Samuel Walker It’s a familiar story; the 99% are drowning in debt, they have no jobs, they’re on the brink of financial collapse and their only hope is to balance their books by taxing, stealing or begging the money off the banks. The 1% has listened attentively to what the 99% have to say, and  [ Read More ]

People’s Pledge How long will Tory re-negotiationists now give their ‘campaign’ of wrestling back powers from Brussels before they accept that the real choice is in or out of the EU? 1 year, 10 years, 100 years? A senior British government source has told the Daily Telegraph that there will be no repatriation of powers  [ Read More ]

Tim Worstall Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has warned Mr Cameron that unless he accepts unconditional changes to the Lisbon Treaty a split will take place, leaving Britain isolated and in a voting minority within the EU. “She explicitly told Cameron that if there was no treaty change at the level of the 27 EU  [ Read More ]

Olimpia Ades President Sarkozy’s and Chancellor Merkel’s reaction at the Brussels Eurozone Crisis Summit on Sunday 23rd October, when questioned about their opinion of the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and his plans for economic reforms, said it all. The smirk on their faces perfectly mirrored the disappointment that is felt by all Italians, pro-or  [ Read More ]

John Redwood The future of the Euro and the greater EU superstate project now rests largely on German politics. The German political establishment has been keen on integration by stealth for many years. It ignored German public opinion against losing the DM, and took the country into the Euro. Now it is trying to get  [ Read More ]

Ruth Lea Leaving aside the turmoil in the financial markets, driven by fears for the US economy as well as concerns over Europe, August has been a difficult month for the Eurozone. Fears over the rapidly rising yields on Italian and Spanish debt triggered major, and controversial, purchases by the ECB at the start of  [ Read More ]