August 31, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A fun little article on Europe in 2057, combined with Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s reiteration of the UK government’s position on a referendum over the new EU treaty, has got me pondering once again. (Warning – it’ll be a long … Continue reading
August 28, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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See? Some, y’know, politics and stuff soon. In the meantime, read this and this, then put pen to paper. And if you want more Europe-focussed bits and pieces (what with this being an EU-centred blog and all), try John Worth’s … Continue reading
August 17, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Ashley Mote MEP, a former UKIPer (who even they wouldn’t have in the party more than a few weeks) who went on to join the controversial far right “Identity, Sovereignty, Tradition” group in the European Parliament, is a bit of … Continue reading
August 17, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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As regular readers will know, I’m no economist and don’t pretend to be – which is why I sometimes get all confused. While I think John Redwood is a bit of a fool for raising the whole scrapping inheritance tax … Continue reading
August 16, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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For the last few months I’ve been working insanely hard on a couple of real-world projects, one of which has just fallen through (through precisely no fault of my own). I haven’t had even a single night out of London … Continue reading
August 13, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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We all remember the Orange Revolution of late 2004. Regular readers will know that since liveblogging the thing, I’ve occasionally returned to the complex and heated world of Ukranian politics to try and work out just what the hell’s going … Continue reading
August 11, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I mean, what other explanation can there be for this pile of wilfully-ignorant, almost precisely wrong in every way piece of abject dross? “The most nauseating aspect of the campaign is the way we are repeatedly told that the Iraqi … Continue reading
August 8, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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So, I’ve been slowly chugging through the tediousness that is the EU’s draft Reform Treaty. Packed with boredom and predictability, with no real surprises and very few really important changes to the way the EU currently works, it’s one of … Continue reading
August 6, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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So, the smoking ban’s been in force for a bit over a month, and no one seems to care too much, because the weather’s perked up a bit so smokers can shuffle outside without too much annoyance. The effects so … Continue reading