Sentences with phrase «british national interest»

You are always asking for a referendum which is not in the agreement, instead of putting the British national interest first.»

«We should never be ashamed of saying we will promote our own national interest, for the British national interest is no narrow agenda,» Mr Hague said, saying it could be used to promote free trade and sound development, push for Middle East peace, prevent conflict in Africa and help ensure international law is upheld.

He added the Tories would offer a «distinctive British foreign policy» which would be «geared to the promotion of the British national interest».

Cameron says he went to Brussels to protect British national interest.

They are therefore against the British national interest.

«We have had enough of reading of British prime ministers over the last 20 to 30 years in the days preceding a summit that «they will stand up for the British national interest» and then coming back from a summit with a kind of Chamberlain-esque piece of paper saying, «I have negotiated very, very hard, I have got opt - outs on this and that and I have succeeded in standing up for British interests».»

It should also not be up to unelected judges to decide on what amounts to policy matters in the British national interest.

The question is whether those actions would have been as effective in representing the British national interest.

The British national interest is all about fixing the eurozone, he says, not really answering the first bit of the question.

«The British national interest is clear here, a, we're a Christian country, b, the Christians are being persecuted.

«The review is primarily a British exercise about British national interests,» a Foreign Office official said.

Not exact matches

It is time for the Trudeau Liberals to declare Kinder Morgan's TransMountain pipeline in the national interest, which would put an end to the British Columbia NDP's strategy of «death by delay.»

Responding to this week's actions, the National Farmers Union (NFU), which represents the interests of British farmers, has urged retailers «not to devalue food by entering into price wars which have the potential to undermine British farmers and growers» businesses.»

Now in Getting Our Way: 500 years of Adventure andIntrigue - The Inside Story of British Diplomacy (Weidenfeld and Nicolson # 18.99), Meyer takes nine episodes in British diplomatic history and considers them against the three pillars of our national interests - security, prosperity and values.

He says the British people want a «resolute and uncompromising defence of Britain's national interests» and, secondly, a resolution of the eurozone crisis.

He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the author of The National Interest in Question: Foreign Policy in Multicultural Societies.

In a Downing Street web chat Mr Miliband said: «The new institutional reforms, which protect British sovereignty in vital areas of national interest should be passed or rejected by parliament».

Further, British people agree 51 % to 31 % with the statement «Britain's national interest depends on us working closely with other countries and playing a full part in the wider world» over «Britain's national interest would be best served if we worried less about our role in the world and what other countries think or want.»

Interpretations of the National Interest have been at the forefront of the debate in an entirely new way for the British, pitching referendum against parliamentary voting, domestic and against foreign policy issues, numerical majorities against political and economic arguments, elites against elites.

It, and the subsequent European Economic Community (EEC) institutions would, the British argued, undermine British sovereignty and thus its National Interest.

The referendum has produced the greatest political storm in British politics for many decades, and the notion of the National Interest lies at the heart of the debate.

«We believe Britain is better placed to shape Europe's future, and back British business, jobs and our national interest, if we are fully engaged rather than having one foot out of the door.»

The British Humanist Association is the national charity representing and supporting the interests of ethically concerned, non-religious people in the UK.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing the interests of the large and growing population of ethically concerned non-religious people living in the UK.

Andrew Copson has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association (BHA), the national charity promoting Humanism and representing the interests of ethically concerned, non-religious people in the UK.

A Labour government will prevent foreign takeovers of British companies if they are not in the national interest, it is believed.

The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has said that there needs to be a thorough assessment of whether a takeover of the British drug company, AstraZeneca, by its American rival, Pfizer, is in the country's national interest.

The British National Childcare Agency takes an interest in Charles and Sophie's eccentric ways from the beginning.

«This collaboration allows the National Library to explore the wealth of information in the British Library's Southeast Asian collection, especially materials which are of interest to Singapore.

It was restored to view in 1980, reflecting a wider revival of British interest in American nineteenth - century landscape painting, and is now among the most popular works in the Scottish National Gallery.

President Obama's decision in mid-January that he was not going to issue the permit because he couldn't determine whether it was in the national interest has caused a flurry of activity in Canada to start permitting an alternative pipeline from the oil sands to a port on the British Columbia coast, where the oil would be loaded on tankers bound for China and other Asian countries.

Part of the divisions we're putting into place will be to show the breakdown by Canadian Province; and I thought it might be interesting to share an early look at the numbers: Ontario (100) British Columbia (53) National (22) Quebec (18) Alberta... more»

«Unfortunately for the premier of British Columbia, it is not up to him to interfere with a project of national interest,» said Trudeau, adding he'd had a «long conversation» with the B.C. premier Sunday.

Notable highlights include advising RBS on the # 198m acquisition of 440 Strand, the headquarters of Coutts private bank; assisting National Grid with the # 13.8 bn split out of 20,000 property interests into a new company, which included handling transfers, leases, licences, easements, relocation and demolition agreements; and advising on the migration of the entire British Airways property estate and business from the north to south terminal at Gatwick airport.

Also receiving an OBE were: Karen Jones, Crown Advocate at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), for services to law and order; David Thomas, senior legal business advisor at the CPS, for services to law and order; Derrick Kelleher, head of operations in the National Crime Agency's organised crime command; Graeme Nuttall, partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, for services to employee ownership, share schemes and mutual; Jennifer Bibbings, Dubai partner at Trowers & Hamlins, for services to British business interests; and Elspeth Macarthur, former member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, for services to judicial appointments.