over his decision not to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty. As the Conservatives waved their arms and cried high treason, Brown prudently shuffled out of the chamber and quietly headed back to Number Ten.
How could [...]
Filed under: andrewnoakes, democracy, directdemocracy, eu, europe, gordonbrown on November 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What with all the excitement over the U.S. presidential elections on this blog and many others - including from me - it might be easy to forget that the presidential election itself is more than twenty months away. The next election that will register much in British politics is the race to be the next [...]
Filed under: europe on February 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The European Union has a good deal going for it. It has the greatest GDP of any economic bloc on earth (an estimated $14 trillion). It is stable, peaceful, democratic. It encourages trade and travel. It offers an alternative model for foreign relations to that showcased by the United States.
However, significant proportions in most members [...]
Filed under: defence, europe, foreignpolicy on February 18th, 2007 | 46 Comments »
So, everybody loves David Cameron? Sure. I do. You do. The Establishment does. Poor people…don’t hate him. Even hippies like him. So what could possibly wreck his chances of winning the next election?
Well, obviously there’s Gordon, but I’m not going to discuss that. Creaky Goliath vs. plucky David- I wouldn’t like to call it. But [...]
Filed under: conservatives, davidcameron, europe on January 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
