Blog InFacts, 09.07.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (EU y ONU)In Classical Greek times it was said that those whom the gods wished to destroy they first made mad. This phenomenon seems to be recurring in the ranks of the Brexiters, both Nigel Farage and his sympathisers on the...
La Primera Guerra del Opio
Artículo Boletín de Revista de Historia, 02.07.2019 Juan Carlos Castañeda PérezLa Primera Guerra del Opio enfrentó a la Gran Bretaña y el Imperio chino por motivos comerciales. Esta guerra significó el fin de la hegemonía china en el lejano Oriente, que pasó de un imperio respetado a una nación asediada por las naciones occidentales que deseaban expandir...
Flattering Trump is no substitute for close EU partners
Blog InFacts, 30.05.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (UE-ONU)After several days of raking over the ashes of the European Parliament elections and being subjected to the sighting shots in the forthcoming Conservative leadership election, it is perhaps time to focus on a different, but not entirely disconnected, issue:...
May and Corbyn will neglect services sector at our peril
Blog, In Facts,07.05.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (EU-ONU)Following the negotiations between the government and the Labour party over Brexit is like watching paint dry. Such indications as have emerged from the negotiations relate more to expectation management than to reality, while some are simply ranging shots...
Art of the deal in diplomacy is not to walk from the table
Blog InFacts, 06.04.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (UE-ONU)Sitting through seven hours of shameless filibustering in the House of Lords last Thursday, as a gang of ultra-Brexiter Conservatives did their best to wreck the Cooper-Letwin Bill designed to mandate the prime minister to extend the Article 50 negotiating...
It’s the PM not MPs who is guilty of constitutional arson
Blog InFacts, 31.03.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (UE-ONU)As the government apparently contemplated bringing the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal back to Parliament for a fourth attempt to get a majority for a proposition which has already been rejected three times by substantial majorities, it is surely time...
MPs must listen to 1m marchers and put Brexit to the people
Blog InFacts.org, 24.03.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (UE-ONU)This was the third march, and by a considerable way the largest . Like the first two, it was totally peaceful and good humoured; it was a family occasion, with children and grandchildren cheerfully darting about and enjoying themselves. Not...
Un fallo de la Corte Internacional que marca un cambio
Columna Clarín, 28.02.2019 Roberto García Moritán, embajador (r) y ex viceministro de RREE argentino
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Un caso colonial en que Argentina prestó testimonio a favor de Mauricio
Let’s get the extension we need from EU to rethink Brexit
Blog InFacts, 15.03.2019 David H.A. Hannay, miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador británico (EU y ONU)Amidst the sea of uncertainty which surrounds Brexit, this week’s votes in the Commons have given one small piece of certainty. The European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday next week will decide whether or not...
When it comes to security, UK is safer in EU
Blog In Fact (Stop Brexit),20.02.2019 David H. Hannay (barón Hannay), miembro de la Cámara de los Lores y ex embajador (EU-ONU)The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has written to EU counterparts urging them to ensure everything is ready for the disruption no-deal Brexit might bring to security on March 29. Below InFacts imagines a reply to that letter from an...