Political gravity is starting to assert itself on the Tories’ ridiculous manifesto. You will recall that this gang of scaremongerers, who spent the entire election trading on economic competence, getting the deficit and public sector debt down, and “strong leadership” promised £28bn in unfunded spending commitments – presumably with the view that they’d never get chance […]
Posts Tagged ‘EU’
TTIP and the rule of law: a response to Jude Kirton-Darling MEP
Jun 11th, 2015 by Keith Ewing and John Hendy.Thanks to Jude Kirton-Darling MEP for replying to our previous article. No-one could suggest she was capable of doing anything ‘shabby’. We are grateful that it is she, not us, who has to deal with the complex procedures of the European Parliament which she describes. We make several points of substance by way of response. […]
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On the EU: “U-turn if you want to” and Dave does, a lot
Jun 10th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.A month into Dave’s second term at it’s handbags at dawn in the Tory party already. What a shame. Rattled by last week’s announcement of 50 No-Ultras that they exist, Dave did a characteristic volte-face. In an attempt to appear tough and in control – his re-election campaign did, after all, promise “strong leadership” – he declared […]
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How Labour & Social Democrat MEPs are fighting for the millions who oppose ISDS
Jun 9th, 2015 by Jude Kirton-Darling.Jude Kirton-Darling, Labour MEP for the North East of England and European Labour Party spokesperson on TTIP writes in response to Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC In an article published last Friday by the Morning Star and Institute of Employment Rights, Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC accused Labour and Social Democrat MEPs […]
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Labour & social democrat MEPs back a shabby compromise on TTIP
Jun 6th, 2015 by Keith Ewing.The Socialist and Democratic group of MEPs (which includes UK Labour) have agreed to a “shabby compromise” supporting TTIP, leaving all the most unjust elements of the deal intact say Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the secret trade deal currently being negotiated between the EU and the US. Its […]
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Greek myths retold: confronting the ideologues of austerity
Apr 25th, 2015 by Michael Burke.The world economy is not strong and the President of the United States is sufficiently concerned about new shocks to it that he recently met the Greek Finance Minister to urge ‘flexibility on all sides’ in the negotiations between the Syriza-led government and its creditors. US concern is fully justified. In any attempt to reach agreement it […]
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It is Sturgeon who would take Scotland out the EU
Apr 9th, 2015 by Andy Newman.The Scottish TV leader debates have been revealing. Where the SNP have had to defend their actual government record, Nicola Sturgeon has come over as tetchy, and the audience skeptical. However, the point that gripped me was that Scotland’s First Minister talked of a London Tory government taking Scotland out of the EU, against the will […]
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Spain’s jobs crisis will last as long as it is in the euro
Mar 10th, 2015 by Tom Gill.By Juan Torres López and translated from the original Spanish by Tom Gill A crucial question for the Spanish economy is why it suffers a level of unemployment that is much higher than the rest of the economies that surround it. Obviously, it is a question with no simple unequivocal answer, for surely there are many factors […]
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What’s driving Germany’s hardline stance on Greece?
Mar 2nd, 2015 by Tom Gill.By Juan Torres López* and translated from the original Spanish by Tom Gill The media and the centres of economic and political power in Europe try to make us believe that the difficulties in reaching agreement with Greece come from the demands and bad practices in this country and that it is the position of […]
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The money exists for investment in Greece
Feb 28th, 2015 by Michael Burke.The fraught negotiations between the new Greek government and representatives of the EU institutions are likely to be prolonged. They have centred to date on Syriza’s efforts to find room to alleviate some of the worst effects of austerity and address what is called the ‘humanitarian crisis’. This is entirely justifiable given the depth of […]
