What are Clegg’s yellow lines?
Alex Hern examines whether there are any areas left for the Liberal Democrats to hold firm on – or have they compromised on every policy going?
European Union
EU summitry is futile; this is a global financial crisis, not a eurozone crisis
Ann Pettifor explains how the current European Union summit is futile – we are in a global financial crisis, not just a crisis of the eurozone.
Cameron didn’t sign EU deal because it’s not in the interests of the one per cent
David Cameron’s cowering reliance on the City was exposed for the world to see this morning when he refused to sign the City up to a Financial Transaction Tax.
Malcolm Rifkind: Nadine Dorries doesn’t live in the real world
Alex Hern highlights the spectacle that was Nadine Dorries ‘debating’ Malcolm Rifkind on Newsnight.
Will Van Rompuy save Cameron from a referendum?
Ben Fox reports from Brussels with the latest on the eurozone crisis, looking at whether Herman Van Rompuy will save David Cameron from a referendum.
Greening orders no opt-out for clothes-penetrating scanners
Alex Hern covers the DfT’s statement ending the option for a opt-out from new scanners which reveal the naked body of the person being scanned
What has Europe ever done for us? Well…
Tony Burke runs through the many, many, many positive things the European Union has done for British workers.
Why the latest euro deal won’t work
Give the eurozone countries a few hours or days, and we’ll find them in a grimmer mood as reality sets in – just like after the July 21st package, writes George Irvin.
Cameron should be counting the cost of his Eurosceptic appeasement
With 81 of the 305 Tory MPs voting against their government on the EU referendum vote, it is clear David Cameron cannot control the Eurosceptic Tory backbenches.
Trouble ahead for Cameron: Majority of Euro rebels were from class of 2010
The majority of the Tory rebels in last night’s European referendum vote in the Commons were newly elected MPs, spelling troubled times ahead for David Cameron.