Lord Soley

Levison Inquiry,Gordon Brown and media briefing

Lord Soley

I gave written evidence to the Levison Inquiry last January and was asked to give additional evidence last month. I have now done that and it will be published by the Inquiry. My evidence is mainly about the type and form of any future regulation but it also contains my views about the way politics…

What happened to statesmanship?

Lord Soley

Whatever you views about the Euro or about the EU it cannot possibly be in our interests to sit on the side-lines criticising and lecturing. I cannot think of any post war British Prime Minister,Conservative or Labour, who would have made the mistake of sounding like a petulant politician rather than a statesman. We are…

The EU and the Euro crisis

Lord Soley

In the Queen’s speech there was an interesting contribution by Lord Owen. He warned of a growing crisis that will pose a major challenge to the UK. If the Euro does disintegrate then we will be badly affected but if it continues it will only do so as part of an ever closer union. In…