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EU shopping list tips from Ben Goldsmith, Bill Cash, Nancy Dell’Olio and Matthew Elliott
Ben Goldsmith, Partner at WHEB Partners and signatory to Business for Britain In the private sector, every business must provide regular and accurate accounts. Yet when you try to look into… Continue reading
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Who stands to gain from the Kosovo-Serbia deal? The EU
Britain’s very own EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Cathy Ashton, has not had a terribly good press after a report from the European Parliament said her department… Continue reading
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Despite the fanfare, David Cameron still isn’t doing anything on immigration
Well, it was right not to expect much. The full text of David Cameron’s speech on immigration is here but it can be summarised in one sentence: ‘mass migration has… Continue reading
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The Cyprus drama has only just begun
Analysts today are talking about the GDP of Cyprus falling by 20 per cent over the next four years, and stressing that this is a conservative estimate. This, and the… Continue reading
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How long will capital restrictions last in Cyprus? ‘Can’t say’
To the European Commission headquarters this morning for a briefing with Michel Barnier, the Frenchman who is commissioner in charge of banking. The press pack wanted to talk about –… Continue reading
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Europe should shut the door on immigration
The Prime Minister is giving a speech about immigration on Monday. I am sure we can all guess the content. If anybody is interested in a break from this —… Continue reading
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Spectator Debate: Britain’s future lies outside the EU (with audio)
It was a clash of the Euro titans at our latest sell-out Spectator debate: “Britain’s future lies outside the EU”. Nigel Farage led the team for the motion and the former… Continue reading
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Scotland's position in europe is weaker than the SNP would have you believe
Nicola Sturgeon, arguably the SNP’s most effective asset at present, went to Brussels today to deliver a speech about Scotland’s future relationship with the EU. Most of it was as… Continue reading
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What the government must do to prepare for Romanian and Bulgarian migrants
Ministers and MPs are nervous about a mass influx of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants putting the benefit system under strain next year. But ministers should beware, and learn from the political mistakes… Continue reading
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The Myth of the Immigrant Benefit-Moocher, Part Two
I am afraid, dear reader, that I have misled you. Yesterday’s post on immigrants and benefit-claimants contained an inaccuracy. I repeated a claim I’d seen in the Telegraph that there… Continue reading
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Will Nick Clegg take advantage of Britain’s growing EU and immigration anxiety?
Today’s Financial Times paints a poor picture for pro-Europeans: half of those polled want to leave the EU and just a third want to remain in. Plus, 41 per cent of those… Continue reading
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Are the Tories united on Europe? Pull the other one.
Party unity is one of those things you can measure by the frequency with which the idea is mentioned. The more often it is talked about, the less it exists.… Continue reading
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Europe Minister won’t give renegotiation specifics
There’s ‘no secret plot to get Britain out of the EU’ declared David Lidington on the Sunday Politics. In an interview with Andrew Neil, the Europe Minister was determinedly vague… Continue reading
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The view from Davos: Boris Johnson’s economic adviser on infrastructure
As the speaker for yesterday’s Davos British business leaders’ lunch, Boris Johnson had the audience in his hand in his usual colourful way. I grabbed his very new Chief Economic… Continue reading
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The view from Davos: Cameron’s mad to talk about leaving the EU
‘Cameron’s speech on Europe is badly timed; we must stop this endless European bickering when facing such huge worldwide political challenges’. That’s the view of Neil Selby, the London-based Director… Continue reading
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Every tabloid’s worst nightmare
What would George Orwell write about today? asked the Guardian. Here’s our nomination: an EU report that recommends giving the EU more powers to sack hacks, regulate the press and… Continue reading
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The View from 22: Get out of jail free and Cameron’s EU speech
How broken is the British criminal justice system? In this week’s View from 22 podcast, Fraser Nelson and Rory Geoghegan, research fellow at Policy Exchange, explain the rehabilitation game and the cover up… Continue reading
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Cameron’s EU referendum pledge makes winning the Battle for Britain more difficult
At the risk of seeming parochial, I’d suggest that David Cameron’s long-awaited Europe speech and his endorsement of an In or Out referendum has implications and consequences for another referendum… Continue reading
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The View from 22: Obama, the Pacific president
On this week’s View from 22 podcast, the Spectator’s assistant editor Freddy Gray discusses his cover feature on Barack Obama, who he argues is becoming the pacific-centric president. Although America… Continue reading
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David Cameron's Europe "Strategy" is Going to Fail - Spectator Blogs
This is unfortunate, not least because the Prime Minister is a greater realist than many of his erstwhile supporters. They, too often, seem to be another bunch of Bourbons. They… Continue reading
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