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NFF ANNOUNCEMENT... 24 Mar 2005 The two principal staff in NFF worked on the anti-euro campaign 1999 – 2003. After the Government... OUR "ROLLS ROYCE" CIVIL SERVICE - TIME FOR A PURGE 23 Mar 2005 Two thoughts… 1. One of the accepted assumptions of all three parties is that we have a “Roll... ICM: LABOUR 40, TORIES 32...BIG PROBLEMS REMAIN 22 Mar 2005 New Guardian / ICM poll: Lab 40, Con 32, Libs 20. This gives Labour an eight point lead. Of ... PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING 21 Mar 2005 Recently, one of the Republicans’ pollsters advised a group of Conservatives to read Doris Graber’... THE CHINA PROBLEM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TORIES 18 Mar 2005 As Luxembourg promises to work to end the EU embargo on selling arms to China (see below), the deb... SERIES OF EU REPORTS PAINT BLEAK FUTURE 17 Mar 2005 EU to discuss impending demographic crisis. EUObserver NFF brief on Europe’s demographic ... OUR PAROCHIAL NATIONAL DEBATE... 16 Mar 2005 In the report we published last December – New Frontiers in Defence – the author (an Anonymous sen... BROWN RESISTS ATTEMPTS TO REVOKE UK BUDGET REBATE 15 Mar 2005 Telegraph reports Brown digging in to save rebate to preserve budget: “Losing the rebate would pus... FAR FROM A “CONSERVATIVE VICTORY”… 14 Mar 2005 We cannot share the general optimism of the Conservative Party after last week’s events. Such epi... NEW STUDY ON HISTORIC POSITION OF THE EU ECONOMY 11 Mar 2005 EUROPE New study says EU economy “at same level as US in late 1970s”. Full Story E... BROWN'S BUDGET TO FOCUS ON INDIA/CHINA CHALLENGE 10 Mar 2005 Brown’s budget to focus on the need to face up to the challenges Britain faces from the rise of In... FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTER HEADING TO WASHINGTON 9 Mar 2005 Britain “gets worse deal from EU than almost every other EU member”. This is great ammo for the N... NEW NFF BRIEF ON EUROPE'S DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE... 7 Mar 2005 New NFF brief: How demographic decline and its financial consequences will sink “the European Drea... DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN NUCLEAR SAGA... 4 Mar 2005 Senior Iranian official accuses IAEA of leaking information from inspections of Iran’s nuclear fac... EUROPE RISKS US SANCTIONS OVER CHINA ARMS SALES 3 Mar 2005 ”Europe risks US sanctions over China arms sales”. Republican head of Senate foreign relations co... ROGER LIDDLE ON THE LEFT AND THE CONSTITUTION 2 Mar 2005 Roger Liddle, Blair’s former policy adviser on Europe and friend of Mandelson, has an article in... GALILEO DEVELOPMENTS... 1 Mar 2005 GALILEO: The GALILEO Joint Undertaking announces today which of two consortiums will win the 3 bil... THE DECLINE OF EUROPE AND THE CHOICE FOR THE UK 28 Feb 2005 Dominic Cummings in this Sunday’s Business: The decline of Europe and the choice for the UK. ... PRO CAMPAIGN LETTER IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES 25 Feb 2005 Britain in Europe set out business case for Constitution in letter to FT, signed by BiE’s usual ... US REMAINS CONCERNED OVER CHINA'S GALILEO ROLE 24 Feb 2005 Financial Times article on Galileo – US remains concerned over China’s role... Full Story ... GOVERNMENT HINTS YES CAMPAIGN TO BEGIN ON MAY 8 23 Feb 2005 Hewitt hints that yes campaign on Constitution will begin immediately after the election, admits b... BUSH SPEECH BACKS A "STRONG EUROPE" 22 Feb 2005 Full coverage of Bush's speech to EU leaders in Brussels yesterday: Click Here Key point... BUSH IN BRUSSELS: US VIEWS ON EU INTEGRATION 21 Feb 2005 A very good leader in The Business summarises many of the issues that have been gathering for mont... CBI TO POLL MEMBERS ON EU... 18 Feb 2005 Important announcement - CBI to poll members on EU. Some of us at NFF were in the trenches of the... BUSH TO HOLD OFF ON SUPPORT FOR EU CONSTITUTION? 17 Feb 2005 Nile Gardiner and John Hulsman of the Heritage Foundation on why the Bush Administration should no... FRANCE TRIES TO JUSTIFY LIFTING OF EMBARGO 16 Feb 2005 French Defence Minister says hi-tech exports to China will slow China developing its own capabilit... CAMPBELL AND THE MEDIA 15 Feb 2005 Lee Atwater, who ran Bush’s brutal and successful campaign against Dukakis in 1988 (but died befor... BROWN USES SLOGAN OF INFAMOUS 1964 US CAMPAIGN AD 14 Feb 2005 Thomas Kremer escaped the Nazi gulag as a teenager thanks to a Schindler-style deal on the Swiss b... RICE "BACKS EU INTEGRATION" 11 Feb 2005 The front page of the FT reports that Condoleezza Rice “ended her tour of Europe and the Middle Ea... THE TORIES UNVEIL PLANS FOR ELECTED POLICE CHIEFS 10 Feb 2005 Michael Howard on the Today Programme outlined new Tory plans for directly elected police commissi... EU CONSTITUTION BILL - COMMONS DEBATE 9 Feb 2005 Today Programme coverage ahead of today’s Second Reading of the European Constitution Bill… St... LABOUR & THE TORIES IN THE POLLS 8 Feb 2005 Populus / Times poll (bear in mind that Populus polls are conducted by ICM’s phone banks and use a... IRAN SAYS "THERE IS NOTHING EU CAN OFFER" 7 Feb 2005 EU-US-Iran. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana has spoken out against military action a... FUTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY RISKS LAID BARE... 4 Feb 2005 Michael Swetnam, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studie... COMMISSION IGNORES OWN GUIDELINES ON REFERENDUM Q. 3 Feb 2005 Despite the fact that the Electoral Commission’s own guidelines say that words like “approve” shou... NORTH KOREA SUPPLIED LIBYA WITH NUCLEAR FUEL 2 Feb 2005 Page 1 NYT: North Korea gave nuclear material to Libya, US tells allies. The New York Times report... NEW NFF PUBLICATION: UK-EU TRADE & INVESTMENT 1 Feb 2005 New Frontiers is issuing a research note on UK-EU trade and investment summarising various recent ... WEEKEND POLLS ON EU CONSTITUTION QUESTION 31 Jan 2005 Polling stories. An ICM poll in the Sunday Telegraph, which used the question that will appear on... BBC ADMITS "CULTURAL BIAS" IN COVERAGE OF EU 28 Jan 2005 BBC report admits “cultural bias”, its reporters are too ignorant to report the issue properly, an... GOVERNOR'S REPORT INTO BBC COVERAGE PUBLISHED 27 Jan 2005 The report for the BBC Governors into BBC coverage of the EU has been published. It is good news ... REACTION TO PUBLICATION OF REFERENDUM BILL 27 Jan 2005 There is widespread coverage of the Government’s publication of the referendum question, and more ... EU CONSTITUTION BILL PUBLISHED 26 Jan 2005 Modern Britain… Yesterday, it emerged that the Iranians have not returned the gear they confiscat... TORY ASYLUM PROPOSALS RAISE ISSUE OF EU PRIMACY 25 Jan 2005 Very interesting development – the Commission has intervened in the debate over Conservative immig... FT: NO CONSTITUTION BILL UNTIL END OF 2005 24 Jan 2005 FT on the EU Constitution campaign. The FT today reports that the European Constitution Bill will... PROSPECT ARTICLE ON THEORETICAL PHYSICS 21 Jan 2005 An article in Prospect on theoretical physics. The laser interferometer space antenna (Lisa) refe... BRITAIN "WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IF WE SAY NO" 20 Jan 2005 Stephen Wall: “Britain will be left behind if we say no”. Major’s and Blair’s former adviser on the... DUTCH INTELLIGENCE ON SAUDI TERROR THREAT 19 Jan 2005 Two interesting reports not covered in UK media: a report from Dutch intel (English version) on “S... LARGE CHARITIES EXPAND INTO ANTI-FREE TRADE AGENDA 18 Jan 2005 Much needed sense and facts from Jagdish Bhagwati, one of the world’s foremost academic experts on... US "CONDUCTING SECRET MISSIONS IN IRAN" 17 Jan 2005 US “conducting covert missions in Iran”. The New Yorker reported on Sunday that the Bush administr... ARMS EMBARGO "STRATEGIC CHOICE" - EU CHOOSES CHINA 14 Jan 2005 Charlemagne column in The Economist (Gideon Rachman): “…the EU is poised to take a unanimous decis... MORGAN STANLEY: WORLD ECONOMY'S "DEFINING MOMENT" 13 Jan 2005 Morgan Stanley Chief Economist says a “defining moment” is at hand – the Fed has sent a signal in ... EU PLANS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICIES... 12 Jan 2005 A small example of a big phenomenon – the centre-right in the UK needs to start seeing the connect... THE CREATION OF A "EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPACE"... 11 Jan 2005 An interesting EU programme that we have come across involving Commission-funded research on campa... UK BUSINESS OPPOSES EU CONSTITUTION 10 Jan 2005 George Trefgarne has an article in the Telegraph today warning against complacency viz the EU Cons... MANDELSON DISMISSES BROWN'S EU-US FREE TRADE PLAN 7 Jan 2005 The Times reports that EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has dismissed Gordon Brown’s proposa... TSUNAMI, THE EU, THE BBC AND THE TORIES… 6 Jan 2005 There is a growing battle (in which the Conservative Party is still almost entirely AWOL) between ... German Unemployment To Hit 5m? 5 Jan 2005 A number of papers report that unemployment in Germany could reach 5 million this year. The Guard... SUPER-KILLER POX VIRUSES - "MATTER OF TIME" 4 Jan 2005 The Wall St Journal ran a three-part series (30/12 – 4/1) on nuclear, chemical and biological thre... UK “WILL NOT HAVE TO LEAVE" EU FOLLOWING A NO VOTE 22 Dec 2004 Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish Vice-President of the European Commission, is interviewed in The Ti... KASPAROV: THE WEST MUST END SUPPORT FOR PUTIN 21 Dec 2004 NFF’s new pamphlet by David Lascelles on the City and the EU can be downloaded here Kasparov:... NEW RELEASE: NFF PAMPHLET ON THE CITY AND THE EU 20 Dec 2004 New NFF pamphlet by David Lascelles: “Torrent of EU legislation is stifling the City”. The Busines... NEW NFF REPORT: THE CITY AND THE EU 19 Dec 2004 New report: the Single Market is “a nightmare” for the City, and the UK needs a transformed relat... TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP AND THE REFERENDUM 17 Dec 2004 Turkey – how will it affect the EU debate? Chirac has come under fire from Sarkozy and others ove... NORMAN STONE ON TURKEY / FELDSTEIN TO THE FED? 16 Dec 2004 (The pathetic emotionalism of our culture pours out today with media/political babble over Blunket... PROBLEMS FACING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION... 15 Dec 2004 We’re often very critical – we think rightly – of the direction of Europe, which we think has fund... IMPORTANT NEW BOOK ON DEFENCE STRATEGY REVIEWED 14 Dec 2004 Ignatius reviews Barnett’s The Pentagon’s New Map in the Post… We have not seen reviews of t... GOVT TO MEET FTSE 100 BOSSES TO SELL CONSTITUTION 13 Dec 2004 Ministers to meet FTSE 100 bosses to help win EU Constitution vote. The Financial Times at the wee... NEW NFF PUBLICATION ATTACKS UK DEFENCE POLICY... 10 Dec 2004 SENIOR UK FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY OFFICIAL ATTACKS GOVERNMENT FOREIGN / DEFENCE POLICY – SAYS ... UPS SURVEY: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE WEAK IN EUROPE 9 Dec 2004 For those interested in the GALILEO issue, there is a big article in the Royal Aeronautical Societ... BROWN - 'EUROPE'S REFORMING' / PROF. BARRO LECTURE 8 Dec 2004 Brown sets out Government agenda for UK Presidency of the EU next year – Government will campaign ... RUSSIA RELIES ON NUCLEAR DETERRENT 7 Dec 2004 The poor condition of Russia’s conventional military has led Moscow to emphasize the importance of... HUTTON GIVES CLUE ON BROWN'S PLAN FOR CONSTITUTION 6 Dec 2004 Will Hutton gives a clue about Brown’s plan on the Constitution. When the UK takes over the Presi... INDIA TO PULL OUT OF GALILEO / RUSSIA GLONASS DEAL 3 Dec 2004 India to pull out of Galileo? The Indo-Asian News Service reported yesterday that India and Russia... DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRO-EUROPE CAMPAIGN 2 Dec 2004 Euro developments: (1) Lord Marshall has been replaced as Chairman of BiE, the group that will org... BROWN SET TO LAUNCH LEADERSHIP BID? 1 Dec 2004 Brown set to launch leadership bid, p1 Times. There has been a growing rumble of connected storie... ASEAN SUMMIT, IRAN & EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY 30 Nov 2004 In a grim sign of how parochial the UK’s focus has become under the influence of the EU, witness t... BLAIR-BROWN SPLITS RUMBLE ON... 29 Nov 2004 Saturday’s Sun reported that the Prime Minister threatened to sack Gordon Brown unless he backed t... UK TO VETO PROGRESS ON GALILEO PROJECT? 26 Nov 2004 EU military forces would be banned from using the encrypted service of the GALILEO system under pl... BROWN & THE REFERENDUM, SOLANA MEETS HAMAS... 25 Nov 2004 Brown and referendum… Labour commentator Jackie Ashley has a column today in the Guardian: “Most ... QUEEN'S SPEECH / REFERENDUM BILL / 5 MAY ELECTION 24 Nov 2004 A Bill paving the way for a referendum on the European Constitution was announced yesterday, altho... Brown, Mandelson and the Constitution Campaign 23 Nov 2004 In an interview in Le Monde yesterday, Mandelson said that the UK should set a date for joining th... DIVISION IN GOVERNMENT OVER EUROPEAN STRATEGY 22 Nov 2004 Division in Government over European strategy – more concern over Brown’s “negativity”. Rachel Sy... UN REFORM, MISSILE DEFENCE & SPACE WEAPONISATION 19 Nov 2004 An interesting piece by Irwin Stelzer on Blair-Bush and the EU/UN future – RUSI Missile Defence – ... MORGAN STANLEY REPORT: EUROZONE- BACK TO THE 1970s 18 Nov 2004 Joachim Fels of Morgan Stanley on how low growth and the rising euro are taking the Eurozone back ... MACSHANE & THE CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN 17 Nov 2004 FT interview: MacShane calls for Constitution campaign to begin. MacShane said: “I'm not in the s... MORE STALE SOUNDBITES FROM BLAIR 16 Nov 2004 Blair speech: “US must reach out”, calls for UK to be a bridge, also supports more EU integration.... LESSONS FROM THE NORTH EAST REFERENDUM 15 Nov 2004 James Frayne of New Frontiers on lessons from the North East referendum for an EU referendum (Tele... BBC BIAS REVIEW/COOK AND THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP 12 Nov 2004 Inquiry called into ‘pro-Brussels bias’ at BBC. Allegations of pro-Brussels bias in the BBC's cove... NFF/CASS LECTURE BY PROFESSOR GILLINGHAM 11 Nov 2004 PUBLICATION OF PAPER BY PROFESSOR GILLINGHAM, DELIVERED AS NFF / CASS LECTURE ON 27 OCTOBER, 2004:... FORTHCOMING REPORT ON NEW EURO MEMBERS... 10 Nov 2004 Calling Washington, calling Tories… Tomorrow, the Commission issues report on new countries joini... MANDELSON ADMITS TO HIGH COST OF EU RED TAPE... 9 Nov 2004 Mandelson admits cost of red tape is at least double the benefits brought by the Single Market. I... WHAT DEFEAT IN THE NORTH EAST REFERENDUM REVEALS 8 Nov 2004 A big week – Bush wins; wheels fall off the New Labour campaign machine in the North East; Arafat ... BBC BIAS IS CULTURAL - REACTIONS TO BUSH... 4 Nov 2004 The BBC and mainstream media were so hopeful and sure of a Kerry victory that they have repeatedly... BBC and mainstream media covering US Election 4 Nov 2004 The BBC and mainstream media were so hopeful and sure of a Kerry victory that they have repeatedly... SENATOR KERRY ADMITS DEFEAT IN PRESIDENTIAL POLL 3 Nov 2004 For various reasons, we will comment on the US elections on Friday morning... For now, we wi... FRANCE/CHINA & GALILEO: U.S DEPLOYS COUNTER WEAPON 2 Nov 2004 Further developments on the GALILEO story… The way the media, other than The Business, has ignore... CAN THE GOP GOTV EFFORT MATCH THE DEMS? 1 Nov 2004 ABC’s The Note: Rove probably right on polls suggesting Bush just ahead, BUT the big question is –... EU CONSTITUTION SIGNING & THE PRO CAMPAIGN 29 Oct 2004 The Patten letter repeats the false claim that the Constitution would “set limits for the first ... China discusses GALILEO after NFF/Business story 28 Oct 2004 China discusses GALILEO after NFF blog / Sunday Business story. Officially China has claimed its ... LECTURE THIS EVENING BY PROFESSOR JOHN GILLINGHAM 27 Oct 2004 LECTURE THIS EVENING BY PROFESSOR JOHN GILLINGHAM (CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES, HARVARD) – “WHAT’S... Schroder has an op-ed in the WSJ on “My plan for EU growth”. He writes that: “At stake is the pre... US Rightly Threatens Galileo 25 Oct 2004 Ironically, just a week after we wrote about blogs’ potential impact, our own blog was picked up t... EU ALLOWS SATELLITE ACCESS TO UK/US ENEMIES... 22 Oct 2004 ...plus; BLACK HOLE IN MoD FIGURES Two interesting things for the media – (A) EU admits at pr... PHILIP STEPHENS AND THE PRO EU MINDSET 21 Oct 2004 Philip Stephens of the FT has an op-ed in the Guardian on the EU which is must-read (in a bad way)... THE FUTURE OF WEBLOGS IN THE U.K. 20 Oct 2004 An interesting piece in the New Yorker about (web)blogs and the ABC blog – The Note – directed by ... THE CHALLENGE TO AMERICA 19 Oct 2004 Fareed Zakaria — “America's Big Challenge: Asia”. Fareed Zakaria has an op-ed in the Washington P... TRANSCRIPT OF EPSTEIN LECTURE 18 Oct 2004 Next Wednesday, 27 October, America’s leading historian of the EU, Professor John Gillingham, will... THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY & EUROPE 15 Oct 2004 A big moment approaches for the Conservative Party on Europe. Since MH announced during the E... MOD PROCUREMENT AND FUTURE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS 14 Oct 2004 The US-UK alliance is splitting behind the scenes because of decisions being taken over defence te... UK UP IN AT KEARNEY REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 13 Oct 2004 The annual AT Kearney report has shown the UK has increased its place in the global league table f... PROF. EPSTEIN PREDICTS EU 'ECONOMIC IMPLOSION' 12 Oct 2004 At the NFF / City University lecture last night, Professor Epstein warned of a “serious economic i... Prof. Richard Epstein - Lecture with NFF at Cass 11 Oct 2004 One of America’s leading scholars writes in the FT and tonight lectures on the proposed EU Constitut... IRAQI SURVEY GROUP RELEASES REPORT: 7 Oct 2004 Iraqi Survey Group releases report: Saddam probably destroyed most significant stockpiles af... THE TORIES MUST FIGHT A CULTURE WAR 6 Oct 2004 Conservative must fight a culture war. John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge have a comment pie... THE TORIES, EUROPE & UKIP... 5 Oct 2004 For NFF’s analysis of the European and party political debate, including a major poll by ICM, clic... New Major Poll on EU and UK Politics. 4 Oct 2004 A new analysis of a major ICM poll on Europe, domestic politics, and the Conservative Party is a... BLAIR AND EUROPE... 1 Oct 2004 Blair and Europe. Will Blair spend time between now and the election building an organisation cap... EUROPE MUST CRITICISE RUSSIA'S FAILING DEMOCRACY 30 Sep 2004 Europe must criticise Russia for failing on democracy. A public letter signed by more than 100 lea... City Thrives Outside of Euro 29 Sep 2004 The City has increased its advantage over Frankfurt since the launch of the euro, says Bank for ... GALILEO DEVELOPMENTS / MORGAN STANLEY ON EU... 28 Sep 2004 Quietly, there is a major development in the world of satellite communications with large conseque... GOLDMAN SACHS: EURO HAS NOT BOOSTED TRADE 27 Sep 2004 “We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up ... THE ECONOMIST: 'A DIVIDED UNION?' 24 Sep 2004 Economist feature: A Divided Union? The Economist has a special 14-page feature on Europe with an ... IMF AND U.N. ATTACK EURO... 23 Sep 2004 New Bush ad depicts Kerry windsurfing – “in which direction would John Kerry lead? Kerry voted fo... REDWOOD AND THE TORIES 22 Sep 2004 Response to Redwood’s EU plans. The FT claims that Redwood revealed the Tories real policy is to l... BBC BIAS CONTINUES AS CBS IMPLODES... 21 Sep 2004 Extraordinary report from the Today programme this morning… “Bush the cowboy”, reported the BBC’s ... Pro-Constitution Campaign: Charter Has Legal Force 20 Sep 2004 An interesting development missed by the media - the pro-Constitution campaign, Britain in Europe,... Rather, CBS, Bloggers, and the UK implications... 17 Sep 2004 Those in politics and mainstream media should take note of the Dan Rather / CBS / Bush National Gu... A few thoughts about the protests... 16 Sep 2004 1. The “astonishment” expressed by many MPs about how people could get onto the floor of the Commo... European Social Model Crumbling... 15 Sep 2004 Guillermo de la Dehesa, chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, has a comment piece i... Lunar Solar Power Programme... 14 Sep 2004 Blair and Howard have both given speeches on the environment and global warming. Howard wrongly s... Iran's Cat and Mouse Game Continues... 13 Sep 2004 WORLD Iran rejects call to abandon enrichment programme. The Guardian reports that Iran h... The difference between Tories and Republicans 10 Sep 2004 John Micklethwaite and Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist have an article in today’s Spectator o... Will: Post-9/11 Climate Will Help Bush 9 Sep 2004 George Will in the Washington Post argues that a more “masculine” political culture has arisen in ... "Liberation of Vienna Would Have Been in Vain" 8 Sep 2004 Breaking news… Iran threatens “a response” if EU pressure is “illogical and harsh”… Commissi... Blair, Brown and the Referendum 7 Sep 2004 A comment by a Treasury source that Brown and Blair are arguing over the proposed referendum raise... European Court Limits Free Speech 6 Sep 2004 Blair’s own think tank is admitting that just 8 percent of people will definitely vote for the Con... BUSH ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 3 Sep 2004 The full text and video of the speech can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politi... NEW BARCAP POLL: EURO OPPOSITION HITS RECORD HIGH 2 Sep 2004 A new poll by Barclays Capital on whether people would vote for Britain "to adopt the euro as its ... New Figures: 19 Million Jobless in Europe 1 Sep 2004 The Commission published new unemployment figures today (1 September) showing the overall rate hol... Morgan Stanley: The Threat to the West 1 Sep 2004 Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Economist, has an article in the FT on the rise of India and... Welcome 31 Aug 2004 Welcome to the New Frontiers website. We are making various adjustments over the next few days … I... Welcome... 23 Aug 2004 Welcome to the New Frontiers website. We are making various adjustments over the next few days ... EUROPEAN PAROCHIALISM 29 Jul 2004 European parochialism - Martin Jacques op-ed in Guardian. He correctly identifies two cruci... STRUCTURE AND THE TORIES… 28 Jul 2004 In all the chatter about the Tories, it may be worth considering some of the fundamentals. ... FEARS OVER NUCLEAR IRAN 27 Jul 2004 Iran “months away” from having nuclear bomb, diplomatic sources tell Times. Iran has broken the... TORY TROUBLES 26 Jul 2004 There have been predictable comments from Portillo and Tebbit. Unfortunately, they continue to ... TERRORISTS PROBE U.S. AIR DEFENCES… 22 Jul 2004 Recently, we attached a piece by an American woman journalist describing her experience on a rec... MANDELSON TO THE COMMISSION? 21 Jul 2004 EUROPE More speculation on Mandelson going to the Commission. The Mirror reports that the... ICM & The Tories 20 Jul 2004 After Butler, Labour up 1 point, Tories down 1 point - both within margin for error: now, Labour... PRESSURE MOUNTS ON IRAN 19 Jul 2004 EUROPE European Commission pushes for increase in cooperation on tax. Today’s FT reports ... THE RIGHT MUST BE REALISTIC ON IRAQ 16 Jul 2004 Peter Oborne writes in today's Spectator – “In fact Coalition troops swiftly discovered, in the ... MORE EVIDENCE OF LINKS BETWEEN AL QAEDA / SADDAM 15 Jul 2004 The Right is using its oxygen to hammer Blair's "credibility". It has become confused by the war... THE TODAY PROGRAMME & IRAQ 14 Jul 2004 Snapshot of the Today Programme – where culture meets ignorance…? Or just poor briefing? Th... CULTURAL SNAPSHOT 13 Jul 2004 How the BBC approaches an issue. Yesterday, a new business campaign against the North East ... CULTURAL SNAPSHOT 12 Jul 2004 The Today programme’s news this morning at 8am had the following items: Israel bulldozes man to ... BERLUSCONI TO PRESS ON WITH LESS RADICAL TAX CUTS 9 Jul 2004 EUROPE Berlusconi compromise. The FT reports that Silvio Berlusconi has said that he will... S&P CUTS ITALIAN CREDIT RATING 8 Jul 2004 EUROPE S&P cuts Italian credit rating. The Wall Street Journal reports that Standard and ... VAN BUITENAN MAY EXPOSE MORE EU FRAUD 7 Jul 2004 EUROPE EU fraud. EUObserver covers comments by the Dutch whisteblower Paul van Buitenan ... ITALY ESCAPES WARNING OVER FINANCES... 6 Jul 2004 EUROPE Italy escapes warning over finances. The FT and Times report that Silvio Berluscon... EUROGROUP PRESIDENT TO BE CREATED 5 Jul 2004 EUROPE New post of President of Eurogroup to be created. Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime ... ECJ MAKES FURTHER INROADS INTO TAX 2 Jul 2004 THE BBC AND THE LINK BETWEEN AL QAEDA AND IRAQ. The BBC's reporters have stated as a fact... US COMMENTATORS WRONG ON UK EUROPE DEBATE 1 Jul 2004 In his 28 June piece, the NY Times’ Safire wrote: “Blair has recently flummoxed internal dissent... BOLKESTEIN ATTACKS COMMISSION PLAN 30 Jun 2004 EUROPE Bolkestein says would be "terrible" to put a German in charge of EU economic poli... THE HANDOVER AND AL ZARQAWI 29 Jun 2004 As the Iraqi handover rolls on, it is worth re-reading Al Zarqawi’s letter to Bin Laden capture ... CHARTER WILL AFFECT UK LAW 28 Jun 2004 The Business reported that Alan Dashwood, one of the world’s foremost authorities in EU law and ... ECONOMIST CALLS FOR CONSTITUTION TO BE REJECTED 25 Jun 2004 The Economist urges voters to reject the new EU Constitution. In a leader, the magazine argues,... EUROSCEPTICS SHOULD WELCOME DUAL REFERENDUM 24 Jun 2004 The Times reports that pro-euro Cabinet members are to urge the Prime Minister to combine a refe... SUTHERLAND OF BP IS PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY 23 Jun 2004 Peter Sutherland of BP emerges as possible Commission President. The Independent reports that E... CONSTITUTION AGREED 22 Jun 2004 The Government agreed the EU Constitution at the weekend, marking the start of the campaign ahea... GOVERNMENT ALREADY CLAIMING VICTORY 17 Jun 2004 As predicted, the Government has followed the same strategy ahead of the Constitution IGC as it ... THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOT A VETO 16 Jun 2004 The FT reports that the Government looks set to accept QMV on social security and criminal and p... GOVERNMENT PREPARES ITS RED LINE STRATEGY 15 Jun 2004 The most likely outcome to the negotiations ahead of and during the Summit seems to be that the ... NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST CONSTITUTION TO BE LAUNCHED 14 Jun 2004 A new campaign against the Constitution – Vote No – is being constructed and will be launched wi... EU PARLIAMENT POLL PREDICTS GAINS FOR SCEPTICS 11 Jun 2004 European Parliament poll - The Times reports that a poll by the European Parliament shows that U... NIGHTMARE FOR THE PRO-EU SIDE 10 Jun 2004 The Guardian’s leader and the tone of the Independent’s article, rather than explaining why peop... GOVT GETS 10/275 CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION PASSED 9 Jun 2004 The Government has deliberately focused on its "red lines" ahead of the forthcoming IGC, suggest... POPULUS POLL SHOWS LABOUR AND TORIES LOSING VOTES 8 Jun 2004 Populus poll for the Times finds that both Labour and the Conservatives are likely to lose votes... D-DAY REMEMBERED. REAGAN DIES. REFERENDUM 2006? 7 Jun 2004 EUROPE Macshane: EU referendum in 2006 - Europe Minister Denis MacShane has said that the... CONSTITUTION DEAL MORE LIKELY 4 Jun 2004 EUROPE Constitution deal more likely - The Telegraph and Independent report that the like... BLAIR WANTS TO SECURE "RED LINES" 3 Jun 2004 EUROPE Blair wants to secure “red lines” - The Independent reports that Tony Blair will a... TORY STRATEGY ON UKIP 2 Jun 2004 MH’s performance on Today will not have helped. It is a mistake in general for a Conservative le... As we have pointed out for months, the Government has planned to produce a fake row over tax kno... MEETING THE RISE OF UKIP 1 Jun 2004 The most important thing for the Tories to do is the formulation and marketing of an alternative... COOK WRONG ON CONSTITUTION 28 May 2004 Robin Cook has an article in The Independent arguing that the Government has failed to make the ... SCHRODER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CONSTITUTION DEAL 27 May 2004 EUROPE Polish-German meeting - After a meeting with interim Polish Prime Minister Marek B... FRANCE SAYS "NO CHEAP COMPROMISE" ON CONSTITUTION 26 May 2004 EUROPE France and Constitution - French Foreign Minister Michael Barnier has said that Fr... COMPROMISE OVER VOTING WEIGHTS? 25 May 2004 EUROPE Constitution: voting weights discussed - EU foreign ministers yesterday discussed ... EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET 24 May 2004 EUROPE Constitution - EU foreign ministers will today discuss the controversial issue of... SCHRODER OPPOSES NATO TROOPS IN IRAQ 21 May 2004 "After our victory in Afghanistan and the defeat of the oppressors who had killed millions of ... GISELA STUART ATTACKS CONSTITUTION 20 May 2004 EUROPE Gisela Stuart criticises Constitution - Gisela Stuart, a Labour member of the Con... GOVERNMENT TO GIVE IN ON QMV FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE? 19 May 2004 EUROPE Red line breached - The Telegraph front page reports that the Government’s red li... STRAW CONFUSION OVER CHARTER 18 May 2004 EUROPE EU meeting - Britain reportedly clashed with France and Germany at yesterday’s me... SPAIN AND POLAND MAY BLOCK DEAL ON CONSTITUTION 17 May 2004 EUROPE Difficulties ahead of Constitution negotiations - Spain and Poland may again bloc... FRANCE/GERMANY CERTAIN OF AGREEMENT 14 May 2004 EUROPE Schroder and Chirac confident that Constitution will be agreed - At their meeting... FRANCE/GERMANY TO GO AHEAD WITHOUT UK 13 May 2004 EUROPE France and Germany to say Constitution should go ahead with 20 members supporting ... BLAIR RE-RUNS NICE 2000 STRATEGY 12 May 2004 The Independent reports that Tony Blair will attempt to secure his “red lines” on the European C... BLAIR CLAIMS TORIES RISK "NATIONAL HUMILIATION" 11 May 2004 EUROPE Blair claims Tories face bringing "national humiliation" by rejecting the Constit... GOVERNMENT RE-RUNNING NICE STRATEGY 10 May 2004 EUROPE A re-run of Nice 2000? Government already claiming it is getting tough ahead of ... GOVT DEVELOPS "RED LINE" STRATEGY 7 May 2004 EUROPE Constitution - Blair and Chirac are to meet in Paris on Sunday. Chirac is thought... PATTEN FOR PRESIDENT? EU FRAUD UP 6 May 2004 EUROPE Patten a leading candidate for Commission Presidency - The FT reports that Irish ... EUROPE HOLDS NUCLEAR WAR GAMES 5 May 2004 EUROPE EU nuclear threat - The Guardian reports on a exercise simulating a nuclear terro... LAMY SAYS BRITAIN CAN FORM EU "REARGUARD" 4 May 2004 EUROPE Lamy says Britain could form part of EU 'rearguard' - Yesterday's Telegraph repor... NEW FRONTIERS FOCUS GROUPS 30 Apr 2004 EUROPE New Frontiers market research - We have been doing market research this week on a... TORIES LAUNCH EURO CAMPAIGN 29 Apr 2004 EUROPE Tories launch drive on EU red tape - The FT reports that the Conservatives will p... ICM POLL: BUSINESS OPPOSED TO CONSTITUTION, EURO 28 Apr 2004 EUROPE Full copies of the poll and a summary of the key findings are available from NFF.... MANDELSON, BYERS, MILBURN RALLY TO CONSTITUTION 27 Apr 2004 EUROPE Business people write for and against Constitution - The Telegraph continues its ... ICM POLL SHOWS OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTION 26 Apr 2004 EUROPE Polls show major opposition to constitution - The New Frontiers ICM poll, which f... BLAIR REFERENDUM STRATEGY 23 Apr 2004 EUROPE Blair now rules out second referendum? - There is a general feeling that Blair's ... MORE THAN ONE REFERENDUM? 22 Apr 2004 EUROPE Blair signals that there could be another referendum if the first is lost - There... PRO CONSTITUTION CAMP IN-FIGHTING 21 Apr 2004 EUROPE Blair confirms referendum - There is widespread coverage of the Prime Minister's s... BLAIR TO ARGUE IN OR OUT 20 Apr 2004 EUROPE 1. Blair only has one way to win - persuade people it's the Constitution or out o... ANALYSIS OF REFERENDUM SITUATION 19 Apr 2004 EUROPE Government to call referendum - poll unlikely until after election - All the pape... PRESSURE FOR REFERENDUM. 16 Apr 2004 EUROPE "Increasing pressure" on Blair for a referendum - Several papers follow up yester... BLAIR CONSIDERS CALLING CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 15 Apr 2004 EUROPE Government considering u-turn on Constitution referendum? - According to a front ... CONSTITUTION COMPROMISE IS PROBLEM FOR BLAIR 14 Apr 2004 EUROPE Constitution - Le Monde reports that the "compromise emerging in Brussels on a Eu... KHAN TELLS INTERROGATORS NK HAS 3 NUCLEAR DEVICES 13 Apr 2004 Two things to look for concerning Iraq... First, Giles Pontecorvo's movie The Battle of ... BLAIR PLANNING "IN OR OUT?" VOTE 6 Apr 2004 EUROPE Blair planning "in or out" vote on Europe - The Sun has a big p.2 story that the ... PROF NIALL FERGUSON ON EUROPE'S DECLINE 5 Apr 2004 EUROPE Niall Ferguson looks at how Europe will deal with Islam - Ferguson addresses Gibb... TORY STRATEGY ON CONSTITUTION TO BE UNVEILED 2 Apr 2004 EUROPE Constitution - The European Parliament yesterday voted that the European Constitu... LIB DEMS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES AS MORE EUROSCEPTIC 1 Apr 2004 EUROPE Lib Dems - The Guardian reports that the Lib Dems intend to appear more euroscept... EU MAY BE DIVERTING TO TERRORISTS 1 Apr 2004 EUROPE EU funds may be diverted to terrorists - EUObserver reports that the European Par... TERROR PLOT DISCOVERED. RICE TO TESTIFY 31 Mar 2004 EUROPE Constitution - The Independent reports that the Conservatives have pledged to obs... STRAW TOLD BLAIR TO LET CONSTITUTION DIE 30 Mar 2004 EUROPE Constitution - The FT reports that a bill on the new European constitution will b... PUBLIC OPPOSES CONSTITUTION BY 64-20 29 Mar 2004 EUROPE ICM poll for New Frontiers finds that by 3-1 public reject Blair's case that thre... CONSTITUTION DEAL LIKELY 26 Mar 2004 EUROPE Deal on Constitution more likely - There is widespread coverage of the increasing... CONSTITUTION CAN BE AGREED 25 Mar 2004 EUROPE Timetable for agreement. A letter circulated by the Irish Presidency of the EU sa... CONSTITUTION AGREED BY 17-18 JUNE 24 Mar 2004 EUROPE EU Constitution: FT reports that the Government is to compromise on one of its ke... CONSTITUTION COULD BE "WRAPPED UP BY JUNE" 23 Mar 2004 EUROPE EU Constitution could be "wrapped up by June" - The front page of the FT reports ... MORGAN STANLEY: EMU IS A NIGHTMARE 22 Mar 2004 EUROPE Morgan Stanley's Chief Economist on Europe's combination of economic, demographic... POLAND BACKS DOWN OVER CONSTITUTION VOTING RIGHTS 19 Mar 2004 EUROPE Poland announced that it will no longer stand in the way of a deal on the EU Const... ZAPARETO CALLS IRAQ A FIASCO. 18 Mar 2004 EUROPE Poland still opposed to current draft of constitution - The IHT reports that Poli... SPAINISH SOCIALIST WIN PUTS CONSTITUTION BACK ON 17 Mar 2004 EUROPE Spanish Socialist victory puts EU Constitution back on the agenda, Chirac and Sch... NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT SAYS WAR A DISASTER 16 Mar 2004 EUROPE New Spanish Government says the Iraq war was "a disaster" based on "lies", it wil... SOCIALISTS WIN SPANISH ELECTION 15 Mar 2004 DOMESTIC Letwin interview in Sunday Telegraph - Mostly focuses on Government waste. ... | ||||||||
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