Sunday 28th August 2005
7.45pm update: Liam Fox attacks soap opera politics - Leadership Blog
THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION
"On behalf of the American people, I congratulate the people of Iraq on completing the next step in their transition from dictatorship to democracy. And I want to remind the American people, as the democracy unfolds in Iraq, not only will it help make America more secure, but it will affect the broader Middle East. Democracies don't war with their neighbors; democracies don't become safe haven for terrorists who want to destroy innocent life. We have hard work ahead of us, but we're on the -- we're making good progress toward making sure this world of ours is more peaceful for generations to come."
- George W Bush responding to the completion of Iraq's first constitution
Blogs
Commentators Blog: Daniel Hannan: We must quit the EU
Leadership Blog: Portillo and Yeo get the Clarke bandwagon rolling...
Conservative News & Commentary
Tim Yeo pulls out of leadership race and endorses Ken Clarke - BBCi
"Clarke's words were anything but a step down from his long-held Europhile views. Everybody knows that, had he been Prime Minister at the time, he would have shoe-horned Great Britain into the single currency by now and signed up enthusiastically to the European Constitution, which even the French and Dutch have rejected. Clarke's constant refrain until last week was that Britain had done neither because Prime Minister Tony Blair had failed to show sufficient euro-enthusiasm and leadership..."
...Allister Heath: Ken Clarke's opportune conversion - Scotland on Sunday
Michael Portillo: Clarke is the Tories' "least worst choice" - S Times
Quentin Letts: "Not even the hamfisted roughness of Conway and his sidekick can lose David Davis the Tory leadership" - Observer
David Davis has a new libertarian guru, Randy Barnett - Observer
Interviewing David Cameron, Melissa Kite finds a "new man" who "is surprisingly warm towards David Davis" - S Telegraph
Other Commentary
"The blunt truth is that the euro zone's poor economic performance and high unemployment are likely to be with us for the foreseeable future while the Brussels bureaucracy is forever trapped in its own regulatory mindset. As a result it is only realistic to conclude that there is little hope for the EU. It stands condemned to permanent decline, making it time for Great Britain to start thinking of forging a new, looser relationship with its European neighbours, most of whom seem resigned to accepting decline..."
...The Business Leader: An EU beyond reform
Daniel Hannan MEP: The EU can work for Britain - if we quit - S Telegraph
The euro is increasingly unloved in Italy - S Telegraph
S Telegraph leader: The US-led occupation has made democracy possible where the only other options are tyranny and civil war
Andrew Sullivan: Iraq still offers a tantalising prospect of success - S Times
Christopher Hitchens: The case for overthrowing Saddam was unimpeachable - Weekly Standard
Other News
Tessa Jowell admits that Labour mishandled introduction of 24-hour licensing - Independent on Sunday
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