[Debatewise RRT] Re: more debates for you
- From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:13:12 +0200
Queen's speech
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Gary Cocker <garycocker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> I'll take the EU Presidency/High Representative one if that's fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gary Cocker
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> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:10:51 +0000
> From: cohelling@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Debatewise RRT] more debates for you
> To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Well despite my email on friday it was not me forgetting that was
> the problem, this time I just got home and fell to sleep!! so I am late with
> these once again.
>
> Alex
>
> *Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton will make a good European President
> and High Representative.*
> In supporting Van Rompuy Europe has elected to make the job more of a
> consensus builder and chairman rather than someone who might have acted more
> in the manner of a real Head of State for Europe taking policy more into
> their own hands and pushing a European rather than national agenda. So do we
> have a European anti-democratic stich up that ticks the boxes of the nation
> states but wont help Europe as a whole?
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/19/tony-blair-european-council-president
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/20/eu-nice-stich-up-ashton
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_8360000/newsid_8369700/8369730.stm
>
> *President Obama is correct to stick to Bush's policies on China.*
> After 9/11 Bush's policy towards China was one of pragmatic cooperation
> rather than considering china as a threat. Democrats have traditionally been
> tougher on China in areas such as the economy - and China still has a large
> trade surplus with the US, and freedom of speech. So far Obama has not taken
> this line even if it does potentially cost some US jobs.
> http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KK20Ad01.html
>
> http://www.cfr.org/publication/20797/mixed_messages_from_asia.html?breadcrumb=%2F
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-marshall/does-america-have-a-china_b_360837.html
>
> *Should the Queen's Speech be used as the starting gun for an election
> campaign?*
> Labour made a shower of promises that look very like electioneering in the
> Queen's speech. A bill on fiscal responsibility - cant the government be
> fiscally responsible without it? Limiting bonuses, eliminating child poverty
> - have they not already promised these? Yet more on ASBOs, world poverty and
> reform of the house of lords - have they not yet had enough time?
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8366146.stm
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/18/mandelson-queens-speech-not-electioneering
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6596786/Queens-Speech-the-announcements-at-a-glance.html
>
>
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