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Why do you want to meet with Roger Helmer MEP? I could never understand why clients wanted to meet Roger Helmer MEP when he sat as a Conservative MEP.He seemed to hit the sweet spot for many industrialists. He saw the world through their eyes, he reflected their prejudices, he even believes climate change is … Read more

What if there was a way as way to nearly guarantee that the European Commission proposed a law you wanted.  If the odds of that proposed being tabled was around 95%. And, as you’ll know, once the Commission have tabled the draft law, it has even higher odds of being adopted. The Daily Mail would … Read more

  I hold a lot of deeply unfashionable views. I am a free trade social democrat of green persuasions. I am even a fan of 1st Vice President Timmermans and his, nearly single hand effort, to install better regulation on the Commission. It is, I realise, a small niche.   Better Regulation Is not De-regulation … Read more

Every so often you get a call that makes you praise the day and thank that common sense is sometimes listened to inside the Commission. Today was one of those days. Someone very high up in the Commission has forced the Commission Services to change their position on REACH and Better Regulation. Substance bans in … Read more