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Trevor Stables

Opinion: Towards an ethical trade policy

By Trevor Stables | Mon 1st December 2014 - 12:02 pm

As a Liberal Democrat for almost all of my adult life, I am often  bemused that other citizens are yet to share my enthusiasm for our long held belief in a dynamic European Union.

The prevailing phenomena of Euroscepticism is not purely a UK problem. We only have to look at France and to a lesser extent Germany to see similar. Why?

In my view the failure is in not articulating the needs of and connecting with European citizens. People have felt marginalised by the closure of traditional industries and a sense of lack of power to change or alter what is happening to them in this brave new world. Far Right Parties have been quick to make the most of this.

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  • Judy Abel
    @Tristan I am sorry but while privatisation may not automatically lead to poor water quality it certainly has in the UK. I’ve been to Italy and Denmark recent...
  • Tristan Ward
    @Judy Abel The suggestion that privatisation automatically leads to poor water quality is not supported by the facts. Most of continental Europe has poor ...
  • Judy Abel
    @John Indeed. At the very least we need to develop policies/guardrails on foreign investment in essential UK utilities to protect consumers and the viability of...
  • John Hann
    Foreign investment in the utilities like the water companies may mean that their interests do not correspond with UK consumers' interests. Foreign takeover o...
  • Judy Abel
    @Trevor - to answer just a few of the points you raise: - Windfall tax on oil and gas profits - agree - and that we need to transition to renewables fast! - N...