The new treaty on fiscal discipline cannot alone address the euro crisis and while there has been renewed talk of growth by EU leaders, current plans have proven "pitifully weak," says Carole Ulmer. More »

When David Cameron wielded his veto at the European Council in December many Tories thought this was the beginning of a process of repatriation of powers from the EU. Myself, I thought it would be the high water mark of the government’s Euro-scepticism — and so it has proven. But things are about to get even worse for the Bill Cashes of this Parliament. In the short-term, at least.
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You remember the one where Ritchie said that it was anti-democratic to, well, in his words: That is the aim of the December 2011 agreement on the future economic management of Europe which effectively bans deficit funding even though this is the only known and proven mechanism for ending recessions. In effect the neoliberal leadership of Europe is

A think-tank led by a former No 10 adviser has launched a drive to get Whitehall to spend money only on policies that are proven to be effective

Just how naive and ignorant does this President and his Party think that the American public is?! How easy it is for the Democrats to disparage Herman Cain's plan when they have proven to the American people that they have none! All the while, Barack Obama has the unmitigated "chutzpah" as we say to parade around the country on his campaign tour bus, pontificating about the consequences shoul...

In the past year the government has proven good at cauterising self-inflicted wounds. This morning's announcement from Iain Duncan Smith on childcare stems another potential bleeder. His department have found an extra £300 million to prevent further cuts to childcare support. It’s a welcome reversal of an ill-advised plan and a narrowly averted political foul-up. The extra mon...

Apparently there were some crusty student types camping out in part of Glasgow University. Ho hum, hadn’t heard a peep. Anyway, they’re claiming they’ve won and that this is wonderful for all. One of the things they claim to have proven is: From day one, our occupation sought to be more than just a protest.

According to a jury at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday the assault (pictured right) carried out by John Wilson against Celtic manager Neil Lennon in front of 16,000 fans at Tynecastle Park towards the end of last season, and which was broadcast live on television and has subsquently been repeated umpteen times since, was ‘not proven’ by

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said Labour's claims that NHS spending in England is being moved away from poorer areas are not proven

I think that he has proven he cannot! Or doesn't want to! Who can forget the tunnel vision of the President when Obamacare was wending its way through the process. A process which ultimately led to that program being shoved down the throats of Americans who neither liked or wanted a program of government-run healthcare. Now we have the debt ceiling "crisis" that is occupying all of the time a...