Is this the man who is destined to lead the British conservative party back from the wilderness and hurtling into office. I really don’t know, but it certainly wouldn’t be a bad thing for British democracyif he was. With all due respect for the Lib Dems, what the UK has now seems to be something like a ‘one party system’.
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Not With A Bang But With A Whimper
It’s over folks, the constitution that is, and for the foreseeable future, at least this seems to be the conclusion that can be drawn from Jos? Barroso’s comments in Poland yesterday. (Hat tip EU Observer)
“In the foreseeable future we will not have a constitution. That’s obvious. I haven’t come across any magic formulas that would bring it back to life”.
“Instead of never-ending debates about institutions, let’s work with what we’ve got. Political will and leadership are more important than institutions”
I think many of us here at Afoe drew this conclusion the day after the French vote. As Barroso says it’s now down to pragmatism and best foot forward. So let’s see what happens at the October summit.,