Cameron announces in-or-out EU referendum
The only way to be in the driver seat in business or in an alliance is to be at the front, participating actively, not dragging your heels. An in or out vote is a good […]
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BBC Countryfile on wind turbines and editorial standards
Today’s feature on Onshore Wind Turbines shown by BBC in Countryfile shows pictures of wind turbines, interviews with people for and against (some of them very emotional). The reporter is shown on top of a […]
BBC World Have Your Say: What are the competing claims over the Falklands?
BBC: What are the competing claims over the Falklands? and discussion on G+ Why would the Falklands suddenly become a priority for Argentina? Does it have anything to do with the government trying to distract its citizens from […]
FT: on BBC project Barcelona
Financial Times: BBC to expand in paid digital video fray BBC Director General Mark Thompson on the offering: “The BBC’s iPlayer is the most successful and most intensively used catch-up service in the world but […]
The right to bear firearms – discussion points
BBC News: An American professor on firearms in the UK Why Britain needs more guns by Joyce L. Malcolm (Professor of history, Bentley College, US author of Guns and Violence: The English Experience, Senior Advisor, MIT Security Studies Program).
Economist: Save the City
In the leader Save the City, the Economist (1 January 2012) comes to the defence of the City, London’s financial market, decrying that “Britain is the home of the world’s capital of capital but no longer prizes […]
Do we want to drag all the skeletons out of European closets?
Bagehot in the Economist asks the question: Could David Cameron have done anything other than walk away from a new EU treaty? Some of the comments are puzzling, to say the least: most sites allowing […]
Ma in fondo, l’Europa piace agli Inglesi?
Nel suo commento nel Corriere della Sera (dell’11 dicembre 2011): Ma l’Europa agli inglesi sotto sotto non dispiace – Mi auguro che indìcano davvero un referendum sull’Europa Beppe Severgnini parla dell’atteggiamento ambiguo dell’Inghilterra verso l’Europa, sperando che indìcano, […]
The Guardian: Nick Clegg turns fire on David Cameron over Europe veto
Nick Clegg turns fire on David Cameron over Europe veto. It’s up to sherpas to negotiate and do all the hard work, out of the limelight. By the time the leaders meet, it should be […]
Media’s lack of focus on phone hacking exposes their agenda – sex and celebs|The Guardian
Media’s lack of focus on phone hacking exposes their agenda – sex and celebs. By and large, people have the leaders they deserve and the press they deserve. Investigative reporting is a wonderful tool to […]
The Guardian: Conservative links to Murdoch under scrutiny as private meeting revealed
Conservative links to Murdoch under scrutiny as private meeting revealed. The Americans swept aside their strict rules on cross-media ownership during the eighties, to accommodate Murdoch – and you see the result: the rabid Fox […]