David Cameron’s attendance at a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders is an expression of one of the more successful aspects of his European policy

Over the past 10 years, demand for French language classes has risen steadily among accredited ambassadors and the international press in Brussels. However, this renewed interest might in fact reflect the declining influence of French in the EU institutions. Thierry Lagnau, director of the Alliance Française in Brussels, explains the reasons behind this paradox. More »

Despite the continued dominance of English as a working language, demand for French classes is increasing among EU staff and accredited ambassadors and journalists in Brussels, says Thierry Lagnau, director of the 'Alliance Française Bruxelles-Europe'. More »

Today the TaxPayers’ Alliance has released new research which shows that the average family pays £656,000 in taxes over their lifetime. That tax payment is around and about equal to the amount which, if saved over the years, would put said household into the top 10% in terms of wealth (850k in net assets). And

Well, well, well, our mate Boris has been in somebody's ear hasn't he !   Mr Cameron seems to be back on "Dave" terms with Popular Alliance again, following his excellent performance in Strasbourg to the poisonous European Court of Human Rights.   Of course, Popular Alliance is fully in favour of ripping up all connections with this organisation, following it's d...

The European Commission’s scrutiny of carriers’ partnerships shifts to Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Delta tie-up

Are the DUP and UUP heading towards an alliance?

Is this video the 21st century version of a photocopied 1980s Libertarian Alliance pamphlet? It contains Madsen Pirie explaining an economics concept in under three minutes. He tells me that he is going to do 20 videos, one a week. Strangely, outside of lectures held by the ASI and IEA, there isn't much video coming out of the UK libertarian scene. Over in the States, all sorts of organisatio...

Popular Alliance prefers to keep the Union together although fully understands the many English who wish to see Scotland ex-communicated as under present agreements, they have an unfair number of free services compared to their number of tax paying contributors and of course such inconsistencies cause resentment.   Scotland also has a higher number per capita, employed by the state (we'l...

Taxpayer Scotland, which is linked to the London-based Taxpayers’ Alliance organisation, estimates Scotland’s debt could be as high as £189bn, even before taking into account its share of the national debt. Adding in Scotland’s £80bn share of the UK’s £940bn national debt suggests it might face a £269bn burden, costing more than £10bn in annual