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A Triumph for David Cameron
That’s the blog post I would like to write – not because I am a cheerleader for the Prime Minister but because it would be a challenge. But, despite Dan Hodges’ best effort to explain why Ed Miliband has blown his chance (Times, pay wall), it doesn’t seem possible to explain how this week’s EU referendum [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 12:02 pm
Ed Miliband on Europe
The next question is whether Ed Miliband will match David Cameron’s promise of a referendum on EU membership by the time of the 2015 election. He could have pre-empted Cameron’s promise, which was advertised several months in advance, but he chose not to. I suspect that there was a vigorous debate with Ed Balls, who [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 12 May 2013 at 3:01 pm
Tory Bennism on Europe
Tory Bennism takes hold: the Sunday politics news is all about which Conservative minister says what precisely about Europe. Labour fell victim to litmustestism in opposition in the 1980s, when the precise number of top “monopolies” to be taken into public ownership mattered deeply to nerds. But to do it in government is unusual: it [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 12 May 2013 at 12:22 pm
Fallon, clearing up after the PM
I hear that Michael Fallon, Minister of State at the Business Department, was late to a meeting with London business people this morning.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 23 January 2013 at 8:37 pm
PMQs Through the Sound-Proof Glass
An unusual degree of textual analysis is required of the exchanges at Prime Minister’s Questions today.
I thought Ed Miliband simply failed to notice that David Cameron answered his question, twice, and stuck doggedly to the script he and Douglas Alexander had agreed (the more Eurosceptic Ed Balls was notably sullen and silent a further seat [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 23 January 2013 at 6:44 pm
Is Higher Education neglected in EU exit debate?
The growing number of Eurosceptics is threatening the UK government’s intentions to fight the challenge of the UK Independence Party in obtaining the significant number of voters supporting the UK’s EU exit.
By Jensen Tudtud | Notebook | Thursday, 17 January 2013 at 4:00 am
Get EU-r tanks off our lawn! Cameron opens up new front against EU power-grabbing
Hard to believe for those emboldened Tory Eurosceptics calling for a more robust approach to the European Union, but David Cameron is standing up to the EU in some parts of the world.
The Prime Minister is fighting a secret battle against EU attempts to take more of the UK’s national powers back to Brussels, internal [...]
By Brian Brady | Eagle Eye, iPolitics | Saturday, 10 November 2012 at 7:04 pm
Marcus Agius, Liam Fox, Chaka Khan and Spain: Why are they trending?
A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.
By Ellen E Jones | Notebook | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 11:45 am
Monti Python and the Holy Grail: Why Italy’s Prime Minister can’t win over his people
Investors have good reason to be sceptical that the new Italian leader can resurrect his country’s economy
By Sherelle Jacobs | Notebook | Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 4:00 am
The EU can amplify our human rights pledge
“Human rights and democracy are inextricably connected. Only in a democracy can individuals fully realize their human rights; only when human rights are respected can democracy flourish.”
By Jeremy Browne and Edward McMillan-Scott | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 9:58 am
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