Jul 25 2011
On 6 April 2011, the European Commission announced that it is referring the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The UK has been charged with requiring citizens to face prohibitively high costs when bringing challenges against environmental decisions in the UK courts. In connection with a challenge to housing developments in [...]
Jul 19 2011
I spent part of the weekend watching Ron Howard’s Frost Nixon movie and was struck by how much our own Whapping-Gate was mimicking the Whatergate scandal in the US. A small but significant news story that unravels all the way to the center of state power. Will we see our political leader resign? The scandal [...]
Jul 14 2011
Some of the most exciting and entertaining football you will see in Scotland is played in the Junior Leagues. I remember when I was working to secure European funding for Newtongrange Star’s new stadium I attended several of their games at the old Star Park and never failed to be impressed by the standard of [...]