The British government’s ostrich strategy towards the eurozone, 08/08/11:

Perhaps the flightless African bird does not deserve the reputation it has acquired but in terms of symbolism at least the British government’s reaction to the eurozone crisis resembles a lot the ostrich’s alleged tendency to bury its head in the ground when confronted with danger...

The Greeks' salto mortale, 29/06/11:

As the sun rises over central Athens those that have engulfed the Parliament building ponder their situation. They have been driven here by disappointment, desperation, even anger and the stark realisation that this is truly as bad as it gets... 

Time to kill two birds with one stone, 08/08/10:

The debate between the Treasury and the MOD over the cost of the defence budget is raging and the contest is fascinating commentators...

The unbearable lightness of being… a British tabloid paper, 10/07/10:

It is of course no secret that the tabloid press in the UK applies a very relaxed definition of the word truth. But that fact is taken to another level when it comes to their reporting of the EU and one of the free London morning papers offered me a stark reminder the other day. 

Mr Hague wants to put Britain at the heart of the EU. He must also put the EU at the heart of Britain, 01/07/10:

Foreign Secretary William Heague says he is keen to ensure that Britain is more active in the EU. He wants more British officials to occupy Director level positions in the European Commission and more staff at entry-level positions at the Commission to be British.

What the Eurozone needs is a cure not euthanasia, 29/03/10:On 25-26 March the European Council took the very significant decision to guarantee that eurozone countries will, in co-operation with the IMF, come to the aid of Greece in case it faces difficulties in servicing  its debt in the months ahead...

The Commission is there to propose, not impose, policy, 04/12/09:

The British press is, unfortunately, infamous for its tendency to overreact, so the articles and comments in the electronic and print media over the appointment of a Frenchman as Commissioner-designate for Internal Market should not come as a surprise...

Last night's appointments make sense, 20/11/09:

The hypocritical reaction of all those that are instinctively critical of anything that has to do with the EU baffles me beyond belief. Nigel Farage and those that share his views on European integration have, in the last 12 hours, been attacking with venom the appointment of Mr van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton as President of the European Council and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy respectively...