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Booming Britain strikes again. Stagnant, decaying Continental Europe strikes again - UK firms 'to take on more staff' Prospects in the building industry are looking up UK companies are optimistic about creating more jobs over the coming three months to June, research from recruitment firm...

FRENCH CENTRAL BANK REVISES FRENCH FIRST-QUARTER GROWTH DOWNWARDS Received Monday, 14 March 2005 08:58:00 GMT PARIS, March 14 (AFP) - The Bank of France revised its forecast for growth of the French economy down by 0.1 percentage points to 0.4 percent on Monday. It also reported that its index...

With 10 weeks until the French vote on Europe’s constitution, the ‘yes’ camp is losing ground. Hugh Schofield in Paris reports Thursday’s mammoth demonstrations across France brought out the usual cavalcades. Greying veterans of May 1968, legions of railwaymen, teachers and their students...

The UK, one of the world leaders in stem cell research, says it will ignore the UN ban on human cloning - Britain Says it will Ignore UN Human Cloning Ban - Vote November 19th UNITED NATIONS, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attempts by Belgium to scuttle a vote on a Costa-Rica...

IOC watches Paris grind to halt - London coud now be hot favourite to beat Paris in the race to win the bid for the 2012 Olympics Public sector strikes deal blow to French Olympic hopes Paul Kelso and Jon Henley in Paris Friday March 11, 2005 The Guardian Olympic inspectors visiting Paris...

EU economy 'at least 20 years' behind US 11.03.2005 - 17:43 CET | By Richard Carter EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS - The US economy is 20 years ahead of that of the EU and it will take decades for Europe to catch up, according to an explosive new study published on Friday (11 March). The survey...

What made an Airbus rudder snap in mid-air? When Flight 961 literally began to fall apart at 35,000 feet, it increased fears of a fatal design flaw in the world's most popular passenger jet David Rose Sunday March 13, 2005 The Observer At 35,000 feet above the Caribbean, Air Transat...

Ailing Germany slides down economic league table, whilst Holland and the UK are at the top. By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 01/03/2005) From The London Telegraph - Germany risks becoming the new sick man of Europe as the Continent's one-time economic giant sinks deeper into malaise and...

It's a motorbike that weighs almost half a ton - Top award for Triumph 17/11/2004 17:25 Triumph Motorcycles has been awarded the prestigious "British Brand of the Year" title in The Walpole British Excellence Awards 2004. The awesome Triumph Rocket III The Walpoles, first...

b]Everyone knows Europe has chosen a totalitarian Eastern regime over a democratic Western regime. The E.U. wants to end the translantic alliance and prevent America from freeing people.[/b] From The Scotsman, a very anti-EU newspaper - thescotsman.scotsman.com . . . FRASER NELSON GIVING...

Why the EU Constitution is bad for Britain and bad for the US Why the EU Constitution is bad for Britain and bad for the US By Charles Moore (Filed: 19/02/2005) Telegraph London In the stern old pre-Vatican II days, Roman Catholics used to be instructed not to read the Bible by themselves...

“Europe” – a threat to our freedoms and our peace Bernard Connolly Ancien Regime France sought global hegemony. It sought it as a territorial power, one with absolutist internal structures that were both inimical to freedom and restrictive of economic growth. Its opponents were everywhere. But...

UK enjoys services trade surplus Canary Wharf on a clear day The UK has a vast financial services industry The UK was the world's second largest exporter of services in 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics. Its latest annual figures for the services sectors, show that...

Europe as an economic irrelevancy the UK, due to a combination of better demographics and growth is expected to overtake the German economy in 2036 (not the next ten years, please note), and by 2050 its GDP per capita is forecast to be around 30% higher than France or Germany’s, and 50%...

France is playing the World Champions England in the Rugby Six Nations Championship tomorrow, and the French team aren't performing too well. The French say it has something to do with france's crumbling economy and high unemployment - French executives explain why France has 'les bleus'...

How 'dependent' is the UK on exports to 'Europe'? The British think they're in the EU for trade. That's what they were told in 1972 and 1975 and that's what they're still being told today. But in all likelihood 90 per cent of the British economy is NOT involved in exports to the EU. 25 years...

UK economy still outperforms its European neighbours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the Brits are still richer than their European neighbours - UK economy outperforms European neighbours The UK is appreciably better off than its...

1. Delors: Britain right to reject euro Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Union, this week admitted that Britain was justified in opting out of the single currency. In an interview with the Times, he said, “Since we have not succeeded in maximising the economic advantages of...

Britain's economy Why worry? Nov 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition Economic success has made Britons smug. That's dangerous IT TOOK about 20 years to repair the damage done to the British economy in the 1960s and 1970s. First came Margaret Thatcher's microeconomic reforms in...

The EU, US and UK: Which way to go? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Address to The Nixon Center, April 11, 2000 By Conrad M. Black Chairman and CEO, Hollinger International Inc. (For pdf version, click here) America should stop trying...