“The European Court of Human Rights is forcing us to…”: Really?
The European Court of Human Rights has nothing to do with the EU.
The European Court of Human Rights has nothing to do with the EU.
There’s a local ‘business’ in my constituency, the first of its kind, which was created just 18 months ago but has spawned more than 80 offshoots across the UK since it first opened its doors. This ‘business’ makes no profit, sets no prices for its services, and has no paid staff — yet its turnover […]
Not true. We actually left a free trade zone, EFTA, to join the EEC specifically because we felt free trade was not enough.
My spring 2015 quarterly report.
Be careful what you wish for!
Almost every democratic system has aspects which are questionable. The unelected House of Lords in Britain. The role of money in elections in the USA. The pros and cons of different electoral systems. And, of course, the EU. EU institutions certainly suffer from the problem of distance. They are inevitably and unavoidably more remote from […]
Yes, and so is every other country! All have their different languages, cultures, histories and laws.
This claim has been made about several different public services in the UK, but it is not true.
The Leave campaign claims that we could get better trade deals if we negotiated them separately as Britain. But it’s not as easy as that.
The Leave campaign claims that we could get better trade deals if we negotiated them separately as Britain. But it’s not as easy as that.
Not true. The court doesn’t make political decisions, but it does sometimes have to remind politicians of what they have agreed!
Anyone who has actually looked into the figures and the details of this saga will know that it isn’t so simple.
Not true. We retain full border controls as an EU member — along with Ireland, we are outside the borderless Schengen area.
I was interested to see that a new local TV station, Made In Leeds, has set up shop not too far from my constituency office. Any media outlet that can offer a genuinely independent, local perspective is very welcome. But when local TV stations have popped up in Yorkshire at various times over the past […]
Not true. Indeed, we are likely to win this battle precisely because it’s being fought at EU level.
Not true. It is the relative importance of trade to each side, not the absolute value of that trade, that matters.
The total amount lost to national exchequers through tax evasion and tax avoidance is greater than all the public deficits of national governments in Europe added together. Dodging tax, whether illegally or via legal loopholes, is immoral not only in itself but also because of the damage it does to our economy. So Labour MEPs […]
The figures show this isn’t anywhere near true. In fact, we almost always win votes through finding common ground with other countries.
This is absolute nonsense. How we organise our health service, and how we pay for it, is a matter for our own government.
This is an attempt to conjure up a conspiracy in an area where many people aren’t familiar with the details.
An unwelcome opinion on redundancy law expressed today by an advocate of the European Court is not the end of the story, says Richard Corbett MEP. Common Europe-wide rules protect workers from unfair treatment in the event their employer intends to make them redundant. Among other rights, these rules guarantee the right to consultation about […]
As the old adage goes: decisions are made by those who show up. Sadly though, many people in the UK are unaware that in order to show up to vote on the big day, you first must be entered into the electoral register. National Voter Registration Day (5 February) has thus been created as a […]
Question Can the Commission indicate what proportion of the legislation in its 2015 Work Programme consists of proposals to amend, update or adapt existing EU legislation, rather than to legislate in new fields? Answer The Commission Work Programme (CWP) 2015 [COM(2014) 910 final] reflects the Commission’s commitment to prioritise its work and to strengthen better […]
Question Could the Council list the impact assessments it has conducted in accordance with the 2005 interinstitutional common approach to impact assessment (Council Ref. 14901/05), in which each institution was deemed to be responsible for assessing its own proposals/modifications [paragraph 3] and the Council (and Parliament) undertook to carry out impact assessments when they consider […]