Lord Flight asked a very pertinent question in the House of Lords: how many people are employed by the European Union institutions; and w...

The Boy-King is all set to take on crony capitalism. Well, sort of. Because to take it on properly he would need to get rid of a great deal ...

Taking time out of the two big stories: Russia where they do not believe politicians and Britain's obsessive need to do so, I have retur...

There seems to be some problem about those powers to scrutinize member states' budgets that the Commission is claiming despite, as Lord ...

An exchange towards the end of the Second Reading of Lord Pearson's Bill demonstrates clearly one of the problems we face when we discus...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch asked HMG why there has been a "further" delay in the publication of the Pink Book, a.k.a. the United Kin...

The G20 is over and, not unexpectedly, the outcome is to boost IMF resources for further bail-outs "to boost growth and rebalance the...

Do we even know what the purpose of it is? Never mind, it sounds good. I am talking about Big Society Capital, formerly known as Big Society...

Or at any rate, our and the Dutch government are terribly disappointed as is Joe Lynam of the BBC , not to mention Iceland's Prime Minis...

But not for long. Still, momentarily, this piece by Nile Gardiner silenced me. It would appear that the European Instrument for Democracy a...

We find from the news that the government has made another step towards abolishing the Royal Navy and opt out of the global fight against pi...

Bruno Waterfield, the Telegraph's hack in Brussels, tells us that there is a growing backlash against perks for EU officials. Fury, h...

No, this is not quite the salvation the country has been waiting for. The Boss on EUReferendum points ou t a couple of things about the so-c...

Further to the pious hope expressed by Lord Howell (or whoever was writing that reply) At a time when Governments across the EU are reining...

A Written Question from Lord Stoddart of Swindon deals with those Brussels salaries. To ask Her Majesty's Government which European Uni...

In response to a Written Question by Lord Pearson of Rannoch about the various funds contributed by HMG on our behalf and with our money (s...

One of the few think-tanks in this country that produces worthwhile material is Reform. In anticipation of next week's Budget they have ...

It appears that the colleagues in Brussels are all breathing a collective sigh of relief because the new Conservative (well, ConLib) Prime M...

This was called to my attention by Ian Milne, quondam editor of Eurofacts, and the man who probably knows more than anybody about the fiscal...