Jan
27
As background to the European Council scheduled for 8th/9th December, European leaders are seeking to agree on an agenda to strengthen the euro through improved fiscal discipline in the Member States. This is needed not only to give confidence to the markets but also to find a way to keep ...
We are now at a critical juncture in the development of the European Union. Decisions are being made about whether we go forwards with the European project with further integration, fiscal discipline, and limited treaty change, or whether, as some commentators have suggested, we are about to see the collapse ...
As the public debate deepens in the search for growth and the need to boost UK manufacturing, digital infrastructure is an area which is fundamental but is little understood. A number of contributions to this debate have been made recently which raises the valid question as to whether the UK ...
Following on from my blog last week, the conclusions from Transatlantic Week in Washington D.C pointed towards the need for a strengthened transatlantic partnership in the face of the rise of China. This should entail the emergence of a common agenda on growth and jobs across the Atlantic to provide ...
Can Boris be right? In recent weeks, not only has he taken the Government to task on its airport policy because he is in favour of building a new airport out in the Thames Estuary (see The London Daily News), but he has also has struck a chord with many living ...
The visit of President Obama has been the highlight for the UK this week, illustrating the vital nature of the UK-US relationship to be a rock-solid bastion for promoting our jointly shared values and beliefs. As President Obama said in his historic speech to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, ...
Many constituents, as well as others further afield who enjoy the Chilterns, set in their area of outstanding natural beauty, feel that the proposal to build HS2 – a high-speed rail link between London and East Birmingham – is unacceptable on both environmental and financial grounds.
It is significant that no ...
With the final results of the local elections not yet known, a major highlight for me in the campaign was to support candidates from the local Kashmiri community standing for our Party in Wycombe. We should be very proud that we already have five Conservative Kashmiri Councillors on the current Council; the ...
As we come out of one of the biggest financial and economic crises in modern history, there are still many obstacles for Europe and the United States to overcome on the journey towards economic recovery. Remember that this is more of a Transatlantic than a global phenomenon as Asian economies ...
