I've written previously about 'green' non-governmental organisations and their penchant for protectionism. But as the European Environmental Paper Network met over the past few days in Portugal (my invite must have been lost in the post), I thought I'd bring to you a video worth watching and sharing.

It is time for Policy Makers to wake up to the fact that a rich economy does not necessarily guarantee that its people will be happy. In the UK, which has been overall, economically progressive, except for the years of recession, people do not feel that they are flourishing.

I thought you'd be interested in this party because you'll actually be footing a lot of the bill. Not just now, or at the event, but for the foreseeable future too. You and the world's poor that is (the 99%, if you will), funding a jaunt for European paper producers to talk shop on protectionism and how they'll continue to racketeer from developing nations.

The panic behaviour of the German Chancellor and French president, makes it plain to see that both countries are using the economic difficulties of other Eurozone countries and the restructuring of Europe, as a smoke-screen to hide their own systemic economic and social failures.

You could say that 2011 started well for the euro with the admission of Estonia on 1 January, bringing the number of members to 17. Confidence was high and EU ministers were optimistic that Ireland would be the final European country to ask for a bailout.

The former head of MI5 has backed calls to legalise some drugs, saying drug policy should no longer be a "taboo subject". Speaking at a meeting of ...

With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on last week's G20 Summit. Mr Speaker, there were three key aspects to this Summit. ...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Eurozone leaders are supporting a new bailout for debt-laden Greece with a lower interest rate and more time to pay it off. Th...