The 110, 000 non-Belgian EU citizens living in Brussels should be allowed to vote in regional elections, says Emmanel van Innis, president of Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry (BECI), in a September paper, calling for English to become the third administrative language of Europe's capital.

On the 10th of October the House of Lords killed off the prospect of voters getting the power to initiate referendums on local issues. Up until then the Localism Bill had contained a modest proposal to give local people in England the power to call non-binding referendums on local issues if 5% of their fellow

I currently publish primarily at the Gates of Vienna, the Brussels Journal, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs, and will continue to do so. But every now and then, I will publish at some other website that I like. This time, it's on EuropeNews, a very good news website which deserves even more traffic than it currently has today. Europeans: With Prejudice Against Our Own Ancestors (excerpt) People ...

Scotland will have to vote in favour of independence in two referendums to legally separate from the United Kingdom, the Scottish Secretary has said.

Brussels, June 2 2009: With just days to go before Europeans have a chance to vote for change, Libertas reveals just how much power grabbing the anti-democratic institutions in Brussels have been up to.

One side effect of a coalition government full of reforming zeal is lots of opportunities for the good people of Britain to troop down to their local polling station and make the appropriate mark on a ballot paper. Here are the elections and referendums that look to me to coming our way in the next few

A Guardian journalist (who is unable to spell on even his own profile) is whining that CompareTheMarket.com's advertising campaign is racist because it takes the piss out of Eastern Europeans who cannot pronounce the word "market" and instead say "meerkat". His girlfriend is Ukrainian (I do hope she is here on a work permit legally) and apparently she and her Latvian friends are upset. On her...

People in Bristol are to be asked to take part in local referendums on whether individual pieces of graffiti should be removed after overwhelming support for a campaign to keep a mural by the painter Banksy.

Who’s cheating who? Concerns about the medical assessment for employment and support allowance are highlighted on a BBC Scotland television programme tonight.(26.05.10) Who’s Cheating Who?, which questions whether employment and support allowance is fit for purpose, is on at 10.45pm tonight, Wednesday 26th May, on BBC1 Scotland. According to BBC Scotland listings: “We reveal how,...

Brussels’ ever tightening grip on EU member states has seen supranational powers creep into the daily lives of ordinary Europeans. This loss of local power has eroded regional identities. However, some of Europe’s citizens are taking a stand against the surge of Brussels’ influence; battling the tide of EU domination in small, but hugely significant, ways.