December 20, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Assuming I haven’t cocked it up – ta to Eulogist from Relections on European Democracy for pointing me in the right direction. Now if anyone can tell me how to get rid of the Haloscan comments and just leave the … Continue reading
December 20, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Ukraine TV debate
So, Yuschenko and Yanukovych are going to slug it out on TV, are they? I’m desperately trying to work out the point, as the whole rhetoric of the last few weeks seems to be made up almost exclusively of personal … Continue reading
December 17, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Hey, it was predictable, right? The Lords is only the highest court in the land – why the hell should the government listen to them when they vote 8 to 1 that the detention without charge of terror suspects is … Continue reading
December 16, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Manic at Bloggerheads reads the Sun so I don’t have to. Today’s topless lovely is sad to see Blunkett go. Poor love. Meanwhile, DoctorVee has a round-up of last night’s immediate responses from the Bloggosphere – sadly including mine before … Continue reading
December 15, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Loosely inspired by DoctorVee, I’ve had a bit of a re-organisation of the links to the left hand side, and added some new ones. I think of my blogroll as bookmarks as much as anything, as I blog from several … Continue reading
December 15, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Blunkett has quit – about bloody time
The power of modern communications proved his undoing. Now personally I couldn’t care less whether any of this having an affair, trying to break up a family, using the Metropolitan Police as bodyguards for his mistress, abusing his expenses to … Continue reading
December 15, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on And they say economics is boring…
Overseas investment in Britain has plummeted. So is this the fault of the EU, of Britain for not joining the Eurozone, of Labour’s tax and workforce policies, of the high cost of UK labour, or is it just because the … Continue reading
December 15, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on “Politically incorrect, xenophobic, racist and who knows what else”
Nope, not the usual UKIP suspects, but – supposedly – European politicians’ real reactions to the proposed Turkish accession to the EU: Even after 40 years of attempts to get closer, Brussels and Ankara are still strangers. That could be … Continue reading
December 14, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on BNP leader arrested
On suspicion of incitement to racial hatred. Coming soon: Murderer arrested on suspicion of killing someone, Rapist arrested on suspicion of having sex with someone against their will etc. etc. Oh, sorry, I forgot. The BNP aren’t racist anymore, are … Continue reading
December 14, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Can someone please explain to me how the Conservative party’s backing for ID cards can be tallied with their claims that they want to cut back on “nanny state” big government, save money, and their age-old ideology of promoting individual … Continue reading
December 13, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Superb stuff via Martin Stabe: Pub landlord in EU flag row With a heading like that, and armed with the perennial assumption that pubs are often home to rather more “traditionalist” (to put it nicely) views on national life, you’d … Continue reading
December 11, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Eurosavant reckons that Ukrainian NATO membership is simply not on the cards, while Elmar Brok, chairman of the European Parliament�s foreign policy committee, has said explicitly that “Ukraine belongs to Europe… Over the last few years we have given the … Continue reading
December 11, 2004
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Some weekend reading
Jaques Derrida on the meaning of Europe Former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard on the democratisation of Europe Commentary Magazine on The Islamisation of Europe (But the Times takes the opposite view) North Sea Diaries on how the EU is … Continue reading
December 9, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve been having an interesting discussion with a chap called Ken in the comments section of my Euromyths post down the page. I’d be interested to hear some more opinions, as it’s certainly helped me clarify (as much as it … Continue reading