Those in our party who are calling for an early referendum risk undermining the Prime Minister’s clear theme for re-negotiation of “good for Europe/good for Britain”.
Michael Burnett was a candidate for the European Parliament in the West Midlands in 2009. When David Cameron came to Burton-on-Trent a few days before polling day in the 2009 European elections, he asked me, as a candidate, what I thought he should do over the remaining part of the campaign. I used my “elevator […]
Michael Burnett was a candidate for the European Parliament in the West Midlands in 2009 David Cameron faces a difficult week in Brussels with several interlocking issues: The need for the Eurozone to create the structures for economic and monetary union to function effectively and the implications of this for the Single Market. The future […]
Michael Burnett was a candidate for the European Parliament in the West Midlands in 2009 Is it really possible to engage citizens in caring about their communities? Or have we gone too far down the route to believing that “It’s the state’s job to create healthy communities”? In what circumstances can the ideas of civic […]
Michael Burnett was a candidate for the European Parliament in the West Midlands in 2009. The SNP’s victory in last month’s Scottish Parliament election was a political earthquake whose aftershocks will persist. Most of the attention so far has been on its implications for the United Kingdom: will it lead to Scottish independence and is […]
Michael Burnett was a candidate for the European Parliament in the West Midlands in 2009. PPP was the Labour government’s name for the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) introduced by the Major government. Concessions such as toll roads have been around for many years but the massive expansion of PPP since 1997 has been driven by […]
I believe that in the UK we have a vision of a Europe that will work better for all in future, and I want to see solutions which work for all member states.