Monthly Archives: August 2010

The government was right to go to India to carve out a new relationship based on the changing balance of economic activity and power in the world. The world Stock market index still reflects the world as it was in the last century. The USA is dominant at 42% of the total, the EU next [...]

There has been much written about the decline of the Liberal party during and after the First World War. The facts are stark. In 1914 the Liberals were running the government under Prime Minister Asquith, and were used to being one of the big two, often in power. In the October election of 1924 they [...]

History does not repeat itself. Reading some and understanding it helps people and parties avoid making the same mistakes. Some Lib Dems are currently worried that belonging to a Coalition will lead to unpopularity. As the party which has argued long and loudly for coalitions and has told us they can be better than majority [...]

After the Coaliton government formed and made clear its intention to cut the deficit further and faster, the pound has risen. This will start to cut the high inflation rate the old policy of devalue, print and borrow was bringing about. The main inflationary force was the falling pound. It is true there remain two [...]

So many of you do not grasp the reality of the situation, and then lash out against people most likely to sympathise with your views. I voted No in the referendum of 1975, and have ever since tried to get the political classes to accept that British people only voted for a common market, not [...]

There are UKIP supporters and other strong Eurosceptics who still do not seem to grasp the voting arithmetic and the reality of the modern House of Commons. It is no good writing to me to say you want out of the EU or want major powers back, because the British people have once again voted [...]

Sovereignty is not the same as power. Sovereignty means the right to make your own decisions without a higher authority telling you what to do. It does not mean you can do whatever you like. Any sovereign individual, family, company or nation is constrained by their wealth, influence, moral authority, knowledge, international law, views of [...]