Last night as I was driving back home to see the kids, I turned on Radio 4 to listen to the news. I caught a very amusing snippet of Kenneth Clarke’s speech in the House […]
The following are links to a report I prepared for some students aged 15-18 in a UK based school. The first is the report, clearly set out with headings, trying to take into account all […]
Today the FT’s front page showed the above photograph of children protesting in Brighton about the government’s new tests for 6 and 7 year olds. Those protesting say that SAT’s in Maths and English at […]
The following is Winston Churchill’s speech in his address on a ‘United States of Europe’: “I wish to speak about the tragedy of Europe, this noble continent, the home of all the great parent races […]
Following on from my summation of Philip Hammond’s talk on Europe last week (2 March 2016) at Chatham House, below is a blog post from Open Europe; a think tank that promotes ideas for economic […]
Detailed Timeline of the Formation of Europe 1944: Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, America and the founding of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, created with a view to helping Europe along […]
It was a wet journey that I took this morning to St James’ Square in Mayfair and I arrived at Chatham House to see UK Foreign Secretary, Mr Philip Hammond, outline the alternatives for Britain if not in the […]
“People often think of Americans as acting without thinking. I love coming to speak in Europe as it’s full of people who think without acting”. Howard Dean, Chatham House, London I just went to see […]
Friday was a long night and I for one stayed pinned to my phone all evening constantly checking for updates on the EU negotiations in Brussels. I was delighted to hear that an agreement had […]
Where does Jeremy Corbyn stand on Cameron’s negotiations with the EU? Today’s FT notes that he has been a long time Eurosceptic. The Remain (in the EU) campaign has been backed by more than 90% […]
