EUROPE is a generational issue. Older people may struggle to think of themselves as European, even those who don’t still think they are stuck in the last war, but under-25s have grown up in a quite different world. To them, travelling to and throughout Europe is perfectly natural. So is eating continental food and, particularly, [...]
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THERE can be no more eloquent harbinger of the price which will be paid in this recession for the failure of the British political establishment to properly advocate our membership of the European Union than the crisis over “British jobs for British workers”. The trouble with playing to the nationalist gallery (Gordon Brown) is that [...]
Thirty years ago Britain was known as the sick man of Europe. Dragged down by a decaying infrastructure, rampant union power, ineffective and weak government, and uncontrolled inflation, we found ourselves sliding down almost every international league table. The years since then have seen a real change in the nation’s fortunes, thanks to Margaret Thatcher’s [...]
THE return of Kenneth Clarke to the Conservative frontbench has inevitably led to huge speculation about his positive European views. The BBC’s European Editor, Mark Mardell, has posted five questions he would like to ask the new Shadow Business Secretary. But even if he gets the chance, Mr Clarke won’t be able to give meaningful [...]
