Combine the spectacular, life-affirming delights of sweet, sweet booze and wonderous, soothing, stress-reducing cigarettes in one beatific product. I love the Germans sometimes. Not often, but sometimes… (Says the man whose grandmother’s maiden name was M�ller…)

Gah – busy… To make up for it, have Mark Mardell’s latest European Diary, complete with reader comments – somewhat amazingly with only one that’s decidedly eurosceptic, the others berating Mardell for not being pro-EU enough… Also catching the eye: … Continue reading →

Not too chuffed about Blair’s actions on civil liberties, the war on terror and Iraq? Don’t mind your face being on the interweb? Tim Ireland needs you.

Nosemonkey elsewhere – Six Degrees #1 the first in a new series of weekly posts I’m planning to do at The Sharpener. A blogland journey from European politics to Japanese paper lanterns – by way of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, … Continue reading →

Nosemonkey elsewhere – a quick summary of problems between Russia and the EU as Vladimir Putin chats with European leaders in London today – over at EU News.

Ditto this – it’s time to sort yourselves out, chaps. We need a proper opposition. After eight years of Labour fiddling and interference in every aspect of our lives, and expecially after the last few years of ever more intrusive … Continue reading →

Let me be the first to say – And it’s goodbye from me and it’s even more goodbye from him.

Forgot to mention this – EU News, a new project trying to collate stories and the like “with a European touch” and “from a European perspective”, like wot I’ve been asked to help out with. It’s a good idea, and … Continue reading →

Right, logo’s been re-done to look smoother and nicer, as has the europhobit logo thing, not that anyone really cares. My only major issue now is the border in the comments section – anyone know how I can either get … Continue reading →

So, Austria’s screwing Turkey good and proper. Why? Well, Ostracised from �sterreich’s got some interesting theories about that: “Despite appearances, I am pretty sure that Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Sch�ssel, who personally defines the foreign policy of the country, is actually … Continue reading →

This weekend has mostly been spent fiddling with HTML and CSS, and watching The West Wing. The results were mostly satisfying all round (Season 6 is a decided return to form). Although I’m happy enough with it to roll it … Continue reading →