Mark Pack

The piece from me appeared in Liberal Democrat News last week: Europe is one of the policy areas where the instincts of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are furthest apart. It is also one that has torn apart past governments, most famously John Major’s administration. It was also at the heart of many of [...] »

Having Cathy Ashton appointed to one of the top two jobs in the new EU structures should have been seen as a foreign policy negotiation triumph for the British Government, getting someone from this country in the heart of decision making and power wielding in Europe. But instead the story has been dominated by other issues - [...] »

For here is what Nick Robinson has to say about David Cameron on Europe: So what does the self proclaimed "straight talking" guy say about one of the biggest foreign policy dilemma he's likely to face if he becomes prime minister? Nothing. Nowt. Nix. Zippo. Zilch. You can read the full post here. »

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for the Daily View, today with an election night special. 2 Big Stories David Cameron stalls on Europe David Cameron bravely stuck his neck out by, er…, insisting that the Tories “could only have one policy at once”. Not multitaskers then: David Cameron has refused to give an unequivocal commitment to a referendum [...] »

Fresh on the heels of the news that Conservative MEP Caroline Jackson is thinking of quitting the Conservative Party comes this news via The News of the World: The Tories’ top donor today told the News of the World how he has defected to the eurosceptic UK Independence Party. Spread-betting millionaire Stuart Wheeler has written a cheque [...] »