April 11, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
April 6, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Good work! Hilarious stuff. The torch is in Paris tomorrow – come on, Frenchies, you show us how it’s done! (Please note, I do not in any way condone scaring the decidedly saucy ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, and my … Continue reading
April 6, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve just upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress, so if anything’s gone weird, that’s why. Let me know if you spot anything – ta! Also, I’ve started filling out the country/region specialists part of the Nosemonkey’s EUtopia Netvibes Universe, … Continue reading
April 4, 2008
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‘Historic day’ in Cyprus as another border crossing opens Good stuff. But reunification will pose some difficulties without Turkish EU membership… (tags: Cyprus EU Turkey) Fitna review Finally saw this the other day, and agree wholeheartedly with this line from … Continue reading
April 4, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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The NATO summit is the perfect illustration of the fraught relations of Russia and the West, but it’s also just a sideshow… Continue reading
April 3, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Ahern resignation raises EU Treaty hopes The cynic in me wonders if there wasn’t a deal done. Ahern has, after all, been mentioned in connection with the EU presidency. It’s not like corruption would disqualify him… Santer Commission, anyone? (tags: … Continue reading
April 2, 2008
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Heads up: Miliband foreign policy speech today Going to have a fair amount about the EU apparently. Doubt it’s anything major, but after Sarko’s visit, who knows? (tags: Britain EU) Serbia to hold elections in Kosovo Well, they sort of … Continue reading
April 2, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Congrats Alex Stubb MEP (yes, he of the website full of really bizarre photos) on his recently-announced promotion following the highly entertaining mobile phone sex scandal. That makes two Scandinavian countries with bloggers as Foreign Ministers (the other being Sweden’s … Continue reading
April 1, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve been shortlisted for an award alongside the big boys of the MSM, so lets have a gander at why… Continue reading