The BNP Threat- from Tribune Magazine
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European Parliament plenary sessions were once very sedate. Dominated by a desire for consensus and restricted by the need for simultaneous interpretation, debates rarely reached the raucou...
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Letter From Europe- January 2008
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January is traditionally the time to look into the crystal ball to see what a brand new year holds in prospect. One thing’s for sure. 2008 promises to be an eventful year in Europe. A...
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Strasbourg- Yorkshire Post article
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It’s Monday, it’s Strasbourg, so there’s only one topic of conversation. Who has suffered the worst nightmare getting there? Horror stories abound of connections missed, flights...
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Giving up the Strasbourg junket
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Gary talk's to the BBC's Mark Mardell about his decision to stand down at the next Euro elections in 2009 The leader of Labour's MEPs, Gary Titley, won't be standing in the...
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Labour Party Conference Speech 2007
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Gary Titley MEP, Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party Speech to Labour Party Annual Conference 2007 A British Muslim recently told me about a conference he ad...
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Letters from Europe - 2007
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It’s all change at the top in Europe. The French have just elected a new President while, here in Britain, a new Prime Minister will be in place before we all head off for our summer holi...
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Manchester Evening News Article
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On January 1st, we welcomed Romania and Bulgaria into a European Union that now covers 490 million people living in 27 countries. Previous enlargements have been good for Britain. The...
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Letters from Europe - November 2007
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Christmas is just around the corner again. As I rushed round the shops a few days ago, trying to fathom out what to get for my nearest and dearest this year, I couldn’t help but think how...
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Letters from Europe - October 2006
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Last month’s decision to give Romania and Bulgaria the go-ahead to join the EU next year has re-ignited public debate about migrant workers. So what are the pros and cons of letting peopl...
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Letters from Europe - July 2006
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School’s out, the sun’s beating down and, I suspect many Bury folk will shortly be heading off on holiday. As they board their planes, it will be good to know that, over recent weeks, E...
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Letters from Europe - June 2006
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It was much bigger than I had expected. Towering over us, it was hard to believe how this huge flying machine with wings built in Cheshire could ever take to the skies. But that’s e...
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Letters from Europe - April 2006
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We have just come through one of the longest and coldest winters in years. It’s been pretty harsh on our pockets too as energy prices have soared. Part of the problem is that, with ...
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Centenary Conference Speech
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A more prosperous and secure Europe Sunday 12 February 2006 Speech by Gary Titley, Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party at the Labour Party Centenary Conference, Blackpool ...
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Letters from Europe - February 2006
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For many years, we the citizens of Europe took our freedom and security for granted, whether we lived in Bury, Barcelona or Brussels. The London bombings last summer, alongside the carnage ...
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Letter from Europe - March 2007
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They accused us of living in a dream world and said it couldn’t possibly be done. But a new report, published at the end of last month, suggests some of the European Union’s harshest cr...
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Salford Democracy Week - Gary listens to students' hopes for the future
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This Spring marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community. The Tory government of the time said it would never work. They were wrong then and a...
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Labour Party Conference 2006
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Conference. The European Parliamentary Labour Party lost one of its most admired members this year. Philip Whitehead was a political giant, a dedicated socialist, a committed European and interna...
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Manchester Evening News Article
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On January 1st, we welcomed Romania and Bulgaria into a European Union that now covers 490 million people living in 27 countries. Previous enlargements have been good for Britain. They hav...
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Christmas is just around the corner again. As I rushed round the shops a few days ago, trying to fathom out what to get for my nearest and dearest this year, I couldn’t help but think how ...
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This Spring marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community. The Tory government of the time said it would never work. They were wrong then and a...