April 23, 2008
by Nosemonkey
1 Comment
Busy, sorry – in the meantime, why not check out last year’s St George’s Day post (still all nice and relevant and stuff, just like George himself), as the self-same moron that inspired that one left a comment yesterday to … Continue reading
April 21, 2008
by Nosemonkey
4 Comments
The Lisbon Treaty – 6 questions “My confusion exists on a whole bunch of levels. So bear with me as I try to disentangle them and lay them before you in a discrete manner, as opposed to the Escher-designed gordian … Continue reading
April 19, 2008
by Nosemonkey
4 Comments
It’s official: The Met Office’s Sarah Holland said: “Basically, over the last few days, we’ve had fresh, strong winds from an easterly direction. As a result some of our air is coming from continental Europe.” …Helen Chivers of the Met … Continue reading
April 18, 2008
by Nosemonkey
57 Comments
I’ve been planning a long piece on this for months, but haven’t quite found the time. This isn’t that piece, but it is a start – a trailer, if you will… Continue reading
April 17, 2008
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on links for 2008-04-17
Coolest thing ever Not least because one of the engineers has the gloriously Pynchonian name Wayco Scroggin… (Yes US army prototype-Gundam robosuits have nothing to do with the EU, but I want one.) (tags: Random) EU parliament under fire for … Continue reading
April 16, 2008
by Nosemonkey
1 Comment
Irish MEP assaulted after Lisbon Treaty meeting It seems tempers are starting to flare in Ireland ahead of their referendum on the treaty. It seems I should look westwards for a change – especially as I’ve got a book review … Continue reading
April 15, 2008
by Nosemonkey
3 Comments
Someone got in touch to ask some questions about citizen journalism and my coverage of the July 2005 London terrorist attacks… Continue reading
April 15, 2008
by Nosemonkey
10 Comments
Aaaaah! Silvio… How I’ve missed you. Italian politics had simply got a bit too dull under Prodi, what with him not holding a near monopoly in the Italian media, not trying to blatantly advance his own commercial interests through his … Continue reading
April 11, 2008
by Nosemonkey
8 Comments
Unlock Democracy (an offshoot of Charter 88) are normally fairly good, nicely liberal chaps with a genuine desire to help. But I take serious, serious issue with their London Mayoroal election quiz, designed to determine which candidate you should vote … Continue reading
April 10, 2008
by Nosemonkey
4 Comments
“The most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world” – maybe not “the picture for the EU is quite terrible. Bulgaria ranks lowest of the EU 27 – 68th place, below… El Salvador, Uruguay, Barbados, Tunisia, Egypt and Costa … Continue reading
April 8, 2008
by Nosemonkey
7 Comments
I’m getting a load of “you do not have permission to do that” errors and appear no longer to be able to add custom fields to posts, or edit their timestamps, which is somewhat irritating. What with Firefox also having … Continue reading
April 8, 2008
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on links for 2008-04-08
Most Danes want Euro Interesting shift in public opinion going on in Denmark, by the look of things. Are the Danes becoming less eurosceptic? (tags: Denmark economics Euroscepticism) Montenegro’s Vujanovic wins re-election “We’ll work together for our European future,” Vujanovic … Continue reading
April 8, 2008
by Nosemonkey
12 Comments
In amongst some otherwise predictable poll findings, Cold War hero and former Czech president Vaclav Havel gets a brief mention. It’s the first time I can recall his name cropping up in relation to the job – but God damn, … Continue reading
April 7, 2008
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on links for 2008-04-07
Who’s Your Candidate? “The campaign for a transparent and democratically elected President of the European Commission” – Hurrah! I’m sure that (for once) we can all agree this is a good idea. (via Our Kingdom) (tags: EU) Putin’s Mixed Signals … Continue reading