By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Yesterday in the House, an emergency debate was held on the following resolution, which was moved by Bill Cash: "That this House has considered the matter of the legal and other action now to be taken by the Government in upholding the rule of law and protecting UK interests […]
Bill Cash is the Member of Parliament for Stone. Today is the twentieth anniversary of Britain signing up to the Maastricht Treaty. I urged John Major to veto Maastricht and he did not. I insisted on a referendum at the very least and he would not give one. I warned against economic and monetary union […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter In a backbench debate on the European Council yesterday, veteran Eurosceptic MP Bill Cash warned that a proposed fiscal union would be both undemocratic as a whole, and damage the national interests of the UK. The Liberal Democrats, he said were currently an "obstruction to our vital national interests", and […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter At PMQs today, David Cameron was asked about the decision by all Liberal Democrat MPs to collectively defy a three-line whip, and abstain from voting on a motion defending Cameron's EU treay veto. Although Cameron didn't elaborate further on the Liberal Democrat position, he did express his gratitude to the […]
Bill Cash is the Member of Parliament for Stone. This is a historic turning point both for country and for the Conservative Party. The dream of ever closer union has failed and the root of this trouble is the fantasy world of trying to create economic and political union amongst so many diverse countries with […]
Friday 8.45am John Redwood MP blogs: "Orderly but rapid break up would be the least cost option. It would liberate the countries allowed out, and permit them to adjust their competitiveness by a devaluation which would be swift and easier to sell than large wage cuts. There is no foundation to the proposition that the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday afternoon, David Cameron made a statement to the House on his recent G20 meetings. Given that the Prime Minister described the main topic of debate as "instability in the eurozone", one could have predicted Eurosceptic members would turn up in force – as indeed they did. Douglas Carswell, […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter In a speech today the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, that "if we do not go for further integration, we risk fragmentation". Barroso also said that "we need to complete our monetary union with an economic union," and that "we must deepen […]
By Bill Cash MP Today I have released my pamphlet, “It’s the EU, Stupid” (pdf). This is being released on the same day as a European reform debate in Westminster Hall (Grand Committee Room) between leading Eurorealists and Euro-integrationists – which I have summarised below. My pamphlet makes clear that the United Kingdom, in its […]
Bill Cash is Member of Parliament for Stone. Yesterday, I was successful in my request to the Speaker of the House of Commons to grant an emergency debate in Parliament on the European Treaty. There will therefore be an emergency debate for three hours in the House of Commons this afternoon, which will take priority […]