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The PM’s hawking his ‘reforms’ – but it won’t make any difference...
Negotiated in private and then rammed down countries’ throats: The Lisbon Treaty is an immovable barrier to change, writes JOHN BOYD
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
Compared to the Lisbon Treaty, David Cameron’s “reforms” are “not worth a light.”
The 2009 treaty governs EU integration and includes all the provisions of the European Constitution rejected by the electorates of France and the Netherlands in 2005.
Ireland’s electorate rejected the Lisbon Treaty in 2008 and then undemocratically was forced to vote again to get the “correct” Yes result. This treaty turned the previous intergovernmental arrangements of the European community into a Union — a superstate with a legal personality under article 47.
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