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Say no to protectionism
The most important focus for the left should be on equipping people to live in an uncertain economic world, not shutting that world out.
The latest Eurosceptic move is Cameron-friendly
100 Tory MPs have today called on the PM to do something he would almost certainly do anyway. Their real target is the Lib Dems.
There is devilish detail in the new euro pact
Forget use of EU buildings, the threat is members of the new fiscal union cooking up deals that affect the single market behind British backs.
The eurosceptic backlash spreads to the cabinet
Duncan Smith raises concerns over failure of Cameron's "veto".
Are the ratings agencies doing us a favour?
At every stage of this crisis, action has been forced on politicians by the markets.
Cameron's prescriptions for Europe miss the point (again)
The Prime Minister wants to talk about growth, but recognising the impact of German plans for collective austerity is taboo.
Osborne needs to launder a euro bailout through the IMF
The Chancellor cannot be seen to throw good pounds after bad euros, but nor can he stand by as the single currency goes into meltdown.
Eurozone crisis: ratings agency downgrades nine countries
Standard & Poor's deals heavy blow to French economy by removing AAA credit rating.
Labour’s European dilemma
Labour should make common cause with its sister parties and oppose EU austerity.
Did no-one spot that Britain is leaving the EU in five years' time?
It didn't get much attention but a draft European treaty leaked last week maps out a course that, if pursued, will surely push the UK out of the Union.
Where does the European impasse now leave Britain?
One month on, Cameron's veto looks an even greater folly.
Labour will make a big, open offer to the Lib Dems on Europe
The Lib Dems should work with us to try to get a better outcome for Britain.
Cameron's EU veto: "conspiracy or cock up?"
The PM is confident because his stance is popular. But some MPs are querying whether the whole thing was stage-managed.
"What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?"
They have sacrificed their distinctive beliefs and principles and received little in return.
The summit where everyone lost
European leaders are claiming victory, but nothing has been resolved. And Britain is in the worst of all possible world.
Continental drift
Cameron plays to the eurosceptic gallery, but where does this leave the coalition?
Who are the EU rule-breakers?
Almost every eurozone member, including France and Germany, broke the deficit rules.
The EU treaty is a disaster for the left
Stop crowing about Cameron – this is just the latest attack on European democracy.
The UK in splendid isolation
Hungary signals willingness to take part in EU treaty leaving the UK on its own.
The Eurosceptic prophecy fulfils itself
Cameron has traded influence in the European Union for a brief respite from rebellion in his party, sending the UK ever closer to the exit.
Lansley ambushed
Iran and the bomb
Tax cutter?
Gove's time bomb
On globalisation
Facebook’s $1.6bn woman
Osborne's woes
Marr's monarchism
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