The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Denis MacShane: Cameron's Conservatives have cobbled together a reactionary set of measures which would weaken the UK's standing abroad
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Andrew Sparrow: At Birmingham we're all waiting for George Osborne's speech on the economy, but I've just had an intriguing email from Strasbourg, where Denis MacShane wants to know why the Tories still seem to be in alliance with the pro-Putin Russians
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Denis MacShane: an unpleasant sack of shit who—unable to win the pro-EU argument on economic, cultural or influence grounds—prefers to resort to insults and smear tactics. (Yes, yes, I know: pot, kettle, etc. Except that I can win the argument without resorting to said tactics: I choose to insult the turd.) Denis MacShane has written a piss-poor review of a book by Chris Patten (another pro-EU fuckhead)...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Denis MacShane: Rather than pandering to the 1980s left, the prime minister took the fight to the Tories
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Denis MacShane: Rather than pandering to the 1980s left, the prime minister took the fight to the Tories
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Across Europe, parties of the left are replacing their leaders in a desperate attempt to regain lost ground. Denis MacShane on what Labour should learn In a fit of despair at its slumping popularity, the main centre-left party in government decided to replace its burly party leader, whose poll ratings hovered around 25 per cent. A cerebral member of cabinet - best known as a staffer for the previous...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Good to see that not all Labour politicians are in Birmingham today. Denis MacShane, one time Europe minister and keen europhile is down here in Brighton after defending David Miliband and boxing Derek Simpson's ears on air and http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/07/labour.tradeunions this morning. Heavy stuff, particularly on how the Foreign Secretary is denounced as a ?Jew? in Moscow,...
Ephems of BLB (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
An unsent letter to the Times about mistaken government policy towards Russia and the Georgia conflict, reflecting a consensus among many former British diplomats whose views are scorned by Denis MacShane MP [More > > > ]
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
In Newsweek magazine, British MP and former Europe minister Denis MacShane lists the 10 big myths of Russia, its leader and its new power, adding: If Europe can stay calm and united, much of the damage can be undone. Russia would like to split the EU from the United States and separate EU member states [...]
donpaskini (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Shorter Denis MacShane - Labour supporters should not slag each other off. To make this point, I shall compare Derek Simpson to anti-semites: "Derek Simpson, the Unite joint leader even tells the Observer, "We might as well elect Cameron." Did I read that right? It was in the midst of a stream of abuse against David Miliband. In Moscow, Miliband is denounced as a "Jew". For Simpson, he is "smug" and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Denis MacShane: If trade union leaders indulge in destructive rhetoric, they will only have themselves to blame if Labour loses the next election
Valleys Mam (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Labour gets some advice from an ex Tory Minister -A new book by former Tory cabinet minister Lord Fowler has been recommended as essential reading for all mutinous Labour MPs.Writing in the latest edition of Progress, the Blairite magazine, former Europe minister Denis MacShane tells Labour colleagues that if they want their party to win a fourth term they should read A Political Suicide: the Conservatives'...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
This decision to reconsider the Conservative Party’s membership of the European Democratic Group on the Council of Europe was announced today. Labour’s Denis MacShane has for some time criticised the Conservative Party for being part of the group, mainly composed...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
After eight years of division within Europe on geo-political strategy, is the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, building a new sense of purpose in Europe and between the EU and the US?
Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Notes to Denis MacShane: Napoleon did conquer Moscow Chamberlain didn’t betray Poland. He went to war on its behalf. Next up: Denis accuses the US of appeasing Japan by only nuking it twice. The Russian response was to threaten Poland...
